Nice position heading into final round
/Carding a 5 under par 4th round Travis is in a nice spot heading into the fifth round of Asian Q school. There are a few players still to finish but Travis is currently T5 at 8 under par for the event.He recovered well from a double on the second by finding 7 birdies.The field has now been cut to top 70 and ties. The cut was +1 at T59 with 72 players to tee up in the final round for a chance of a Tour Card."After the first round I did some good practice and since then I’ve kept the feels simple and played very well. I’m enjoying myself !"Top thirty get cards. The higher the finish the more starts a player gets in the higher value tournaments. Top 5 is especially rewarding!
Standing at the short par 4 12th, Driver or 3 wood? Practice round at Bonnie Doon with good friend James Grierson. They both got birdies.Travis left for Thailand two days later to try for his Asian Tour card. He obtained exemption to final stage on the back of his amateur career.Tour school starts on 10 January for 5 days. Played at two courses; Rayong Green Country Club and St Andrews 2000.Some 131 players were exempt to final stage to be joined by 111 players who fought through qualifiers.Q school is over 5 rounds with cuts after 2 rounds and 4 rounds which will see 70 players in the final round looking to get top 35 and a tour card."Guess I am a bit rusty tournament wise after a six week break but I am eager to get going on this."There are 25 Aussies playing in the final stage. A big number but no surprise given the depth of talent in Australia relative to the size of our local tour. But golf is increasingly competitive globally with an equal number of players arriving from Europe and the Americas despite the pathways available to them nearer home.
Travis had a great start in the first round shooting a blemish free 3 under par 69 to be T 12. "Played solid golf. Only missed 2 greens I think, and it feels like my game is in a good place at the moment. Could have been anything out there today!"The Championship is co-sanctioned by the European Tour and is being held at RACV Royal Pines Resort. The purse is $1.5m and over 40 European Tour players are contesting the Championship.Sergio Garcia is at 5 under T3, and Adam Scott is 1 under T 39. Leading the field are Adam Bland and Jordan Zunic at 6 under. 
Playing in only his second event as a professional Travis delivered a 4 under par finish in his national open championship to be T10.He was bested by some top US PGA tour players.He had rounds of 71, 69, 73 and 67 for a 4 under par total of 280. He carded a bogey free round on the final day."The final day has to be one of my most memorable final tournament rounds. I am excited to do even better."His coach John Serhan said, "Trav played really, really well. He consistently got up and down it was great to be there".Travis was keen to pass his thanks to Dean Kinney Golf NSW Coach who was on the bag and Precsion Golf who helped him out in their club fitting studio ahead of the tournament.Trav tees up at RACV Royal Pines on Thursday for the, European co-sanctioned, PGA Championship of Australia. 
"Lost count of the number of lip-outs today! But, hey I'm not complaining, really enjoyed the tournament.""Big shout out to everyone at Twin Creeks involved in the event and especially Joyce and Dave Berry for looking after me so well!"Travis tees up next week at the $1.25m Australian Open.
Travis carded a 1 under par 71 in the 3rd round of the NSW Open. He is now 9 under for the tournament and tied 14th.He managed to find 5 bogeys but erased them with 6 birdies!Leader is Jason Scrivener at 17 under. He shot a 6 under par 3rd round to jump up the leader board. Yep that's "moving day!". He is one shot ahead of Lucas Herbert and Daniel Nisbet who are tied second on 16 under."A much tougher day today with the wind getting up.""Bit of a frustrating round as you could guess from the score card! All good though, looking forward to resting up and getting back out there."Travis tees off tomorrow at 10.55 with tour veteran Scott Barr, who plays on the Asian Tour, and visiting Texan Kramer Hickok.
Pictured with caddy Matt Holloway on the 15 green."How good is it for this tourney to be your first professional event, hey?" And with that Travis teed off at the NSW Open at Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club. The $400,000 tournament has the State Government as its major sponsor.After a steady 2 under par first round Travis got out of first gear to shoot 6 under in the second round. He is T11 at 8 under going into the week end. Four golfers are tied for the lead at 12 under.Get out there!
Whilst not concluding his amateur career on a high note, Travis can look back with satisfaction at his performances and the rankings he has achieved during his final year in the amateur game.For the record he finished the Asia_Pacific Championships T24 with a 2 over par total of 286. He had rounds of 70,71,75 and 70.Eventual winner was Yuxin Lin on 14 under. Best of the Aussies was Min Woo Lee T3 at 7 under.Travis will likely announce his move to the professional ranks this week and seek to enter the NSW Open, Australian Open and Australian PGA Championships based on his winners category gained at the NT PGA Championship.Ready for the challenge, lets have some fun!
Travis shot an even par 71 in the second round of the Asia-Pacific Championships in Wellington NZ.He slipped a bit down the leaderboard to T14 at 1 under for the tournament. He is six shots behind the leader and fellow Aussie Min Woo Lee."Yeh hit it average off the tee so was always in tough positions and I lost two balls! A lot of good stuff though."Lots of golf to play still!
Pictured on the 18th at Palmerston Golf Club after sinking the winning putt. Darren Beck congratulates Travis.The dust has settled after Trav's Australian Tour Victory at Palmerston Golf Club and it's very much back to work.He is now in London preparing for the first stage of European Tour School. First Stage of tour school is held across six venues with up to 102 players at each course. The exact number processing to second stage is annouced at the start of the event. The number progressing is the same ratio across all venues. Expect about 25 to 30 to progress.Travis was able to get his preferred course at