South Australia’s Max McCardle will be
looking to build on a brilliant start to the 2016 PGA Tour China series when
the Cadillac Championship tees off on Thursday.

McCardle’s results have trended in the
right direction in his first two starts of the year with a T8 at the year’s
first event followed by a T4 last week.

At fourth on the Order of Merit it’s been
an ideal start to the season and if he can maintain form over the coming months
is well on the way to earning Web.com Tour status in the US.

The top five money earners at the end of
the season gain access to America’s secondary circuit and McCardle would follow
in the footsteps of Brett Drewit and Bryden Macpherson who have achieved the
feat in the past two years.

There will be a total of 25 Australians
teeing up this week including Chris Wood and Taylor Cooper, the only
Australians aside from McCardle presently inside the top-20 on the Order of
Merit.

After playing several events in 2014
Lincoln Tighe makes his first start in China for the year joining regulars
Raymond Beaufils, David Lutterus and the veterans David McKenzie and Scott
Laycock.

The full list of Australians competing is:
Raymond Beaufils, Rohan Blizard, Max McCardle, Christopher Brown, Peter Cooke,
Taylor Cooper, Mitch Davis, Andrew Evans, Gavin Flint, James Gibellini, Alex
Hawley, Jake Higginbottom, Scott Laycock, David Lutterus, Peter Martin, David
McKenzie, Jack Munro, Daniel Nisbet, Michael Sim, Jake Stirling, Lincoln Tighe,
Michael Willis, Christopher Wood and Jake Younan.