Jason Scrivener played his best golf of the year under the severest pressure as made a bold bid to retain his European Tour card in Hong Kong.

Needing to finish third outright in Fanling to earn enough money to climb inside the top-110 on the Order or Merit, Scrivener came up one shot shy, his only three putt of the day at the 17^th hole proving the fatal blow.

Having played beautiful golf over the opening three days in Hong Kong Scrivener was in fine form on Sunday, making some majestic saves on the back nine as the pressure intensified over the closing holes.

Brilliant sand saves at the 14^th, 15^th and 18^th holes were unfortunately coupled with the clumsy three putt bogey at the 17^th but the talented 26-year-old can hold his head high after his rookie season on the world’s second biggest Tour.

His 11-under-par total in Hong Kong saw him cash a cheque for €82,636, taking his winnings for the year to €223,944 and just €27,274 short of 110^th placed Renato Paratore of Italy.

It is testament to the West Australian’s talent that he saved his best golf till the last event and while he would have liked to finish one shot better it would be a surprise if 2016 didn’t prove a breakout year.

While Scrivener was the standout among the Australians at the last regular season event for the year it was fellow young gun Nathan Holman who looked to have that honour wrapped up when Sunday began.

Rounds of 68-66-68 saw the Victorian start the day in a share of ninth and an outside chance to play his way onto the European Tour in 2016 with a win or high finish.

But the 24-year-old struggled from the outset, making the turn 3-over for the day and eventually signing for a 5-over 75 to drop to mid field.

Holman played 10 events in Europe this year and proved he can mix it at the highest level with seven made cuts and a best finish of T11 at the Malaysian Open.

Andrew Dodt and Sam Brazel were next best behind Scrivener in Hong Kong sharing eighteenth position at 7-under, Marcus Fraser one shot better than Holman at 4-under and T32.

Defending champion Scott Hend had a disappointing week in Hong Kong, surprisingly missing the cut after his victory in Macau last week.

The Queenslander had rounds of 69-74 to miss the weekend by three shots, the poor second round also costing him a chance to play for the Race to Dubai Finals bonus pool.

Hend finished 69^th on the final list, only the top 60 eligible for the four tournament bonus pool which gets underway in Turkey this week.