Having lost top spot on the FedEx Cup rankings last week Jason Day will be keen to return to a course he says ‘fits his eye’ at the second playoff event in Boston this week.

The World Number 1 arrives at TPC Boston with a formidable track record at the Gil Hanse redesigned course, a layout he has been effusive about in the past.

A runner-up finish in 2010 is the Queenslander’s best result in seven previous starts but with Geoff Ogilvy the only player to have amassed more money at this tournament without winning, Day is clearly comfortable at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

"I love coming back here," Day said of the tournament and venue last year. "It’s a beautiful place. The people are fantastic. The crowds are great.

"The golf course, for some reason fits my eye. So, when you put all that together, you start to feel a lot more comfortable out here.

"And then once you’re comfortable out here and you have a good game plan, as long as you stick to it, you can get up there pretty quick."

Day trails last week’s winner, Patrick Reed, by just 380 points on the FedEx Cup standings but with points quadrupled for the playoff events, meaning a win is worth 2000, the margin is miniscule in reality.

But Day isn’t the only Australian who has shown a liking for the TPC Boston layout in the past, fellow Queenslander Adam Scott the champion in 2003 and a top-10 finisher on four other occasions in 10 appearances.

A joint holder of the course record with his second round 62 in 2003, Scott comes into the week in good form after some promising signs last week in New York.

His third round 65 at Bethpage featured some outstanding putting, often his Achilles heel in 2016, and if he can maintain the freedom in his stroke will be dangerous again this week.

Scott slipped to fourth on the FedEx Cup table after his T4 result last week and at 1,052 points behind Reed would cherish a win this week.

With this week’s field reduced to the top-100 on the standings Day and Scott are joined by Aaron Baddeley (56^th), Marc Leishman (71^st) and John Senden (80^th).

Baddeley makes his ninth appearance overall in the tournament though first since 2012.

He has two top-10 finishes on his resume coming in back to back years of 2006 and 2007 though he has been a revitalised player in 2016.

A made cut should be enough to ensure a place in the third playoff event next week in Chicago when the field is trimmed to 70 but regardless of the outcome this week the Victorian will be pleased with his season’s work.

Teeing up at the start of the year with limited status on the PGA TOUR it has been an achievement just to make the playoffs.

For Leishman and Senden the stakes are high this week as both are in danger of missing the third playoff event.

A missed cut for Leishman last week dropped him out of the top-70 and he will be keen to climb back in with some better play in Boston.

The course hasn’t been to his liking in the past with a best result of T15 in seven previous starts and a missed cut here last year.

For Senden this week is do or die though the Queenslander is not without hope.

12 times he has played this tournament and has never missed the cut, T5 his best finish two years ago.

Projections suggest he needs to finish 22^nd or better to be a likely starter at the BMW and some good play in New York last week suggest the task is not beyond him.