In the final round of the 2013 Valero Texas Open, Greg Chalmers aces the 199 yard, par-3 16th hole.

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2013 PREVIEW: A year that featured seven top-25 finishes but just one top 10 brought Greg Chalmers within five spots of making the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola for the first time. If the Aussie veteran is to pick up his first PGA TOUR victory, though, he'll need to put himself in the hunt more often next season.

2012 DEFINING MOMENT: Chalmers' lone top-10 was well-timed as the tie for ninth at The Barclays boosted the veteran to 38th in the FedExCup standings. He was only able to move up three spots in the next two events, though, so East Lake remains an elusive goal. – Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM

ALBERS’ QUICK TAKE: Chalmers had a great winter in Australia in 2011 and used that as a springboard to a good spring on the PGA TOUR. He is a very good putter and bunker player. Chalmers’ nickname is “snake.” I asked him why and he replied, “You know, it’s like snake charmer … Snake Chalmers.” -- Fred Albers, SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio

BOLTON’S FANTASY OUTLOOK: Standard-issue 2012 for the lefty. While he climbed to 81st on the money list -- his best finish in 11 years -- the difference from his usual spot around No. 100 was due to starts in all three World Golf Championships. In fact, if you remove the earnings from those guaranteed paydays he clinched thanks to two wins in Australia late in 2011, he'd have ranked exactly 100th on the money list. He'll turn 40 just after the 2013 Presidents Cup. -- Rob Bolton, PGATOUR.COM Fantasy expert

2012 QUICK REVIEW

Regular Season ranking 78th

Final Playoffs ranking 35th

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By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Greg Chalmers hit all but one fairway in the first round. He missed just two fairways in the second round. As a result, he ended the first 36 holes at The Barclays as the tournament leader in driving accuracy.

"Never done that before," said the Australian, who now lives in Texas.

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"I've been driving the ball beautifully all week," said Chalmers, who entered this week ranked 86th in driving accuracy on the PGA TOUR this year.

Chalmers is making his 308th career TOUR start this week, and he's still searching for his first win. He's been a runner-up twice, most recently at the 2009 Buick Open.

Known for his prowess with the putter, Chalmers is happy with the rest of his game and his chances in Sunday's final round.

"I'm thrilled with the position I'm in right now and I have to go out and play well tomorrow," Chalmers said. "I'm really excited about where things are going at the moment."

By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM

MARANA, Ariz. -- Martin Kaymer didn't win the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship last year but he came away with a pretty nice consolation prize.

Kaymer, who was on the losing end of a 3-and-2 decision to Luke Donald in the finals, still managed to ascend to No. 1 in the world thanks to the strong run through the elite field of 64. The 27-year-old German held the spot for eight weeks -- five more than his countryman Bernhard Langer had done.

Turns out, though, that lofty position was something of a double-edged sword. While Kaymer still managed to post seven more top-10s, including a win at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, last year he admits his focus sometimes waned and the swing adjustments he made are still kicking in. 

"I still think I play good golf," Kaymer said. "But overall, I understand the last year has been a little different for myself. I obviously was No. 1 in the world. It was not only a big thing for me but Germany as well and German golf. So a lot has happened and my focus has gotten a little bit away from golf, but then in the middle of the season I could focus back on golf. 

"I was changing a few things. … I feel very good about my game. It is just a matter of time that it will happen that I have a good long time of good tournaments.  I'm not too concerned.  I still play good golf and I know I need to be on my top form in order to win. 

“You need to keep working and improving.  That is what at the moment I enjoy the most. I have a lot of things that I can work on and I see I can benefit from it. It will become better and better every month."

Kaymer, who has been called in some quarters "The Germanator," is now ranked No. 4 in the world and top-seeded in the Ben Hogan bracket. He plays Australia's Greg Chalmers in the first round at 1:25 p.m. ET.

Kaymer knows Chalmers is left-handed and a good putter but "that's pretty much it," the German said. Chalmer's two wins in a three-week stretch Down Under weren't lost on Kaymer, either.

"Geoff Ogilvy and me were at dinner yesterday," Kaymer said. "I asked him if he knows him. He said yeah, he is very good in short game, so you should be careful, never give up on anything, or think, okay, that's my hole, Which you should not do in match play anyways, especially with him. That's what I heard.

"At the end of the day, if I shoot one stroke better than him, I will be fine. I'm not Googling him or trying to look up things."

Tiger Woods shot a final-round 5-under 67, but it was PGA TOUR veteran Greg Chalmers who won his country’s national championship for the second title, claiming the Emirates Australian Open on Sunday.

Chalmers shot a final-round 69 to beat fellow Australian John Senden by one stroke and Woods by two.

Woods said two bad tee shots on his back nine cost him a shot at forcing a playoff with Chalmers. But the fact that he was in contention bodes well for Woods, who will compete with his fellow United States teammates against the International team in The Presidents Cup this week in Melbourne.

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NORTON, Mass. – Roughly 33 minutes after Brandt Snedeker aced the 16th hole Saturday, Greg Chalmers followed with another ace using a 9-iron. It was the third ace of Chalmers’ PGA TOUR career.

“Holes-in-one quite often are surprising, and that one surprised me because it didn’t look from where I was standing that it was far enough to go in,” said Chalmers, who is known more for his putting; he currently ranks tied for fifth on TOUR in Strokes Gained-Putting.

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“I thought it was going to be four or five feet short. It was a surprise.”

Snedeker joked after his round that Chalmers’ ace prevented him from winning a skin there.

Replied Chalmers: “Well, I’m sure he’ll survive when he’s one shot behind on the lead.”

Chalmers’ previous aces came in the 2004 John Deere Classic and the 2009 Puerto Rico Open.

Chalmers shot a 6-under 65 on Saturday and is 5 under for the tournament. Snedeker is at 9 under, one stroke behind leader Bubba Watson.

NORTON, Mass. – Brandt Snedeker has moved to the top of the leaderboard early in Saturday’s second round, thanks to an ace, an eagle and three birdies in his front nine.

Snedeker, starting his round off the 10th tee, shot 29 in his opening nine and is now 6 under on his round and 8 under for the tournament, one stroke ahead of first-round leader Troy Matteson, who tees off this afternoon.

Snedeker poured in three consecutive birdies early in his round. Then at the 146-yard 16th, he used a 9-iron to record the first ace of his PGA TOUR career. After a bogey at the 17th, he then eagled the par-5 18th with a putt of 21 feet, 3 inches.

Approximately a half-hour after Snedeker recorded his ace, Greg Chalmers posted the second ace of the day, also at the 16th … and also using a 9-iron. It’s Chalmers’ third career ace on TOUR.

With the two aces Saturday, there have now been seven in the history of the Deutsche Bank Championship – and all seven have come in the second round. The two aces on Saturday at the 16th still falls short of the four aces recorded within a two-hour period at the same hole during the 1989 U.S. Open at Oak Hill.

Besides Snedeker, other players who have made an early move Saturday include: Rickie Fowler, 4 under on his round to move to 7 under; Bubba Watson, also 4 under for the day to get to 7 under; and Sergio Garcia, who is 6 under on his round after shooting even par in the first round.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Not surprisingly, conditions haven’t been quite as favorable for the afternoon wave at TPC Sawgrass. Case in point: Overnight leader Nick Watney hasn’t been able to catch David Toms yet.

Toms, who sits atop the leaderboard after a 4-under 68 in the morning, is one shot clear of Watney, who is 1 under through 13 holes. Lucas Glover is right there, too, playing his first 13 in 2 under to sit at 9 under for the week.

Unlike the opening round, when Watney made nine birdies and an eagle on his way to a 64, he’s made just three birdies so far in the second round. He’s also taken nearly as many putts -- 24 -- as he did all of Thursday -- 25.

The best round of the afternoon groups? That belongs to Greg Chalmers, who is 7 under through 17 holes with birdies on four of his last five holes.