Golf Australia chief Stephen Pitt is confident The Lakes layout in Sydney will cope with the 100,000 spectators expected to flock to see Tiger Woods and company in November.
Woods' inclusion in a quality Australian Open field also featuring crowd favourites Greg Norman and Fred Couples, fellow major winner Geoff Ogilvy, rising Australian star Jason Day and American drawcards Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson is sure to have The Lakes at capacity.
The course will be overflowing with some 25,000 fans on all four competition days from November 11-14.
"Logistically it's a bit of a challenge," Pitt said on Monday.
"There are a couple of areas where you'll have to be a bit careful with the crowd movement, but we'll be able to get them around okay.
"The Lakes is generally pretty good."
Pitt said entry this year would go up from $27.50 to $44, but predicted they'd be the hottest tickets in town.
"I went to the baseball in the US and it cost me $160 and I didn't have great seats, so I think $45 is tremendous value," he said.
"I think it's still a very reasonable price."
Pitt said the hike was due to the overall quality of the field, but believed the rare chance to see Tiger Woods live - despite his fall from grace since his sex scandal was revealed - was priceless for golf fans.
"I was at Augusta earlier this year where Tiger made a last-round charge and that was just phenomenal, the roars around that course," he said.
"So it just demonstrates that there's still a real hunger to see him play and to see him compete and I think the people of Sydney will really enjoy that opportunity.
"He's demonstrated that he's an intensely popular and massive drawcard in terms of his golf."
The 14-times major champion hasn't played since that blazing Masters finish in April because of knee and Achilles injuries, but will return to competition next week at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio.
His layoff and 21-month winless streak since his 2009 Australian Masters triumph has led to the 35-year-old slipping out of the world's top 20 for the first time since 1996.
But that won't discourage fans, Pitt says.
"You don't write off champions. Tiger Woods has shown that he can be the dominant player in golf," he said.
"He's mentally been so incredibly strong over a long period. He's a 14-time major winner.
"So people will have opinions about whether Tiger's going to regain that dominance, but it will be an interesting time to see how he performs.
"It's a really intriguing time in Tiger Woods' career ... he's had some real challenges and I guess the whole golfing world, in fact the sporting world, is looking to see how Tiger bounces back.
"This will be one of his early events in his return, an event where the golfing world looks at to see how he's progressing and how he's going to move on."
