A 72nd hole eagle rocketed Geoff Drakeford up the standings at the Turkish Airlines Challenge where he got his 2016 Challenge Tour campaign underway last week.

Languishing in the bottom half of the field after a stop-start week of scoring, the big hitting Victorian picked up two shots and several places in the standings with his heroics at the par-5 final hole, eventually finishing T31.

His Sunday 68 was his best score of the week and will give the 24-year-old a boost of confidence as the season gets underway in earnest.
 
Drakeford was one of three Australians in the field in Turkey, Scott Arnold next best at T41 after a disappointing 1-over final round dropped him 18 places down the leaderboard.
 
Veteran David Bransdon, making just his second career Challenge Tour start, posted two double bogies in the 36 holes he played and missed the cut by four shots.