A decision will be made next month on whether boom young golfer Lydia Ko will play in Dunedin in December.
Ko (15) is one of the hottest properties in the sport after winning the Canadian Open in August, one of the top tournaments in women's golf.
Earlier in the year, she won the New South Wales Open but, as with the Canadian event, she did not take any of the purse, as she is still an amateur.
She is the top-ranked women's amateur player in the world after winning the Australian and United States amateur championships.
She was also the top-ranked individual at the just completed Espirito Santo tournament in Turkey, finishing a whopping eight shots clear of the next-best individual.
New Zealand finished fifth in the team event.
The Korean-born Ko is now home in New Zealand and her coach Guy Wilson said the focus now was on study and having a rest.
Ko attends Pinehurst School on the North Shore and is a year 11 pupil.
She will be eligible to play for North Harbour at this year's interprovincial tournament at the St Clair Golf Club in Dunedin. The tournament is scheduled to be played from December 11-15.
Wilson said no decision had been made on whether Ko would come to St Clair.
"It is in the calendar but we have been out of the country for such a long time, we need to put some time into some study," he said.
"We are getting lots of invites to events. At the same time as the interprovincials down there, we have been invited to tournaments in Dubai and Taiwan.
"It's been a big last six months but it is always good to get invites like this."
Wilson, who has been her coach for 10 years, said the priority at this stage was to hit the books and get in some study.
A decision on where she plays in the summer will not be made until the middle of next month.
Ko has always said she is in no rush to turn professional, and is intent on finishing school in New Zealand and then playing on the college circuit in the United States.
Her preferred college was Stanford, the same college Tiger Woods attended.
Wilson said Ko had always enjoyed playing for North Harbour, and liked the team environment.
She first played for North Harbour aged 9, and was a member of the winning North Harbour team in 2010, at Miramar.
Last year, North Harbour made the final but was beaten 4-1 to Auckland.
Ko, though, had a top week, winning the only game for North Harbour in the final and going through the week unbeaten.
It would be a shame for Dunedin golf fans if Ko cannot make the trip to Dunedin, for she is a genuine star and would give the tournament a real shot in the arm.
The men's interprovincial championships are being played a week earlier, at the Otago Golf Club at Balmacewen.
