Defending champion Geoff Ogilvy aside the clock is ticking for the Australians teeing up at this week’s Barracuda Championship in Nevada.

Ogilvy resurrected his career
with a win in the modified stableford format tournament last year and
guaranteed himself playing privileges until 2016 but things are less certain
for Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, Cameron Percy and Greg Chalmers.

Rod Pampling, also in this week’s
tournament, is all but assured of a 2016 card thanks to his high position on
the Web.com Tour money list.

For the rest, though, there is
everything to play for with Percy and Baddeley, in particular, on the cusp of
keeping their cards.

The top-125 in the FedEx Cup
standings after the Wyndham Championship in two weeks’ time are assured
employment next year and Baddeley is currently 146^th and Percy 149^th
on the list.

A good week for either would
likely see them inside the required number and able to avoid the four
tournament qualifying series which has replaced Q-School.

For Chalmers (171^st)
and Allenby (182nd) the equation is a bit different though Allenby has the
luxury of a once only career money list exemption up his sleeve.

While he would obviously prefer
not to have to use that it does mean he can play more freely as what has been a
tumultuous season both on and off the course winds down.

Chalmers, so impressive in
winning the Australian PGA Championship last year, has again struggled to play
his best golf on a consistent basis this year and with limited status has had
few opportunities.

The West Australian has played
only 15 events to date and with a best finish of T26 hasn’t done enough to
return full time to the PGA TOUR.

However, there was a lot to like
about his play at The Open last month and he should come into this week with
confidence from that.

Like Ogilvy last year, the
unusual format this week might work in his favour on a course where he hasn’t
fared well in stroke play with a previous best finish of T35 in 2002.