Aussie Matt Jones is celebrating after regaining his PGA Tour card for this week’s starting 2017/18 wraparound season.

Jones posted a final round 67 for a 17-under par tally at Monday’s conclusion to the storm-affected Web.com Tour Championship at the Atlantic Beach course near Orlando in Florida.

Matt Jones celebrates on the fairway after holing out for birdie on the eighteenth hole during the final round of the Shell Houston Open at the Golf Club of Houston. (Photo – www.pgatour.com)

The effort by the former Australian Open winner was good enough for the 37-year old Sydneysider to secure the 17^th place among the leading 25 on the Tour’s ‘Final 25’ list that earn full PGA Tour membership.

It is a huge boost for Jones who lost his Tour card at the end of 2016 at the conclusion of his two-year exemption in capturing the 2014 Shell Houston Open.

However, he did manage to contest 20 events on the recently-concluded 2016/17 PGA Tour year but Jones struggled with a best of T13th in the Valero Texas Open and end the season 152^nd on the money.

Jones’ effort will now see a small contingent of six Australians compete full time this coming season on golf’s greatest stage.

They include – Jason Day, Marc Leishman, Adam Scott, Cameron Smith and Geoff Ogilvy.

The news sadly was not as good for Victorian Cameron Percy.

Percy birdied his closing two hole in a round of a two-under par 69 to in a tie for 20^th at 13-under par but in the bigger PGA Tour card picture the 43-year old dropped four places to end the ‘Final 25’ in 29^th place and some $US 10,000 shy of 25^th place.

Percy is now resigned to competing next year full-time on the Web.com Tour where he will be joined by Taree-born Brad Drewitt.

The 26-year old contested 19 events on the 2016/17 PGA Tour season but missed the cut in 10 to end the year ranked 196^th on the money list.

Drewitt posted a 67 over the last day of the Web.com Tour Championship to finish T32nd on 11-under par.

Earlier in the event, Perth’s Curtis Luck missed the cut by a shot with scores of 70 and 68.

Also missing the cut was Stuart Appleby with rounds of 66 but then producing six birdies, two bogeys, one double-bogey and two triple bogeys in a horror second day 75.

Sydney’s Jamie Arnold had also missed the cut with the 34-year shooting scores of 68 and 75.

And Rhein Gibson was among 16 withdrawals following the third after posting rounds

of 70, 67 and 71, and at five-under knowing he had little chance of securing a PGA Tour card.