An incredible back-nine featuring six birdies propelled Beck into the lead of last week’s TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship and it is this form that the Sydneysider will be hoping to continue at Cottesloe Golf Club from Thursday.

“I’ve played many Cottesloe Open’s around here and love the course,” Beck said.

“Wind can be a factor here so will have to have great control of your of your golf ball.”

Now after adding a second state PGA Championship to his name Beck will look to add a maiden state Open title to his resume.

“All state Open’s have so much history around them and it would be great to add my name to the long list of great champions this week.”

European Tour and former WA Open winner Brett Rumford will contest one of his favourite events of the year on the back of a solid result in Kalgoorlie.

Tied 14^th after some serious travel to make the event, the West Australian is in good stead for this week knowing he’ll be sleeping in his own bed.

Local WA talents Jarryd Felton and Michael Sim both played exceptional golf last week to finish second and third respectively and will no doubt be around the top of the leaderboard come Sunday afternoon.

Past winners Daniel Fox, Oliver Goss and James Nitties should also not be discounted.

Featuring on the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series in 2019, a field of 120 players will vie for their share in the $100,000 prize purse across the four-round tournament.

Players looking to boost their state Order of Merit (OOM) standings or close the gap to National OOM leader Tim Hart will have the opportunity to do so this week with the winner set to take away close to $18,000.

History has shown amateurs love winning this event with 29 claiming victory since the first Open in 1913 and three in the last seven years – Oliver Goss (2102) Curtis Luck (2016) and Zach Murray (2018).

Forty elite amateurs will tee it up at Cottesloe and with a stellar amateur field assembled including Hayden Hopewell, Josh Greer, Haydn Barron and recently crowned US Mid-Amateur Champion Lukas Michel, there’s a great chance it could happen again.

The WA Open has plenty to offer both on and off the course but for professionals an extra incentive will be offered on the back-nine.

Should any professional ace the par-3 11^th on Sunday they’ll be the lucky winner of a brand new Volvo XC40 valued at $67,000.

Play starts this Thursday 17 October with players hitting the course from 6.50am. Don’t forget to keep up to date with all the action through live scoring on the PGA of Australia app or www.pga.org.au.