Inaugural champion Grant Kenny will join Michael Long at the Thurgoona Country Club Resort for the three-day tournament, starting October 25.

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It was confirmed last week the event, which has proven enormously successful in the region, will now be held at the venue for another three years, until 2022.

Long still competes on the regular tour, tackling the recent WA PGA.

"Michael's still an incredibly competitive golfer on the main tour, so it's good to see him back," Golf NSW media and digital manager David Tease said.

Long edged out one of Australia's most consistent players of the past 40 years in Peter Senior.

"He (Senior) had a good hard dig at that title last year, particularly with his opening round (61), which included a hole-in-one, so it took a lot of chasing down from Michael last year," Tease said.

"Pete will be dead-set looking for another title, he's a man that's hungry for winning most of the time anyway and even moreso after last year."

Senior also finished runner-up to Kenny.

This year's event has received a boost of $20,000 in prizemoney.

It's clearly the richest purse ($120,000) on the Legends Tour, which is for players 50 and over.

Senior sits third on the Order of Merit, with Mike Harwood leading.