Jarrod Lyle’s bid to earn back his PGA TOUR card may have taken a turn for the better with the revelation today he will play the first two rounds of this week’s Wells Fargo tournament with mentor Robert Allenby.

Allenby and Lyle share a history dating back to Lyle’s first bout with leukaemia as a teenager when the then PGA TOUR star visited him in a Melbourne children’s hospital.

Inspired by that meeting Lyle went on to pursue his dream of a Professional career and the pair have shared a close relationship since.

With Lyle now locked in a desperate battle to earn the approximately US$280,000 required to get back the card he lost when diagnosed  for the second time in 2012, this week’s pairing can only be a positive.

After getting off to a good start in his return late last year it has been tough going for Lyle in 2015 missing six straight cuts since January and not managing to add to the US$53,795 he amassed prior to Christmas.

His last outing came at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans where despite being 1-under for two rounds he missed the cut by three.

Lyle is limited to 20 starts for the year but with no automatic status for any event is relying predominantly on invites for opportunities to tee up.

The stop start nature of his schedule to date has likely been a factor in his indifferent form but he will be looking to turn that around on a course where he has made the cut twice in three previous appearances.

Lyle is one of eight Australians in this week’s field, Jason Day and John Senden both electing to take the week off after the rigours of last week’s PLAYERS.

Cameron Percy, Geoff Ogilvy, Adam Scott, Steven Bowditch,Matt Jones, Aaron Baddeley and Allenby round out the Australian contingent with none bringing any obvious form, or previous good performances here, to the table.

Lyle’s playing partner Allenby makes his 11^th appearance at Quail Hollow where he has a best finish of 4^th in 2008 and was T55 last year.

Adam Scott has been an infrequent participant, last teeing up in 2010 when he missed the cut for the second straight year,, and has a best finish of third in 2006.

The former World Number 1 has plenty to play for this week having dropped out of the world’s top 10 for the first time since 2010 on the back of some woeful putting at TPC Sawgrass.

Starting the year late after the birth of daughter Bo Vera in February the 2013 Masters champion is yet to find his rhythm on the greens with either the short or long versions of the putter.

As the big events of the northern summer unfold it would be surprising if his struggles continued and this being his third consecutive week of tournament golf should work in his favour.

Geoff Ogilvy might be the sleeper pick of the Australians this week having had some good results in the past including a T14 last year when in the middle of a horrible run of form.

Three times the 2006 US Open champ has entered the final round inside the top 10 and with a chance to contend but has shot over par each time.

The difficult Quail Hollow club is one of the most respected on TOUR and Ogilvy’s interest in all things golf course architecture seems to be piqued at this venue each year.

His 2015 to date has been less than memorable though a T24 at last week’s PLAYERS thanks to some consistent play suggests things may be turning around.

Of the rest Matt Jones has the best record courtesy of a T7 in 2010 though little else of note while Steven Bowditch has made the cut in both of his appearances but has a best of T28.

Cameron Percy has missed two cuts in two attempts here and Aaron Baddeley has never shown a liking for the course, T40 his best in eight tries and no current form to call on.