and international players taking part.
This season no player who has managed to dominate the order of merit like what Ignatious Mketekete did last season.
In-form Greg Bentley is currently on top going into this Lowveld showdown which has a US$8 000 first prize.
Bentley, who is having a dream season, is leading the race after pocketing US$7 775 in the five tournaments played so far.
Seasoned campaigner, Tongo Charamba, is second.
Charamba has accumulated 7 598.13 points while Brian Gondo, who missed the cut in the last event, maintained third position on US$7 300 from earnings this season.
Last year’s order of merit runaway leader, Mketekete, who has not won a tournament this year is on fourth place.
Micky Hough completes the top five.
The tournament has become the second biggest in the local circuit after the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open.
Several top professionals left for the Lowveld towns to prepare for the tournament, which begins on Thursday.
The nine-hole courses are rated as the country’s best in terms of their turf and give golfers a variety of challenges with trees and water hazards.
Ignatius Mketekete won the event last year.
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