Kyriacou spent Tuesday playing a practice round at The Palms Course with last week’s Australian Open champion Hannah Green and emerging Kiwi star Amelia Garvey.

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.

As Green brought to an end a 12-year drought for Aussies at the Australian Open, Kyriacou’s current struggles with the driver continued as she missed the cut.

It has dealt the two-time Ladies European Tour a confidence hit, a hit that was softened slightly by beating Green in Tuesday’s side bet amongst friends.

Given Green has won her past two tournaments, the 25-year-old is eager to shed those frustrations and win one of her own.

“Hopefully not her. She’s won plenty already,” Kyriacou joked about the prospect of another Australian win this week.

“She can have a seat, but yeah, it’ll be good if an Aussie wins again."

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.

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.

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.

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.

“I think Thursday and Friday is going to be pretty fun,” she added.

“I know the girls like a little side bet, so I already told them that it’s going to be like you’re playing a Saturday comp out there with your mates, except for the couple people watching you on the sidelines.

“But I think it’s 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.

“This is actually my first time playing in a standalone Aussie Open and the WPGA. I’m looking forward to playing in front of home crowds. I think Aussie crowds… I could be biased, but I think they’re the best crowds in the world. They really get into it and they get amongst it.

“It should be fun.”

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.