The region's sport fans are set for a sight they have witnessed only a handful of times in the past 60 years.
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Golfing major winner Geoff Ogilvy (2006) will tackle Wodonga's course in a fortnight in the inaugural Gen Z pro-am series.
"It's massive to have a US Open Champion, we've only had two (David Graham, 1981) in Australia's history," Wodonga Golf Club professional Gavin Vearing said.
It's extremely rare for a winner of one of golf's 'big four' events to play in regional areas with multiple champion Jack Nicklaus at Albury in 1963, while 1991 British Open winner Ian Baker-Finch contested Thurgoona's inaugural NSW Senior Open in 2017.
The Geoff Ogilvy Foundation is about helping promising youngsters take the next step in the sport with Wodonga's own European Tour player Zach Murray to battle Ogilvy in a nine-hole shootout on Tuesday, January 12.
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Positions on their teams are available at the pro shop.
The pro-am, involving 12 professionals and 24 top-end amateurs, is on January 13.
