One of the strongest fields on the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series assembled at the Eynebsury Golf Course for the biggest pro-am of the year with a $100k prize purse.

Headlined by World Number 75 Lucas Herbert and Vic Open winner Simon Hawkes, Victorian PGA champion Aaron Pike, QLD PGA champion Daniel Fox, and PNG Open champion Daniel Gale.

Early conditions produced good scoring with Cam John and Andrew Martin setting the early pace at 3-under 69.

Kris Mueck soon went one better with a 4-under 68 before Michael Choi took the morning lead with 5-under 67.

Choi’s round featured six birdies and only one blemish with a bogey on the 2^nd.

The afternoon field were faced with much tougher conditions as a strong breeze blew in, Daniel Fox looked the most likely to catch Choi, his round featured six birdies but it was the two bogeys that cost him a share of the round one lead.

Eynesbury local James Gibellini was the one to take it up to Choi, Gibellini started slow with a bogey on his second hole but hit back with an eagle on the 10^th to go to 1-under

Two soft bogey’s on 12 and 14 saw him slip to 1-over par, a good birdie on the 18^th started a run that included six birdies in his final eight holes to move to 5-under and a share of the lead.

"I just started hitting fairways and that made all the difference and I just got on a run," said Gibellini.

"My plan tomorrow is just to make my tee time early tomorrow morning."

Round two is underway in wet conditions, stay tuned to the PGA of Australia Twitter for updates throughout the day.