Manawatu professional Tim Wilkinson has finished in a share of 22nd place at the Byron Nelson Championship on the PGA Tour.
The left-hander carded a two-under par 68 in the final round today (mon) to climb 10 places and finish 10 shots back from American Brendon Todd who secured his first win on the game’s most lucrative tour.
Wilkinson had rounds of 66, 71, 71 and 68 at the TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas for his best finish since finishing tied for seventh at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in February.
The 35-year-old is expected to climb 10 places on the FedEx Cup Standings from 132nd to 122nd.
The top 125 players on the standings qualify for the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, at The Barclays on August 21-24.
Danny Lee, who missed the cut at the Byron Nelson after rounds of 69 and 77, is projected to drop eight places on the FedEx Cup Standings to 96th.
Meanwhile on the Web.com Tour, Steven Alker has finished in a share of 60th place at the BMW Charity Pro-Am.
The Waikato professional is projected to climb 35 places on the Web.com order of merit to a share of 60th place.
The top 25 players from the Web.com Tour money-list are assured of getting PGA Tour cards for the 2014-15 season.
Closer to home, Ryan Fox and Mark Brown enjoyed top-20 finishes at the SK Telecom Open on the OneAsia Tour.
Auckland professional Fox, who last week finished in a share of 10th place for his best result on the tour, backed that up with a tie for 17th and another decent pay day of $13,750.
Fox had rounds of 74, 69, 73 and 70 at the Sky 72 Ocean Course to finish on a two-under par total, nine shots back from the champion, Korean Seung-hyuk Kim.
Also finishing on four-under par was Wellington professional Brown.
The former European Tour player, the leading Kiwi on the OneAsia order of merit in eighth place, carded rounds of 76, 68, 71 and 71 to continue his momentum in Asia.
Perth-based Kiwi Michael Long finished tied 57th while Josh Geary (77, 71) and Gareth Paddison (82, 74) missed the cut.
