Brendan Jones will try to become the first Australian in 25 years to claim the Japan Tour’s Tokai Classic this week as he continues to find form in 2015.

Jones posted his best score in seven tournaments in the final round of last week’s Asia Pacific Diamond Cup, a welcome sign in a year that has produced just one top-10 for Australia’s most successful Japan Tour player.

Graham Marsh was the last Australian to win the title in 1990 and while Jones doesn’t have a particularly good track record in the event he will be boosted by his performance last week, particularly his final round 67.

While a wrist injury which first flared in 2013 and required a second surgery last year seems to finally be behind him, Jones has struggled to regain consistent form this year with three missed cuts and two withdrawals in 13 starts.

However, six sub 70 scores in his last 12 rounds suggest things are turning around in time for the biggest events of the season which begin next month.

Jones is one of seven Australasians in the field this week, joined by Kurt Barnes, David Smail, Scott Strange, Matthew Griffin, Adam Bland and Won Joon Lee.

Jones’ fellow Japan Tour veteran David Smail has the best record of those in the field with three top-10 finishes in 10 starts, including a T6 in 2012.

Smail has found the going tough in 2015 with nine missed cuts in 14 events and needs to find something quickly to turn his year around.