golf tour have targetted Bermuda as a tournament site, and it could happen as early as next year.

"I chatted to the guy in charge of the tour, and he wants to take a tournament to Bermuda in the worst way,'' Port Royal professional Frankie Rabain said. "I've passed on the guy's card to Randy Horton at tourism. After talking to the people here I got the impression it may even happen next season.'' The Senior Series is a 15 event circuit for players 50 and over who are on the fringes of the Senior PGA tour. The success of its inaugural season has organisers predicting that next year they will run 25 events with prize money expected to be greater than this year's $100,000 average purse.

Rabain and Lloyd James got a first-hand look at the calibre of play at a tournament stop here at Swan-e-set Bay Country Club that concluded on Saturday.

Both players missed the 36-hole cut at the 54-hole tournament. James carded a second round 77 on Friday to finish on 162 while Rabain, struggling with a sprained right thumb, fired an 88 to finish on 168. American Ted Hayes won the top prize at $15,000 with a three-round total of 211, five under par.

James was seven under par with four holes to play but bogeys on the 15th and 17th holes, and a triple bogey on the 18th, put him at five over for the day.

"I was hitting the ball well enough to be under par, but at the end I was trying to protect my score and that's when I fell apart,'' James said. "But overall I played a lot better than in the first round.'' While Rabain was granted an exemption, James qualified for the tournament with a 76 in Tuesday's qualifying round. "This tour is one notch below the regular seniors tour,'' James said. "This was my first event, but next year I might play a good many of them.''