Jason Scrivener’s impressive European Tour
play early in the season has earned him an invite to the one of the biggest
events of the year, the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

The West Australian is playing his second
year on the circuit after narrowly missing out on keeping his card last year
then gaining it back at Q-School.

In 11 starts for the season Scrivener has
made all but one cut while posting three top-10 finishes, including last start
at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, to earn his biggest career opportunity to
date.

The BMW PGA Championship attracts one of
the strongest European Tour fields all year and the invitation is testament not
only to Scrivener’s current form but his blossoming potential as one of the
future stars of the Tour.

The 26-year-old is one of seven Australians
taking their place in the prestigious event, 2016 season tournament winners
Nathan Holman, Scott Hend and Marcus Fraser joined by Richard Green, Andrew
Dodt and Brett Rumford.

Holman and Scrivener make their debut
appearances this week while each of the rest of the Australians has played the
tournament at least once.

Richard Green will tee up for the 20th time
having qualified every year he has been on Tour since 1997.

While an impressive feat in itself, Green
has also managed three top-10’s in that time, the last coming when he was T6 in
2008.

The veteran left hander has shown good form
at the Wentworth layout and since missing the cut each of his first three
appearances has only failed to qualify for the weekend on three other occasions
since 1999, the last in 2013.

His best result is T5 which came back in
2005 though the course has undergone major changes at the hands of Ernie Els
since.

Brett Rumford makes his 13th appearance
this week but has mixed results at the course. His best finish was fourth alone
in 2006 though he is yet to come to terms with the updated design, missing four
cuts in six tries since the new look layout debuted in 2010.

Marcus Fraser has fared somewhat better
since the major work was carried out, a T4 in 2011 his best finish in 11
starts.

Coming off a disappointing missed cut at
last week’s Irish Open, Fraser will be motivated to do well, as will Australian
PGA champion Nathan Holman.

A first round 79 at the K Club was out of
character for Holman and he will be keen to hit back this week, especially at a
tournament which is held in such high regard.

Andrew Dodt and Scott Hend round out the Australian
challenge, Dodt enduring some unusual, inconsistent form in recent weeks while
Hend needs to lift after a poor week in Ireland.