Two time winner Nick Flanagan will be
hoping to catch more magic at the Web.com Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am this week
as he tries to resurrect a career derailed by injury.

The former US Amateur champion has twice saluted
at the popular event modeled after the Pebble Beach Pro-Am but after thumb
surgery in 2014 has struggled to keep his playing privileges on the secondary
Tour.

Eligible to play this week as a former
winner, Flanagan will tee up for the first time in 2016 having lost his card
last season and failing to earn any status at the end of year Q-School.

His last victory came in 2012 when he beat
fellow Australian Cameron Percy in a play-off for the title. While he has no
competitive golf behind him this year he is also free of any expectations.

Flanagan is one of nine Australians making
the journey to South Carolina, Steve Allan, Bronson La’Cassie, Peter Lonard,
Bryden Macpherson, Oliver Goss, Brett Drewitt, Mathew Goggin and Scott Gardiner
also in the field.

La’Cassie has also played little golf this
year with just one tournament under his belt but did finish T4 at this event in
2015 so will take some confidence to the first tee.

Also taking some confidence into the week
will be Scott Gardiner whose return from injury is progressing well with three
consecutive cuts made.

Gardiner’s form at the BMW event is mixed
with three missed cuts in seven starts, including in 2015, but he did finish T8
in 2012 courtesy of a final round 64.

Australians have had a good record at this
tournament with Michael Sim and Rod Pampling joining Flanagan on the winner’s
list, Pampling’s victory coming last year though he won’t defend as he steps up
to the PGA TOUR this week.

Bryden Macpherson, Oliver Goss and Brett
Drewitt all missed the cut the only time they played the tournament while Steve
Allan has a best of T32 in four tries.

Mathew Goggin has a best of T9, though that
came in 2005, and the Tasmanian has missed the cut each of the last three
years.

Peter Lonard has teed up four times in the
event for a best finish of T31 but he, like Goggin, has found the going tough
in 2016 and would need a significant turnaround in form to contend this week.