PGA professional and 1992 NZ Open winner Grant Waite has confirmed he will compete in the 93rd instalment of the event, which will be played at Millbrook Resort and The Hills between March 9-12. Not since Dunedin’s Mahal Pearce held the trophy aloft in 2003 has a New Zealander won the trophy, and the drought is set to again be the talking point ahead of this year’s tournament in Arrowtown.