With three holes to play of his final round Greg Chalmers was just one shot out of the lead and a genuine chance to win this third Web.com Tour event at the Louisiana Open.

It was a remarkable performance from the 42-year-old who survived a six-for five playoff in Monday qualifying earlier in the week just to earn a place in the field.

Chalmers has limited status on both the Web.com and PGA TOURs this year and his 8-under score in the Monday qualifier gave him a boost of confidence.

"It’s the first time I’ve Monday qualified into a Web.com Tour event successfully," he said after the third round where he held a share of the 54 hole lead.

"I shot 8-under and I got a lot of confidence out of that on Monday."

While his final three holes of the tournament were ultimately disappointing and saw him fall from a share of second to T7 with a bogey-double bogey run, it is Monday’s play which could end up being the most important thing Chalmers takes out of the week.

When he won the Australian PGA Championship in 2014 on the back of a brilliant final round 64 and a seven hole play-off over Adam Scott, Chalmers admitted he sometimes lacked the confidence he brings to Australia when he tees up in the US.

After an indifferent start to the year with two missed cuts in three starts on the PGA TOUR and another missed weekend at his only Web.com appearance, this week’s tournament could prove a turning point for the West Australian.

As the secondary Tour gears up for it’s season to get into full swing it was a mixed bag of results for the Australians who made the trip to Louisiana.

Bryden Macpherson, whose brilliant play in China at the end of last year earned him a ticket back to the Web.com Tour, played consistent golf to post his best finish of the season to date.

Having teed up in the two South American tournaments earlier in the year Macpehrson made one cut and posted a T58 finish, this week’s T20 easily eclipsing those performances.

Rounds of 69-67-69-71 saw Macpherson finish 8-under for the week and will no doubt boost his confidence heading to the next even in two weeks’ time.

It was a roller coaster week for Steve Allan who posted rounds of 71-66-75-67 to finish T41 while Oliver Goss made a good start with an opening 66 but slipped down the leader board with scores of 69-72-74 to round out the week and ultimately finish T46 at 3-under.

Last year’s runner-up Rhein Gibson missed the cut by a shot as did Mathew Goggin while Brett Drewitt missed by three.

Peter Lonard was originally listed in the field but did not tee up Thursday.