Mike Sweeney, a homeless golfer who lives out of his car as he chases his dream of becoming a professional, got one step closer to his ultimate goal this week.

Sweeney, who has lived in his car for months in order to save money, qualified for the HomeTown Lenders Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour, winning in a Monday playoff to enter the official field for the event that starts today.

Sweeney spent much of his savings on the $500 entry fee for the qualifying tournament, but it paid off.

“Officially in the field for the @htlchamp this week on the @kornferrytour after a round of -7 & a 2 hole playoff to seal the deal,” Sweeney posted on Instagram.

The Korn Ferry Tour is a minor league for the PGA Tour, with the top 30 players in the standings at the end of the season earning a PGA Tour membership for the following year.

Sweeney qualified for the playoff by holing out for eagle on the 18th hole, and ended up advancing by scoring par on the second hole of the playoff.

Sweeney, who recently was the subject of a profile in MondayQ, grew up in Connecticut and learned to play golf from his father.

He has spent months living out of a 2014 Hyundai Elantra, showering at the gym at his father’s apartment complex.

He has held a number of odd jobs, working as a “sandwich artist” at Subway, an assistant at a club in New York and even as a rapper under the name MikeyD860.

The Elantra eventually stopped running, and Sweeney is now staying in a hotel room that his father pays for.

The room costs $500 a month, and reviews of the hotel — the name was not disclosed by MondayQ — complain of bed bugs and sex workers frequenting the parking lot.

To Sweeney, it’s all worth it, and now he has his best shot at a career in pro golf this week when he tees it up in Alabama.