Australian PGA Tour hopes falter in Ohio
Aaron Baddeley needs a solid week in Indiana next week – file photo
The second of the three Korn Ferry Tour Finals to determine who might advance to the PGA Tour next season and just where they stand on the priority ranking has been completed in Columbus in Ohio and, unfortunately, for the five Australians in the field it was not a good week.
Aaron Baddeley finished as the best of them when he tied for 28th this week but he lost four positions in the race for one of the 25 full status PGA Tour cards available via the Finals and he is now ranked 30th ahead of the final event, the Korn Ferry Tour Championship beginning this Thursday.
Baddeley was the only one of the five to make the weekend this week but for Jason Scrivener, Min Woo Lee and Anthony Quayle their hopes of graduating to the PGA Tour rest on a big week in Newburg Indiana.
Baddeley actually led after a first round of 65 this week but slowly slipped down the leaderboard in what was a low scoring event
Sydney’s Harrison Endycott sealed his PGA Tour card via the regular Korn Ferry Tour season so he is just playing for priority ranking purposes only but that can still be important in terms of gaining early season starts. Endycott also missed the cut.
Lee and Scrivener are currently tied for 36th and a top ten this week may well seal the deal but for Quayle he will likely need a top five this week.
