A former world number one amateur is expected to battle the local product when top-level golf returns to Wodonga on Tuesday.
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The club will host its first pro-am in around a decade.
"I'd say the favourites would be Brady Watt, he's been in the US Amateur semi-final (on debut), obviously Zach Murray, local boy, New Zealand Open champion, all-round gun, Max McArdle's had a pretty good year on tour, he plays in China," tournament coordinator Dylan Higgins said.
Murray will be desperate to win his hometown event, particularly after missing the cut at the weekend's Australian Open in Sydney.
Watt is originally from Western Australia, but now lives in Melbourne.
He held the prestigious number one amateur ranking for a short time in 2013 and played the US Open the following year.
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Both Watt and McArdle missed the cut at the Australian Open by a shot, although the latter posted a top 10 finish at the NSW Open.
The trio will tee off separately at 12.30pm.
