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“It’s was a bit of a scramble,” said the Merritt, B.C., product. “But we’ll take the positives.”

He’s had plenty of those so far this season.

Sloan’s earnings are up to more than $400,000 this season — nearly half of that was won in Puerto Rico — after playing just one PGA event, the RBC Canadian Open, in 2017-18.

Sloan also is third amongst Canadians in the world golf rankings at No. 276, well ahead of where he was at the end of 2018 (474th).

“It’s been a nice couple weeks,” Sloan said. “I’m just taking care of my business.”

It’s something Sloan had difficulty with on his first PGA Tour go-around.

He made just seven of 20 cuts in 2014-15 on the way to losing his status, but slugged it out for three seasons on the Web.com Tour and eventually locked up a return in September.

Sloan has made a point of making sure this time is different.

“This is my second year out here,” he said. “It’s definitely nice to feel more comfortable. I know the guys, I’ve seen the courses.

“It’s like anything … you get more familiar with any job the longer you do it.”

Sloan was 33rd at the Sony Open in Hawaii and 12th at the Desert Classic in La Quinta, Calif., in January before missing back-to-back cuts prior to his breakthrough in Puerto Rico — a tournament with a bit of a weaker field than many because it was held at the same time as a World Golf Championships event.

A shift in mental strategy has helped him deal with a round or a tournament’s inevitable ups and downs.

“I’m focused a little bit more on putting my attention where I can control it,” said Sloan, who missed the cut in five of the season’s first nine events. “At the end of the day it adds up to a lot more than when you’re focused on the uncontrollable.”