Josh Geary has gone a long way towards securing a 2016 Web.com Tour card after winning his second PGA TOUR China event in just four starts at the weekend.

The former WA Open champion has an almost AU$45,000 lead at the top of the Order of Merit and with the top-five earning status to the PGA TOUR’s secondary circuit next year it seems all but impossible Geary will
not be among that number.

A final round of 3-under 69 saw Geary overtake third round leader JH Wang and secure the winner’s cheque for AU$45,000 at the Lanhai Open, the fifth event of a 12 tournament series.

This week’s earnings mean Geary has amassed just shy of AU$100,000 for the year, AU$113,000 was required to be in the top-five in 2014.

While it was a great week for Geary he wasn’t the only Australasian success story with South Australia’s Peter Cooke again impressing with a top-five finish.

Cooke opened with a disappointing 78 but fought back bravely over the final three rounds, his 6-under 66 the best score in the field Sunday by a comfortable two shots.

Cooke hasn’t finished out of the top-five in any of the three events he has played and has moved to sixth on the Order of Merit, the highest ranked Australasian behind Geary.

David McKenzie (3^rd), Max McCardle (4^th), Christopher Brown (T9) and New Zealand’s Daniel Pearce (T9) all finished in the top-10 this week.

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