British Open winner Darren Clarke will have to overcome one of the strongest local line-ups in years to become the first Irishman to win an Australian PGA Championship at Coolum later this year.

If the challenge wasn't already tough enough for the knockabout Clarke, PGA officials on Wednesday confirmed recent US Tour winner Adam Scott, Coolum specialist Robert Allenby, major winner Geoff Ogilvy, Aaron Baddeley and John Senden would bolster the 2011 PGA Championship line-up.

With Clarke, Australian young gun Jason Day, Queensland golfing icon Greg Norman and big hitting American drawcard Bubba Watson already confirmed, the Sunshine Coast tournament from November 24-27 shapes as the best in decades.

Scott and his new caddie, former Tiger Woods bagman Steve Williams, have already hit pay dirt together with a victory in the recent World Golf Championship.

Despite being Australia's highest-ranked golfer, Scott still hasn't broken his tournament duck on home soil.

"Winning at home in Queensland has always been on my list of things I want to achieve in my career and, with the way I'm playing at the moment, hopefully this could be my year for the PGA," said Scott after Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced the latest additions to the field.

"I know the Coolum course well and I've played there nearly every year but I just haven't been firing when it counted."

Not so Allenby who's won the PGA Championship four times and cut his teeth as a young professional at Hyatt Coolum resort.

"This year's PGA field is going to be great and everyone's looking forward to getting back to Coolum," Allenby said.

"Five PGAs would definitely be a nice achievement and, to do so in such a big year for Australian golf, would make it even sweeter."

Baddeley will make his second visit to Coolum since the PGA Championship moved to the Sunshine Coast course.

He last played the PGA in 2002, finishing sixth.

Ogilvy is no stranger to Coolum, beaten in a playoff by veteran Peter Senior in last year's rain-delayed PGA Championship.

A winner in 2009, Ogilvy lost to the crafty Senior on the second playoff hole and will no doubt be keen to add his name to the Joe Kirkwood Cup for the second time.

Senden, searching for his first PGA Championship victory, completes what is set to be one of the best Australian turnouts in recent years.