Rod Pampling returns to the Web.com Tour this week for the first time since March as he joins 15 other Australians at the popular BMW Charity Pro-am in South Carolina.

Pampling, twice a winner on the PGA TOUR, is splitting his time between the main and secondary Tours for the second year in a row and has made the most of five starts on the PGA TOUR already in 2015.

However, with just three Web.com events under his belt this year he sits well down the money list and a good result this week would go a long way towards reaching the all important top 25 who are guaranteed PGA TOUR cards next season.

Pampling is joined in this week’s field by: Rhein Gibson, Steve Allan, Nick Flanagan, Greg Chalmers, Scott Gardiner, Brett Drewitt, Ash Hall,  Bronson La’Cassie, Mathew Goggin, Bryden Macpherson, Oliver Goss, James Nitties, Alistair Presnell, Adam Crawford and Aron Price.

Nick Flanagan, in the midst of a comeback from thumb surgery last year, won this event in both 2007 and 2012 and those good memories might be key this week as he tries to make his first cut in his sixth start of the year.

With just three players in the top 40 of the money list and the halfway point of the season rapidly approaching there are several Australians needing to find form soon.

Mathew Goggin, Steve Allan and Rhein Gibson are all in the top 25 earners but rookie Oliver Goss, currently 43rd,  is the only other player inside the top 50.
 
Fellow rookie Brett Drewitt has played some good golf for the year to be 52nd but it’s then a long way back to Rod Pampling at 72nd.
 
There are 13 events, including this week, to be played before the top 75 are joined by 75 players from the PGA TOUR for the four event finals series to decide cards for next year and some Australians are in danger of missing this crucial number.
 
Ash Hall, Adam Crawford, Bronson La’Cassie and Bryden Macpherson are outside the top 100 while Alistair Presnell is yet to make a cut in seven starts.