Murray gained his card to the world's second richest tour after he finished tied for 36^th in the Australian PGA Championship on the Gold Coast.

The 22-year-old finished second on the PGA Australasia Order of Merit.

Ryan Fox won the crown with almost $308,000 in prizemoney, but he already has his European Tour card so Murray won through.

Murray won almost $231,000 in his seven tournaments, including the wire-to-wire win in the New Zealand Open in early March.

Brad Kennedy was next, around $9000 behind.

"If I had missed the cut this week, I would have missed by probably about $1000," Murray said.

"I was nervous, it was a tournament inside a tournament for me.

"I just had one goal in my mind, just to keep trying to give myself chances and I gave myself chances all day."

Murray made the cut by two shots on Friday, shooting even-par over the first 36 holes.

He fired two-over 74 on Saturday, but finished with a three-under 69.

"It's something I've been working towards ever since my first few years in golf," Murray said of securing his card.

"I started watching the European Tour as a kid, I used to lay on the couch and fall asleep watching until two or three in the morning."

Murray will become only the second player from the Border and North East to secure a full-time European Tour card.

Corowa product Marcus Fraser spent 16 years on the circuit, finishing at the end of last year.

"He actually gave me a ring last night (Sunday) and just said, 'congratulations', which is really cool, I've been pretty close to Marcus over the last six months or so, since I've been playing in Asia," Murray said.

The European Tour, which trails only the USPGA in prizemoney, started last month but, ironically, Murray's first event will be the Vic Open at 13th Beach.

He also qualifies for two World Golf Championships, including one in Mexico.

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The February event is worth a staggering $US10.5 million and players receive a minimum of $US50,000 with no cut.

The hallowed US Masters is worth $US11.5 million.

Murray's European Tour card doesn't entitle him to a start in any of the four majors.

He's yet to map out a schedule for next year, but Murray doesn't expect to base himself on the continent full-time, at least early in the year.

His girlfriend Amy's family is based near London.