Dean Wilson is coming home to eat some turkey and play in the Prince Resorts Hawai'i/TaylorMade Hawai'i State Open, which tees off tomorrow at Hawai'i Prince Golf Club. The tournament purse is $60,000, with $7,500 to the top pro.

Wilson, a Castle High School graduate, won $1.2 million on the PGA Tour this year, finishing 76th on the money list with four top-10s. He has never won the State Open, but captured six titles while playing on the Japan tour and won The International on the PGA Tour last year.

"We're very honored to have Dean Wilson play in the Hawai'i State Open," said Donn Takahashi, Prince Resorts president. "His story is an amazing one of inspiration for athletes of every age — inspiring Hawai'i's junior golfers to set their goals high and expect to reach their dream."

David Ishii, who finished 12th at last week's Kinojo Senior Open, is also back to try and win his fourth State Open, but first since 1985.

Defending champion is 48-year-old Tom Eubank, who birdied three of the last four holes last year to beat Ishii and Chad Fribley, who just advanced to the second stage of PGA Tour Qualifying. Eubank won't be able to defend his title this year, as he has a shoulder injury.

Other former champions in the field include Lance Suzuki, Casey Nakama, Chuck Davis, Kris Moe and Brian Sasada. Casey Watabu, the 2006 U.S. Public Links champion, is playing for the first time as a pro.

The defending women's champion is 14-year-old Cyd Okino. She won by 10 shots last year, becoming the youngest female champion in history. Okino beat out 2002 champion Michelle Wie by two months.

Leland Lindsay will defend the senior title he captured last year, a month after turning 50. Some of the top amateurs in the field are Brandan Kop, Lorens Chan and Bradley Shigezawa.

The State Open is one of Hawai'i's oldest tournaments. It started in 1974 as a revival of the original Hawaiian Open, which became a PGA Tour stop in 1965. The Open began in the 1920s. The Aloha Section PGA took over tournament organization in 1993.

Golfers tee off at 7 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. tomorrow and Saturday. The field will be cut in half after the second round, with Sunday's first tee time at 8 a.m. The open leaders are expected to finish around 2:30 p.m.