Amateurs playing in the inaugural Live Life Communities Maleny Grove PGA Legends Pro-Am at Maleny Golf Club will have an opportunity to win a Kia Picanto valued at $16,000 by scoring a Hole-in-One on the signature 3rd hole.

The automotive prize for acing the 200m Par 3 has been put up by one of the tournament sponsors, Pacific Motor Group and eclipses the $12,000 cash purse being contested by the professionals who will not be eligible to win the car by holing out.

Maleny Golf Club President Dr Max Whitten said Pacific Motor Group’s generous initiative provided a fantastic incentive for more members and visitors to get involved and join a field of more than 100 professionals and amateurs.

“Thanks to Pacific Motor Group we have been able to add some real sizzle for the amateurs playing in the event,” Dr Whitten said.

Pacific Motor Group Principal Craig McPherson (pictured) welcomed the opportunity to be involved in the event which is being held at Maleny Golf Club on Saturday 16 December.

“It’s great to be part of this inaugural tournament and we thought it would be a terrific idea to add some additional excitement to the event by putting up an attractive incentive for amateurs in the field,” he said.

Former Major Championship winners Wayne Grady (US PGA), Ian Baker-Finch (The Open) along with Australian golfing legends such as Rodger Davis, Peter Fowler, Michael Harwood, Michael Clayton and Peter Senior, all feature regularly on the tour.

More than 50 tour regulars have already entered to play [click here for the latest list], including current Order of Merit Leader Brad Burns, Mike Harwood and Ossie Moore. The professionals will play in both morning and afternoon fields and accompany about 54 amateurs, with shotgun starts scheduled for 7:30am and 12:30pm.

The event will showcase Maleny Golf Club’s challenging new links-style, 9-hole layout designed by renowned golf course architect Graham Papworth, with an additional three of the second 9 holes in Stage 2 expected to be in play early in 2018.

There is no admission cost for spectators and the course offers some excellent elevated vantage points from which to sit and follow the progress of the players from hole to hole.