The Hills was destined to be used only by a select few this year after the New Zealand Open - held on the course last December - was postponed until March next year.
But Hill has confirmed his course will host The Hills Cure Kids Open on November 29 and 30, a fund-raising event which will target Otago and Southland golf clubs.
"The New Zealand Open was such an outstanding success we want to offer something back to the community, at the same time raising money for Cure Kids to fund research into children's life-threatening illnesses," he said this week.
The tournament will have separate fields of 72 players each day and prizes will be awarded in handicap divisions and in men's and women's sections.
Members of an Otago or Southland golf club will pay an entry fee of $330, while the fee for players outside the region is $550.
The money raised will help find preventions and cures for illnesses which affect some 20,000 young New Zealanders.
Cure Kids South Island funding manager Josie Spillane said the event would be an exciting way of raising funds.
"We are indebted to The Hills for their ongoing support. We know that there are so many people who will want to take up the opportunity to play on this exclusive course, and the money raised will help us make a difference."
Meanwhile, New Zealand Golf commercial manager Dean Murphy said yesterday New Zealand Open contract negotiations were continuing and it hoped to announce the dates for next March's tournament in less than a month.
"We are very close to it," he said.
In May, NZ Golf said the Open would not be held at The Hills on the same early summer schedule as last year's tournament, because of difficulties fitting the week-long event into a busy international calendar.
Murphy said the key reason for a delay in confirming the March date next year was NZ Golf's wish to find a permanent slot for the event.
"We were going to have to move the tournament next year anyhow, so we want to find a sustainable date for the future," he said.
It was still unclear whether the NZ Open would be part of the rich European tour, as it was last year when won by Britain's Richard Finch; or the less lucrative Nationwide tour, which caters for a lower tier of mainly up-and-coming golfers.
