Adam Scott has a proud record at stake as he enters the PGA Tour's final regular-season event urgently needing a bump up the Fed Ex Cup standings to get into the playoffs.
The Australian former world No.1 is one of only two players - No.59 Matt Kuchar is the other - to have contested every Fedex Cup playoffs series since the concept was introduced in 2007.
But he goes into this week's Wyndham Championship in North Carolina at No.81 in the standings and needing to climb 11 spots if he is to continue that streak.
The task has been made even more challenging for players this year with only the top 70 in the standings advancing where previously the top 125 got to play the lucrative end-of-season series.
Jason Day (No.11) and Cam Davis (69) are the only Australians currently in the top 70 with Davis also playing this week as he seeks to shore up his spot in the three-event series, where the fields are reduced each week.
Scott, who is ranked No.39 in the world, believes his experience and familiarity with the Sedgefield Country Club course can stand him in good stead.
"I feel like my game is good, so my game plan is to go out there and really focus," said Scott.
"Sometimes when you're up against it like this there's only really one outcome. It's like qualifying for a tournament except this is kind of a four-day qualifier for me.
"So sometimes that can really help you, it can intensify your focus and get the job done.
"I've been in similar positions before, kind of made a run last year through the playoffs and hopefully I can do that again.
"I probably have to have a pretty high result to get in anyway, so I may as well think about winning, that's what I would like to do the most this week."
Despite the nine-year gap since he reached the world rankings pinnacle, Scott doesn't believe his game is far off the best.
"I think top level professional sport and golf, everything is a very fine line between being a top-10 player in the world, which is very close to No.1, I think, and also being a top-150 player in the world, it's very fine margins.
"One better round of golf this year and I'd find myself well inside the FedExCup line at the moment at the right time, that's how small a margin it is over a season, just one round that is a few shots better.
"I think overall though the difference between me then (2014) and now is I'm better in some areas and a little less consistent in other areas, and that's with maybe just life coming into play as well."
