The 45-year-old currently sits 85th in the standings and needs to get into the top 70 to make the post-season run-in.

To do that, he has to finish no worse than in a two-way tie for third at the Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.

"I'm really here focused on trying to win this tournament," said Scott, whose 16-year streak of making the playoffs ended in 2023. He returned last year to tie for fourth at the season-ending Tour Championship.

"This will be my last chance to play on the PGA Tour potentially for some weeks; it's do or die and that's a fun way to play.

"Sometimes we - or I - have fallen in the trap of like, 'There's always next week if it doesn't work out', and that's not the case here; that's not pressure, more motivation.

"I feel like my game's been pretty good since May, so I need to be on the front foot a little bit. I can't be sitting back waiting for it to happen."

The Adelaide-born Scott has not won since 2020 and four years ago lost in a six-man play-off at the Wyndham.

"I've really not had any momentum at all and it seems like I can put three rounds together, but not four every week," he added.

"I have full belief, especially after I've won, that I can play at the highest level on a given week. I think realistically it's harder for me to do it over a season.

"I'm not saying it's impossible, but I need to get things more on my own terms to do that."