Winner of the True Thailand Classic at Black Mountain in 2015, Dodt is one of 14 Australians teeing it up on the Asian Tour along with Kiwi pair Ben Campbell and Denzel Ieremia. Aussies are also in action at two PGA TOUR events, the LPGA and Epson Tours, DP World Tour and Champions Tour.

A two-time winner on the DP World Tour, Dodt was second behind Jed Morgan at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship in January and is coming off a top-25 finish a week ago at the Royal’s Cup.

“I like my game at the moment, maybe a little rusty,” Dodt said.

“It’s just great to be back playing again. I have only played six events in the last two years. I am getting some momentum now and finding some form.

“I am 36, I know my game reasonably well now. If something goes wrong, I know how to fix it pretty quick. Wish I knew that when I was 25.”

Now based at Newcastle, Dodt’s experience playing in the wind is sure to come in handy again this week at a course renowned for challenging the strength of a player’s ball flight.

“You have got to be good in the wind,” Dodt added.

“The mountain makes the wind swirl. You have holes that play up, you have holes that play down, and there are cross winds swirling around the mountain, so that’s tricky.

“And the greens get really firm. You really have to have all parts of your game on song.”

Runner-up at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore a year ago, Hannah Green is chasing her third tournament win in succession in her first LPGA Tour start of the year.

The 25-year-old received worldwide attention for her triumph in the mixed TPS Murray River event a fortnight ago and has set her sights on a spot within the top 10 of the Rolex Women’s World Rankings by year’s end.

Fellow West Australian Minjee Lee has also set herself a lofty target, telling AAP that she wants to win the career grand slam after breaking through for her first major at last year’s Amundi Evian Championship.

“Having won Evian, I have a little bit more motivation to win every other major because my ultimate goal is to be in the Hall of Fame,” said the world No.7.

Jason Day’s withdrawal due to personal reasons leaves the Australian contingent at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at six, Min Woo Lee again receiving an opportunity to show his skills on the PGA TOUR.

Round 1 tee times AEDT

LPGA Tour
HSBC Women’s World Championship
Sentosa Golf Club (Tanjong Cse), Singapore
11.35am*           Sarah Kemp, Carlota Ciganda, Mel Reid
12.52pm             Hannah Green, Brooke M. Henderson, Inbee Park
12.59pm*           Su Oh, Stacy Lewis, Jasmine Suwannapura
1.04pm Minjee Lee, Sei Young Kim, Hinako Shibuno
1.28pm Lydia Ko, Jin Young Ko, Yuka Saso

Defending champion: Hyo Joo Kim
Past Aussie winners: Karrie Webb (2011)
Top Aussie prediction: Hannah Green
TV schedule: Live 1.30pm-6.30pm Thursday, Friday on Fox Sports 503; 10.30pm-11.45pm Saturday on Fox Sports 505; 2.30am-3.30am Monday on Fox Sports 503.

PGA TOUR
Arnold Palmer Invitational
Bay Hill Club and Lodge, Orlando, Florida
11.43pm*           Lucas Herbert, Branden Grace, Keith Mitchell
12.16am             Cam Davis, Sebastián Muñoz, Henrik Stenson
12.27am*           Adam Scott, Sepp Straka, Rory McIlroy
4.02am Danny Lee, Aaron Wise, Rory Sabbatini
4.24am*             Matt Jones, Garrick Higgo, Lanto Griffin
4.46am Marc Leishman, David Lipsky, Tyrrell Hatton
5.19am Min Woo Lee, Alex Smalley, John Pak                                              

Defending champion: Bryson DeChambeau
Past Aussie winners: Rod Pampling (2006), Jason Day (2016), Marc Leishman (2017)
Top Aussie prediction: Adam Scott
TV schedule: Live 6am-10am Friday, Saturday; Live 4.30am-10am Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 503.

Puerto Rico Open
Grand Reserve Golf Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
10.21pm*           Cameron Percy, Carl Pettersson, John Rollins
10.32pm             Aaron Baddeley, D.A. Points, D.J. Trahan            
11.27pm             Brett Drewitt, Curtis Thompson, Austin Connelly             
2.40am Mark Hensby, Parker McLachlin, Josh Teater
2.40am*             Greg Chalmers, J.J. Henry, David Lingmerth

Defending champion: Branden Grace
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Top Aussie prediction: Brett Drewitt
TV schedule: Live 2am-5am Friday, Saturday on Fox Sports 503; Live 6.30am-9am Sunday; Live 6am-8am Monday on Fox Sports 508

DP World Tour
Magical Kenya Open
Muthaiga Golf Club, Nairobi, Kenya
10pm    Blake Windred, Adrien Saddier, Jens Fahrbring

Defending champion: Justin Harding
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Top Aussie prediction: Blake Windred
TV schedule: Live 9pm-2am Thursday, Friday; Live 11.30pm-1am Saturday; Live 8.30pm-1am Sunday on Fox Sports 503

Asian Tour
International Series Thailand
Black Mountain Golf Club, Prachaubkhirikhan, Thailand
10.50am             Cory Crawford, Sangchai Kaewcharoen, Denwit Boriboonsub
11am    Andrew Martin, Yosuke Asaji, Angelo Que
11.10am             Jake Higginbottom, Chanachok Dejpiratanamongkol, Ben Leong
11.20am*           Scott Hend, Scott Vincent, Phachara Khongwatmai
11.30am             Ben Eccles, Christoffer Baumann, Mardan Mamat
11.40am             Ben Campbell, Itthipat Buranatanyarat, Lu Wei-chih
11.40am*           Daniel Fox, Aadil Bedi, Mathiam Keyser
12pm    Denzel Ieremia, William Harrold, Masanori Kobayashi
12.20pm             Will Heffernan, Aman Raj, Naoki Sekito
3.30pm Andrew Dodt, Settee Prakongvech, Paul Peterson
4.10pm Wade Ormsby, Berry Henson, Neil Schietekat
4.10pm*             Josh Younger, Abdul Hadi, Nirun Sae-Ueng
4.30pm Todd Sinnott, Kosuke Hamamoto, Keith Horne
4.40pm Scott Strange, Danny Masrin, Tanapat Pichaikool
4.40pm*             Travis Smyth, Sarit Suwannarut, Jarin Todd
5.10pm*             Kevin Yuan, Witchayapat Sinsrang, Varanyu Rattanaphiboonkij

Defending champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Top Aussie prediction: Wade Ormsby
TV schedule: Live 6.30pm-pm Thursday, Friday; 3.30am-4.30am Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 503

Epson Tour
Florida’s Natural Charity Classic
Country Club of Winter Haven, Winter Haven, Florida
Australasians in the field: Hira Naveed, Gabriela Ruffels, Amelia Garvey, Soo Jin Lee

Defending champion: Janie Jackson
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Top Aussie prediction: Gabriela Ruffels

Champions Tour
Hoag Classic
Newport Beach Country Club, Newport Beach, California
Australasians in the field: Steven Alker, Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, David McKenzie, Rod Pampling

Defending champion: Ernie Els
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Top Aussie prediction: Rod Pampling
TV schedule: Live 10am-12pm Saturday on Fox Sports 503; Live 9am-11am Sunday; Live 8am-11am Monday on Fox Sports 508