Kyriacou spent Tuesday playing a practice round at The Palms Course with last week\u2019s Australian Open champion Hannah Green and emerging Kiwi star Amelia Garvey.<\/p>\n
The trio all stayed together in Adelaide last week and will now play the opening two rounds of the $600,000 tournament co-sanctioned by the WPGA Tour of Australasia and Ladies European Tour.<\/p>\n
As Green brought to an end a 12-year drought for Aussies at the Australian Open, Kyriacou\u2019s current struggles with the driver continued as she missed the cut.<\/p>\n
It has dealt the two-time Ladies European Tour a confidence hit, a hit that was softened slightly by beating Green in Tuesday\u2019s side bet amongst friends.<\/p>\n
Given Green has won her past two tournaments, the 25-year-old is eager to shed those frustrations and win one of her own.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully not her. She\u2019s won plenty already,\u201d Kyriacou joked about the prospect of another Australian win this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe can have a seat, but yeah, it\u2019ll be good if an Aussie wins again.”<\/p>\n
As she fights through one of the most challenging periods of her still relatively young career, Kyriacou has turned to Lego to take her mind away from golf.<\/p>\n
There is a plane currently under construction at home in Sydney but she hopes she can relaunch her season in a long-awaited return to Queensland.<\/p>\n
Having burst onto the scene when she won the Australian Ladies Classic at Bonville as an amateur, Kyriacou has since established herself as a star in the United States.<\/p>\n
Currently ranked No.48 in the world, Kyriacou admitted that her tee troubles are largely mental, hoping two rounds with some friendly competition will help break the shackles.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Thursday and Friday is going to be pretty fun,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the girls like a little side bet, so I already told them that it\u2019s going to be like you\u2019re playing a Saturday comp out there with your mates, except for the couple people watching you on the sidelines.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think it\u2019s going to be a fun two days regardless of the golf. I mean, you rarely get paired with your mates, so just kind of going to enjoy that part of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is actually my first time playing in a standalone Aussie Open and the WPGA. I\u2019m looking forward to playing in front of home crowds. I think Aussie crowds\u2026 I could be biased, but I think they\u2019re the best crowds in the world. They really get into it and they get amongst it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt should be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Entry to spectators is free all four days with the final two rounds to be broadcast live on Kayo Sports and Fox Sports available on Foxtel from 11pm-4pm AEST Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
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