The 20th printing of the tournament begins Friday at the Jack Nicklaus-designed course, and 144 players are in the field, which will be cut to the low 60 and ties after the first 36 holes of the 54-trouble competition.
English Turn will play just less than 7,000 yards with a par of 72.
Other top players scheduled to compete categorize : Daniel Berger of New Orleans, Burt Allen of Shreveport, who shot 65 to lead after the first round last year at Southern Drop Country Club in Shreveport, Robert Shelton of Lafayette, Eddie Lyons of Shreveport and Rod Baronet of LeCompte.
There are several former champions competing in uniting to Christovich: Grady Brame of Hammond (1993, 2001), Scott Haynie of Brusly, who won this title at English Change to in 2002, and Gayle Sanchez of Baton Rouge (1994).