The 2016 Australian Open Golf Championship could provide the most star-studded field in five seasons, with the event scheduled a week before the sport's World Cup in Melbourne.
Several of the world's best are expected to nominate for the November 17-20 tournament at Royal Sydney Golf Club as a warm-up for Melbourne's gala event.
Organisers are predicting the strongest field since 2011, when Tigers Woods, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson and Matt Kuchar arrived in the country for the President's Cup.
"The end result will be that all of the tournaments will be stronger and feeding off each other in 2016," Golf Australia chief executive Stephen Pitt told AAP.
"The World Cup obviously won't be quite as big as the tour in 2011 without all the Americans and internationals, but it should help bring players to Australia and it is an opportunity."
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While Golf Australia would ordinarily begin approaching drawcard players early to try and secure their appearance, that is likely to be delayed until August when rankings will determine who automatically qualifies for the World Cup.
In a change to the format for the international tournament, the top-ranked player from each of the 28 competing countries will this year select his playing partner from any compatriot within the top 100.
It means Golf Australia will not know who is headed down under for the summer until August.
"Usually it's pretty straight forward," Pitt said.
"Around this time we try and finalise who the key targets will be and go from there.
"But this time it's a little bit different because it depends who the key players are going to be coming down, and it will probably delay our process a bit."
Those challenges aside, the Australian PGA Championship - held at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast - is also likely to benefit by being held the week following the World Cup.
