Some of New Zealand's best professional golfing talent will be on show this week for the Craigs Investment Partners-Pin High pro-am golf tournament at the Wanganui Golf Club.
A total of 90 amateur and 36 pro golfers will team up for the third running of the two-day event on Fridayand Saturday, with 18 holes each day.
The pros are chasing a total of $20,000 in prize money.
Stu Gillespie, a member of the organising committee, said the Belmont course would be in top shape for the event with most of the players getting in some practice on course tomorrow.
Prize money has been put up by Craigs Investment Partners, Pin High, Tasman Tanning and Ricoh Taranaki, with Titleist and Moa Beer providing other prizes.
Gillespie said the pro-am was an ideal build up for the professionals. "Some will head on to other tournaments in New Zealand while others are using it as a warm-up to tournaments in Australia later in the year."
Among the pros teeing off this week are Mark Brown, Josh Geary, Nick Gillespie and last year's winner, Troy Roper.
"Josh hasn't been here before and the last time Mark played here was in 1994. We've also got senior pros here including well-known former Wanganui golfing brothers Simon and Craig Owen, and Marty Webber from Wellington," Gillespie said.
