A 15-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour with more than ¥1 billion in total prize money, Brendan Jones turns 50 next March but is hoping to join the growing band of Aussies plying their trade on the over-50s tour in the US.

Twelve months ago, medallist Cameron Percy, Steve Allan, David Bransdon and Michael Wright took four of the five spots on offer while Victorian Richard Green was medallist in 2022 to secure his status.

Joining Jones in trying to complete an Aussie hat-trick are Mathew Goggin, Brad Kennedy, Andre Stolz and Scott Barr.

A three-time winner on the Korn Ferry Tour, Goggin (pictured) has two top-five finishes on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia in the past 18 months and was runner-up at both the NSW Senior Open and Australian PGA Senior Championship in the past month. He made two starts on the Champions Tour in 2024 at the US Senior Open and Sanford International before taking medallist honours at First Stage of Q School two weeks ago.

A four-time PGA Legends Tour Order of Merit winner, Stolz won a second Australian PGA Senior at Richmond by five strokes and is making a return to Q School.

Kennedy’s three Japan Golf Tour wins and five PGA Tour of Australasia victories have all come after the age of 35 and is making his first Q School appearance after celebrating his 50th birthday in June.

A three-time winner on the PGA Legends Tour this season, 52-year-old Barr continues to make appearances on the PGA Tour of Australasia, finishing tied for 21st at the WA PGA Championship in Kalgoorlie in October.

As the seniors look ahead to 2025, West Australian Kirsten Rudgeley brought her Ladies European Tour season to an end in Spain.

Needing to finish top 10 on the Order of Merit to earn an exemption into Final Stage of LPGA Tour Q Series, Rudgeley had to settle for 12th after finishing tied for 37th at the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open de Espana.

A tie for 37th was the best the Aussie contingent could muster also at the International Series Qatar, Justin Warren, Travis Smyth, Jed Morgan, Matt Jones and Zach Murray all coming in 15 strokes adrift of champion Peter Uihlein.

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Round 1 tee times AEDT

PGA TOUR Champions
Qualifying Tournament-Final Stage
TPC Scottsdale (Champions Cse), Scottsdale, Arizona
2:41am*           Dominic Barson (NZ)
3:03am            Mathew Goggin
3:14am*           Andre Stolz
3:36am            Brad Kennedy
4:09am            Brendan Jones
4:42am            Scott Barr

2023 champion: Cameron Percy
Past Aussie winners: Peter Senior (2009), Richard Green (2022), Cameron Percy (2023)
Prize money: $200,000

Results
Asian Tour
International Series Qatar
Doha Golf Club, Qatar
1          Peter Uihlein                 68-64-71-69—272       $US450,000
T13      Ben Campbell (NZ)       70-70-71-72—283       $33,916.67
T37      Justin Warren               71-71-74-71—287       $14,510.42
T37      Zach Murray                72-69-72-74—287       $14,510.42
T37      Jed Morgan                 73-70-73-71—287       $14,510.42
T37      Travis Smyth                75-69-73-70—287       $14,510.42
T37      Matt Jones                   74-70-73-70—287       $14,510.42
T49      Jack Thompson            68-73-72-75—288       $11,500
T49      Aaron Wilkin                70-74-75-69—288       $11,500
T52      Wade Ormsby              71-73-69-76—289       $9,900
T66      Maverick Antcliff          70-71-76-77—294       $6,500
MC       Kevin Yuan                   71-77—148
MC       Scott Hend                   72-76—148
MC       Andrew Dodt               70-78—148
MC       Marcus Fraser              74-76—150

Japan Golf Tour
Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club, Tokyo
1          Shaun Norris                67-68-65-68—268
T25      Michael Hendry           70-71-72-72—285

Ladies European Tour
Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open de Espana
Real Club Guadalhorce Golf, Spain
1          Carlota Ciganda           67-66-66-71—270       €105,000
T37      Kirsten Rudgeley          74-69-73-70—286       €4,382