Held from Tuesday to Thursday, the tournament will feature three events.

Day one will be include a doubles event, with players divided into three blocks according to handicap levels and playing off in a round robin contest.

The second day will be a handicap doubles event, with competitors able to give or get free hits depending on their handicap, while the third day will be a singles event again divided into three blocks.

Tournament manager Doug Stewart said he was pleased by the golf croquet community's response to the tournament, with the singles event already fully booked and a waiting list established. But his job isn't quite done yet.

"We're putting in an order for some fine weather for the event," Stewart said.

"The only thing that stops the game is when the lawns are inundated with water or if there's lightning."

Stewart said he was excited about the calibre of the tournament's entrants, which included Monash Croquet Club's Richard Parks, who won the Australian Golf Croquet doubles championship on May 7.

"Until recently in Warrnambool it's pretty much been a social sport, but it can be as competitive as you want it," he said.

"Now it's got to the stage where we want to get more out if it, so this tournament is just part of the growth of the sport."

Stewart, who has played golf croquet for more than ten years, said his favourite thing about the sport was its inclusivity. He pointed to the fact Australia's reigning national champion, Alison Sharpe, was a woman.

"It caters for lots of different needs," he said.

"And if you compare it to lawn bowls, you move around more and don't bend over so much."

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