The motivation to perform at Conway Farms in the BMW Championship is hardly lacking for Matt Jones.
The NSW golfer has plenty to prove as he searches for his first Tour Championship berth and he's itching for the chance to let his clubs do the talking.
Jones needs to prove he can cut it on Sundays after a series of late stumbles has cruelled his chances to add to his lone US PGA tour win.
He wants to bury a few demons at the course where he was one 10-foot putt away from the Tour Championship two years ago.
And he's also stinging from being overlooked as a Presidents Cup pick.
The biggest issue is a worrying trend of leaking shots late in tournaments.
Leading the PGA Championship through 36 holes, Jones faded and last start in Boston he was knocking on the door before dropping five shots in a four-hole run.
Jones is on average more than two strokes worse in final rounds compared to rounds two and three this season and the last nine times Jones has played through to the final round he's been under par just once.
"I have missed a couple of shots in final rounds and it certainly cost me last week. I had a putt on the ninth to get to 13-under and four holes later I was seven under," Jones told AAP.
"I don't feel any different. I don't get nervous. I am not sure what it is. Hopefully I am learning more from it each time."
Jones is one of the more aggressive players on the US tour and certainly one of the fastest.
But any thought of backing things off has him feeling antsy.
"It might help to be a little more conservative but I am an aggressive player so trying to tone that back a little bit can be hard also," he explained.
"If I try to hit the middle of greens I miss greens. I struggle with that, always have. If I'm not trying to draw it into a pin or something it seems to be harder for me.
"My style gives me chances to win golf tournaments but can also go the other way."
The 34-year-old sits 33rd on the season long points list and needs to find his way inside the top 30 with a good finish this week.
Just eight points separates Jones and current number 30 Louis Oosthuizen and the Cronulla-born golfer is just 86 points from 26th.
Considering a win brings 2000 points the scope to move is certainly attainable.
Jones faced a similar scenario two years ago.
Needing a birdie on the 72nd hole to make the Tour Championship, Jones laid up on the finishing par five, wedged to 10 feet, but watched his putt lip out of the hole.
"In hindsight I would go for the last green in two but I didn't so all I am looking for is another opportunity," he said.
"Hopefully we have taken care of it well before the last hole but if I am given another chance I'll be ready."
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