The oldest golf tournament in Central Oregon will tee off today at Bend Golf and Country Club.

The annual Mirror Pond Invitational, which was first played in 1953, will feature a field of nearly 120 amateurs, including some of the top players from around the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

About 60 percent of the field in the two-day, 36-hole stroke-play tournament are single-digit handicappers, according to tournament organizers. Among those players will be Bend’s Charlie Rice, a 48-year-old who won the Mirror Pond in 2012 and advanced to the round of 32 in this week’s Oregon Amateur Championship.

Play begins both today and Sunday at approximately 8 a.m., and the final groups both days are scheduled to tee off at 1:30 p.m. Spectators are welcome to attend the event at no charge; proper golf attire is required.