Bookend sub-70 rounds at a course which hasn’t been among his favourites suggest Brett Rumford is getting back on track in 2015 after one of his worst seasons as a Professional last year.

Rumford opened and closed with rounds of 69 at the QatarMasters in Doha, his Sunday score moving him 15 places up the leader board to a share of 38th place.

It was Rumford’s second start of the European Tour season but first made cut after he struggled in Abu Dhabi a fortnight ago.

2014 was difficult for the West Australian with 12 missed cuts in 23 starts, those results even more surprising coming after a 2013 where he won twice.

However some good golf over the Australian summer, including a 3rd place finish at the Emirates Australian Open which earned him a start at this year’s Open Championship, hinted things might be on the improve and while T38 in Qatar won’t set the world on fire it confirms the 37-year-old is heading in the right direction.

Also finishing T38 at 5-under-par for the week was Richard Green whose 2014 season was the opposite of Rumford’s.

Using a one time only career earnings exemption Green secured his card for 2015 with what he described as "some of the best golf of my life."

While his iron play wasn’t as sharp as he would like in Qatar (he hit 10, 11, 8 and 13 greens respectively over the 72 holes) his putter remains a strength and but for a third round 76 he would have been close to the top 10.

Of the six Australians in the field Wade Ormsby was the only other to make the cut but struggled to a final round 79 to finish in second to last place.

Marcus Fraser, Scott Hend and amateur Antonio Murdaca all failed to qualify for the weekend.