Rhein Gibson has birdied his way to the 2016 PGA TOUR with a blistering final round 65 to vault into the top-5 at the Web.com Tour Championship.

Gibson entered the week 18^th on
the Finals Series money list needing only to make the cut to be guaranteed a
place on the PGA TOUR next year.

But three days of fabulous play saw Gibson
move into the top-10 on the money list and improve his exemption category when
he takes his place on the PGA TOUR in two weeks’ time.

After opening the tournament with a
7-under-63 to take the lead, the 29-year-old stumbled in the second round with
a horror 76 to fall well back but made up for his mistake over the weekend.

Brilliant back-to-back rounds of 65 saw Gibson
steadily climb the leaderboard, even having a genuine chance at victory on the
back nine Sunday.

A bogey at the 72^nd hole of the
tournament was the only blemish on his Sunday scorecard but in the bigger
picture Gibson will take nothing but positives from the week.

Previously best known for his Guinness Book
of World Records score of 55 in 2011, Gibson has now reached the pinnacle of
the game as a member of the PGA TOUR.

While Gibson is riding the euphoria of his
achievement, Steve Allan is left to ponder what might have been after missing
the cut this week and falling outside the top-25 who earned cards.

Allan entered the week in 23^rd
position in the Finals Series money list and despite a 1-over-par opening round
was still a good chance to make the main Tour next year.

But a second round 78 put an end to his
hopes, two double bogeys and five bogeys relegating him to another season on
the secondary Tour.

Rod Pampling was next best behind Gibson at
TPC Sawgrass’ Dye Valley course finishing T24 but the Queenslander had already
wrapped up his card by finishing top-25 on the regular season money list.

Aaron Baddeley saved his best of the week
till last but a Sunday round of 65 was too little too late. The three time PGA TOUR
winner faces playing the secondary Tour full time for the second time in his 13
year US career having kept his card every year since 2002.

Robert Allenby and Cameron Percy also made
the cut this week but finished too far down to be part of the top-25
conversation.

Allenby will now need to make use of a
career money list exemption to tee up on the PGA TOUR in 2016 while Percy faces
another season on the Web.com Tour.

Mathew Goggin, Oliver Goss and Greg
Chalmers all missed this week’s cut meaning all will be playing the Web.com
Tour again in 2016.