Joining Green on the Mid North Coast will be Craig Parry, Callan O’Reilly and Andre Stolz in a quality field that has nominated for a shot at $25,300 in prizemoney.

The USPGA Tour winner has had success abroad, but it is the Port Macquarie course that has provided him with more than a few challenges.

“I’ve never won there,” he said.

“Lucas Main beat me one year as an amateur and I don’t think I’ve played great there in any of the Pro Am’s.”

Green said there were a few reasons why he had struggled at the Port Macquarie layout.

“You have courses you play well at, you see your lines well and you’re comfortable on tee shots,” he said.

“If you do miss the greens there it’s very tricky and the amount of golf I play now, the part of my game that has deteriorated the most is the short game.”

The 43-year-old said he struggled to hit the greens in his last visit 12 months ago.

“It’s a tricky little golf course where if you’re not quite on off the tee then it is pretty hard,” he said.

“You have other ones that for no obvious reason you find a little bit difficult to score on and that’s been the case in Port Macquarie for me.”

Since returning from the United States in 2014, Green wanted to spend more time at home so he turned his hand to coaching.

It’s part of the reason he doesn’t play as much competitive golf any more, but he has still retained his Australasian tour card.

“I’ve always enjoyed golf, enjoy being around it and feel like I’ve got something to give especially for the juniors so it’s an easy lifestyle at the moment,” he said.

“A lot of the US stuff feels like a different life because it was 2014 when we moved back and (living at home) is all I know.”

Back in March, Green won the Wagga Pro Am by one shot.

While he hasn’t played as much in the six months since, Green admitted he didn’t miss playing.

“I go away and play for two or three days and then start missing being at home because it’s what I’ve gotten used to,” he said.

“I play a month of Pro Am’s this time of year and I really enjoy it because I get to spend most nights at home, but the competition I get out of that is enough for me.”

He will hope to continue his Wagga form when he tees off on the Mid North Coast on Tuesday.

“I haven’t had anything to play in over the last three months and I’d like to play a bit more in the middle of  the year but the status I’ve got on tour doesn’t really allow me to,” he said.

“I’m not going to travel interstate to play Pro Am’s.”