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European Tour: Australian PGA Championship top 10 power rankings

By Mike Randleman

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 02: General view of the course during day two of the 2016 Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort on December 2, 2016 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 02: General view of the course during day two of the 2016 Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort on December 2, 2016 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images) /
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 24: Matt Jones of Australia hits an approach shot on the 10th hole during day two of the 2017 Australian Golf Open at the Australian Golf Club on November 24, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) /

Matt Jones struck gold on his home course, The Australian, in Queensland last week at the Australian Open where he tied for second place. Even before his big week, he seemed like a confident guy thanks to earning his PGA Tour card for 2017-18 this fall.

“To play the way I did in ‘16 and ‘17 I think was not typical of myself, but then to lose my card but to get it back at the Web finals again, it was good,” Jones said in his pre-Australian Open press conference as transcribed by the PGA Tour of Australasia. “I didn’t want to have to rely on sponsor exemptions and minimal starts again this year on tour and now that I’ve got my full card back I can select the schedule, which is nice, and play courses that I want.”

Perhaps Royal Pines will grow into a course Jones, 37, will play more often. This week is just his second Australian PGA start and first at Royal Pines.

Prior to last week’s strong showing, Jones tied for fifth and tied for 20th at Web.com Tour playoff events and picked up three top-25 finishes early in the year on the PGA Tour.

Jones finished last season on the PGA Tour 28th in driving distance, 140th in driving accuracy and 17th in scrambling. We’ll see if his bomb and gouge style can get it done this week.

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