After a worrying streak of seven consecutive missed cuts dating back to May, a four week break seems to have been the answer for Wade Ormsby to get back some of the form which saw him have his best year as a Professional in 2014.

The South Australian was brilliant in the opening round of the KLM Open, a career best 9-under 61 vaulting him to a share of the 18-hole lead and subsequent scores of 68-68-69 seeing him finish T10.

It was Ormsby’s fourth top-10 finish of the year but more importantly was the first time in 2015 he has been under par all four days of a tournament.

Since a scintillating 65 in the final round of the Spanish Open on May 17 Ormsby had gone 14 rounds without breaking 70 and was eliminated in the first round of the Paul Lawrie Match Play tournament the week after The Open.

But an extended break since then seems to have done the trick for Ormsby who dropped just eight shots for the week.

Two of those came courtesy of a double bogey at the 10th hole Saturday though he immediately got both back with an ace at the very next hole.

Ormsby jumped nine places on the Race to Dubai standings thanks to his good play and at 91st will be feeling more relaxed about keeping his card for next season.

Also pleased with his week’s work in The Netherlands will be Jason Scrivener who has been on a roll the last four weeks.

After struggling much of the year not only to gain starts but to perform when he did, Scrivener has found something in his game in the past month and added a third top-20 finish in his last four starts at the KLM.

Like Ormsby the West Australian was under par every round at the Kennemer Golf and Country Club, the highlight coming with a 5-under 65 on Saturday.

Keeping mistakes to a minimum was key to Scrivener’s performance with just six dropped shots for the week against 16 birdies and an eagle.

The €21,672 cheque he received for finishing T18 moved him to 144th in the Race to Dubai and with the top-110 retaining playing rights for 2016 he will feel a genuine chance to play the Tour again next year.

Scott Hend (T30), Richard Green (T41) and Daniel Gaunt (T66) were the other Australians in the field and while all made the cut all will be disappointed with their final result.

A 2-over 72 in the second round proved costly for Hend in a low scoring tournament and while it was sandwiched between a pair of 65’s will rankle the big hitting Queenslander.

Green, too, will rue his only over par round of the week though his 73 came on Sunday and dropped him from inside the top-10 to mid field.

After three brilliant rounds of 67-64-68 the left hander
looked on track to contend but opened his final round with three straight
bogies and never recovered.