The best professional golfers in the country will arrive at the Warragul Country Club this week to compete in the Gippsland Super Six Tournament.

They’ll play in an innovative format over four days, where the top 24 will advance to the final round of match play on Sunday.

The event will be held at Warragul for the first time, after it was established at the Yallourn Golf Club in 2019.

It will include players such as previous PGA Australasia Tour winner Brad Kennedy, and Order of Merit champions Matt Griffin and Jake McLeod.

“There’s a very strong field being assembled next week, Marcus Fraser as the defending champion, and multiple winner on the European tour, and Olympian, will also be there to defend his title,” Tournaments Director PGA Tour of Australasia Nick Dastey said.

In the special format, many will be eliminated over a series of rounds as they compete for ranking points and the $137,500 prize pool.

“It’s an event with a bit of a difference, it’s not a traditional four round, 72-hole professional tournament,” Dastey said.

It begins with a field of 124 competing in a 36-hole cup across Thursday and Friday, where the top 50 players will advance.

This will lead into a stroke round on Saturday, but only the top 24 will make it through to the last day.

“Saturday’s end play gets quite exciting because you’ve got those players sitting around 5-15 late in the day trying to make some birdies to get into the top 8 and also you’ve got the players trying to make that top 24,” Dastey said.

Sunday has five rounds of elimination played over six holes, with competitors facing off in stroke play.

“It’s a bit of a gruelling test as well having already played the 54 holes the previous 3 days, they essentially play another 30 on that final day,” Dastey said.

The final six holes will be played with the top two golfers going head-to-head, with their stroke deciding the champion.

“It’s a cutthroat final round, it’s on a 6-hole loop that are all around the club house,” Dastey said.

An additional specially designed hole will be implemented near the 18th, which will determine any tie breakers.

Compared with Yallourn, the Warragul course will require precise play with smaller greens and tighter holes.

“You have to be quite precise around Warragul so I think that in itself brings some great iron play and spectators will be treated to some great golf, and I think a lot of birdies,” Dastey said.

There’s a variety of ways to get involved, with limited spots left for the pre-event Pro AM on Wednesday, a championship dinner on Friday, and free spectator entry on the weekend.

“There’s great opportunity to get into the corporate marquee and purchase tickets for the all inclusive event package across the afternoon,” Dastey said.