FORMER pro and Beerwah junior Ian Baker-Finch is set to play at the Elgin Valley Legends pro-am in December.
It is the first time in 10 years that Baker-Finch has played the event, where he will be joined by regulars including Peter Senior and Andre Stolz.
Baker-Finch will play with the Elk brothers from Woodlands, who are sponsoring the event.
Baker-Finch, had 17 professional wins throughout his career, ranking number 10 in the world at his peak in 1991.
There will be 98 over 50s players competing at the Beerwah leg of the Sunshine Coast golf tour, including golfing pros Stolz and Senior.
The event is free for spectators to come and watch the former PGA tour pros.
Despite the event’s second day washout last year, the club is hopeful of a dry event this year.
The course has been in tremendous condition for much of the year but a dry spell showed how quickly the fairways can dry out.
Thankfully recent heavy rain has helped freshen the course up while the greens remain in excellent condition.
“Last year we got a lot of rain through the year and the golf course was pretty wet so it didn’t take a lot of rain to make it wet,” he said.
“We’ve had a great year obviously we’ve needed a lot of rain, and the rains of the last month have been fabulous, this place was brown three weeks ago.”
The club’s new dogleg 14th hole will also be on display for the first time at a major event, along with a number of other club developments.
“Our new 14th green will be showcased it’ll be the first time it’s used in a major event,” he said.
“Then we’ve got the new 4th green which was suppose to be started now but because of the dry weather they decided to put the funds into a big dam.
“The course will be in pristine condition for it, and it’ll be great to have Ian Baker-Finch home after a number of years.”
All entries at the Elgin Valley pro am will tee of at shotgun at 12:15pm, to kick off a huge day of entertaining golf.
The Elgin Valley pro am winner will take home $9000.