Australian Peter Fowler headlines the list of professionals who have entered the City of Dunedin Legends Pro-Am later this month.
Fowler will enter the $45,000 tournament, to be co-hosted at Balmacewen and St Clair, in sizzling form.
He has just won the Tasmanian Senior Open after shooting a course-record 63 in the final round at the Kingston Beach club.
In December, Fowler finished tied for second at the Australian PGA in Coolum.
The tournament was won by another veteran golfer, Peter Senior, in a playoff.
Fowler, now living in Auckland, was an early entry to last year's inaugural Dunedin pro-am but withdrew because of other commitments.
He and New Zealand great Bob Charles will be the two star attractions at the Dunedin tournament, which is held over three days (February 25-27) and features amateurs playing with professionals over two rounds, and a final round featuring only the paid men.
Other professionals to have committed to the event include Australian veterans Ossie Moore, Peter Ormsby and Rod Salter, New Zealand's Peter Davis, Jim Lapsley, Craig Owen and Peter Stoddart, Americans Terry Dill and David Hill, and Canadians Ken Tarling and Ian Clarke.
One of the familiar faces will be Ross Murray, the former long-serving New Zealand amateur representative who also played rugby for Otago.
Unlike last year, when tournament organisers arranged which amateur group would play alongside Sir Bob, a draw will be held on the Thursday night to determine which three players get the plum grouping.
The purse has gone up by $15,000 and organisers are still trying to fill in the holes in the budget.
"At this stage we're not where we'd like to be, and we could do with a couple more sponsors," tournament director Bill Medder said yesterday.
"But we feel we've got it in hand. There are only six team spaces left to fill."
The Dunedin pro-am is the biggest tournament in the southern legends swing, which starts at Kelvin Heights and carries on through Timaru, Ashburton and Pegasus.
