Brad Kennedy and Michael Hendry will be looking to pick up where they left off when the Japan Tour returns from a month long break at the KBC Augusta tournament this week.

Hendry, the leading Australasian money winner in 2016, has been in spectacular recent form with top-10 finishes in each of his last five starts.

Kennedy, too, has been impressive with four top-10 results in 10 starts for the year including a T5 last start at the Japan PGA Championship where he was a stroke behind Hendry in outright fourth.

Kennedy also has some unfinished business at the host venue, the Keya Golf Club, after a poor third round cost him a genuine chance at victory in 2015.

The three time Japan Tour winner finished in a share of third despite an even par Saturday in the low scoring event but will be motivated to go one better when the gun goes off this week.

Hendry, too, will take confidence into the tournament with a T11 and T10 finish to his credit at this course.

The New Zealand native has done everything but win in the 2016 season, his last five starts reading T5, 2, T5, T7 and 4^th.

That form has Hendry fifth on the money list while Kennedy is at 13^th.

Also teeing up this week are Matt Griffin, Adam Bland, Aaron Townsend, Scott Strange, Kurt Barnes, Brendan Jones, David Smail and Won Joon Lee.

Bland will be looking to reproduce the form which saw him finish T7 here two years ago after a solid though unspectacular season so far.

The left-hander has just one top-10 in 10 starts so far this year though has played consistently good golf.

Kurt Barnes, too, is in need of a lift in what has been a less than stellar year to date. The New South Welshman has made just three cuts in eight starts though has shown form at this course with a T7 in 2014.