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Shepparton golfer Jarrod Lyle’s bid to become a fulltimemember of the US PGA Tour took another step forward at the weekend when he made the cut at the Texas Open. Lyle, 28, has made the cut in all five PGA Tour events he has contested this year, including a top 10 placing in New Orleans last month. A closing one-over par 73 yesterday earned him a share of 41st spot, 12 strokes behind Australian winner Adam Scott. The finish swelled Lyle’s prizemoney earnings this season by $23 180 to an impressive $295 312. His father, John, a former one-handicapper and longtime Goulburn Valley Country Week squad member, is thrilled with his son’s beginning to the year. ‘‘He’s played really consistently on the main tour and this is definitely the best start he’s had since he’s been over there,’’ John said. ‘‘I was just looking at his stats today and if he’d played enough rounds he’d be sitting in 37th spot on scoring average on the US Tour. ‘‘That shows he is playing some pretty good golf when he has the opportunity to play.’’ Lyle boasted the equal fourth-least putts per round in Texas, but was only tied 61st in greens in regulation. ‘‘Putting is an area of his game that he’s improved quite a bit and his putting stats are good, but it also can reflect that he’s missing the green,’’ John said. ‘‘Obviously, he’s chipping well and getting up and down, but you’re not creating a lot of birdie opportunities if you’re missing the greens.’’ Lyle’s strong form has earned him the chance to play more regularly on the PGA Tour, but he will mix his tournament play with events on the secondary Nationwide Tour. He is first alternate for this week’s Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, and finds out today whether he has made the field. Otherwise, Lyle will compete in the Nationwide Tour event in North Carolina. ‘‘He’ll play Nationwide when he’s not playing on the main tour because he’s still placed reasonably well on that as well,’’ John said. ‘‘He wants to keep his options open asmuch as he can because, even in five starts, he’s sitting 131st on the (PGA Tour) money list. ‘‘If he can have another couple of good results in tournaments he could secure his pass for this year.’’ Lyle is also playing in an 18-hole US Open qualifier in Austin, Texas, today for the chance to progress to a 36-hole play-off in the coming weeks.

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