There are 10 New Zealand golfers in the field for the Australian Open that's underway at Royal Sydney, but the New Zealand number one isn't among them.
Michael Hendry will be playing this weekend though, in the Japanese Tour's Casio World Open.
Australia's World number two Adam Scott is bidding in Sydney to round off his epic year by completing a sweep of the big three Australian events, having already won the PGA and Masters championships in recent weeks.