Exciting changes to the Gosling’s Invitational and Bermuda Goodwill Tournament are expected to be among plans unveiled for golf on the Island by the Bermuda Tourism Authority today.

The Authority will make a brief presentation on their 2015 Golf Tourism Strategy this morning, with Pat Phillip-Fairn, of the BTA, and Alex Madeiros, the director of golf at Port Royal, among those in attendance.

A staple of Bermuda’s golf calendar for decades, the Gosling’s Invitational and Goodwill tournament have long attracted overseas amateurs and professionals to the Island. However, the tournaments are played back-to-back over the course of two weeks, something that organisers believe should be changed.

Discussions within the BTA’s golf advisory committee have centred on shortening both events to three days and playing them over the course of seven days, thereby keeping the cost of attending down, and as a result hopefully attracting more overseas players to both tournaments.

Reducing the Goodwill to three days would mean axing one course from the rotation, and the suspicion is that Riddell’s Bay would be the club to miss out. There have been suggestions, however, that an expanded Gosling’s would need a second course and Riddell’s could be in contention should that turn out to be the case.

The end of the PGA Grand Slam’s association with the Island means there is room in the BTA’s budget to grow golf in other areas and bringing in new tournaments, as well as develop existing ones, is likely to be a key focus this year.

A collegiate event next month involving eight United States colleges, and the Bermuda Golf Classic in April, a charity tournament for National Football League players past and present, have already been added to the busy schedule, and more are expected to follow.

Christine Langford, a professional from England, will discuss the Women and Golf Bermuda Trophy, which is now in its sixth year and will be played at Port Royal in November.

Phillip-Fairn, meanwhile, is expected to discuss the impact golf tourism has on the local economy.

n Dwayne Pearman and Alan Bradshaw dominated the second round of the Bermuda PGA Betterball Series sponsored by Bacardi on Monday.

Pearman and Bradshaw took almost a clean sweep of the prizes, with three nearest the pins and the overall best score of an 11-under-par 43 at Turtle Hill Golf Club. Twilton Smith and Charlie Birch finished second at three under.