Matt Millar will consider making a return to tournaments in Europe and Japan next year after the Canberra part-timer secured another top-10 finish on Sunday.
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Millar dropped out of contention for the Australian PGA title at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast as he battled tough conditions to finish the tournament at three-over par and just three shots behind a three-way play-off.
Had Millar maintained his overnight standing, he would have joined eventual champion Nathan Holman, Dylan Frittelli and Harold Varner III in the play-off to decide the winner.
But far from discontent at another top-10 finish, Millar will weigh up his future options after one of the best seasons of his career.
He won't return to the full-time professional circuit, but is still hoping to finish at the top of the Australian Order of Merit to get starts at lucrative world golf championship events.
"Things just didn't go my way [on Sunday], I could have easily been at even par and in that play-off, but that's the way it goes," he said.
"But it's another top 10 in one of the big ones. Where was I a year ago? Missing the cut and trying to get my card back for the first time in a long, long time.
"From that perspective, you look at it and think it's been a pretty good summer."
Millar's superb year resulted in him being the leader at the Australian Masters at the start of the last round as well as claiming the Australiasian Player of The Year prize at the inaugural Greg Norman Medal.
The 39-year-old finished with five bogeys and two birdies in his final round as he dropped down the leaderboard into a tie for sixth.
He needed more treatment on his troublesome back that has plagued him since he had X-rays three weeks ago.
The finish still has him in contention for Australian Order of Merit honours, but failing to win the title means he will miss out on the exemptions that come with winning the Australian PGA.
That means Millar will continue to juggle tournaments and working at the Gold Creek Country Club as well as brief stints abroad if the appropriate events come up.
"All the Order of Merit status will be decided next week and I'll be up there. I may try Europe or Japan, I'll just wait and see," Millar said.
"If I'd won [the Australian PGA] I would have definitely gone back to full-time, I wouldn't have had a choice. I would have been in a lot of tournaments for free money."
Millar will wait until Wednesday before deciding if he will play in the last event of the year, the NSW PGA in Sydney.