Kiradech battles for tour card

prepares for last throw of dice to save PGA Tour career

Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat is ready to fight and save his PGA Tour career at the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, a three-tournament series that will award 25 PGA Tour cards starting today.

This will be the second successive year the 33-year-old will face the pressure of PGA Tour survival after finishing a lowly 190th on the FedEx Cup standings, well outside the top-125 required to retain playing rights on the circuit.

A tied 13th finish at the Wyndham Championship, the final tournament of the PGA Tour’s regular season two weeks ago, where he produced cards of 65 and 63 in the second and third rounds, has given him some self-belief ahead of a crucial next few weeks.

Kiradech also reunited with his first ever caddie from Thailand, Prajak Khaoprathum, who flew out to the US to carry…