His form has been "bloody awful" and Michael Hendry did not play well at the last NZPGA but he hopes technical swing changes bed in on his return to this week's tournament.
The Remuera course will challenge his ability to cut through some of the doubt he has carried about his tee to green work.
"It is quite tight off the tee in areas so you've got to drive well in areas,' he said. "Off the tee it can be quite challenging and the greens are quite subtle too.
"It is not overly long so you can make those decisions to lay back if you want to but it is going to be pretty birdie friendly so I think you are going to have to man up and take some risk at some stage. "
He had not played well last year but the strong Kiwi contingent had the advantage of knowing how to play their courses.