performance at the Trinidad and Tobago Open next Wednesday will be just the right antidote to get their international game on course this year.

With aspirations of entering as many PGA Tour qualifying tournaments as possible this season the two are using this event as a means to gauge exactly where their respective games are.

Pearman has expressed a strong desire to continue his quest to qualify in a junior tournament and Jones in a senior.

They will head another competitive Bermuda contingent at the well-known St.

Andrew's course, which is situated in the picturesque hills of Trinidad where eight Bermudians played a year ago. Others among the group this time are amateurs Dave Purcell, Malcolm Burgess, Allan Richardson, Barry DeCouto, Glen Robinson and Phillip Smith.

Both Pearman and Jones were inspired by solid showings in the Bermuda PGA Championships early this month, which saw the former, who is assistant professional at Port Royal, capture the title for a third time. The veteran Jones did well to finish fourth.

The two also did well at St. Andrew's last year with Pearman heading the local contingent by finishing 14th overall and Jones 34th, which was good enough to also place him second among the seniors.

Pearman had a four-round score of 296 while Anthony Mocklow was second among the locals with 300 followed by Keith Smith on 308 and Jones on 311. Jeff Lewis of the United States was the winner with a six-under-par 282 while another American Ron McDougal, winner of the Bermuda Open two years ago, was second one stroke behind.

"I expect another top field, so it's going to take a good effort to even challenge for top honours this time around,'' said Pearman who will be competing there for the third time. "The course itself is a great challenge.

It is a very good course but you cannot afford to slip up on it at all, if you do it will cost you. I feel confident going into the tournament because my overall game is looking up,'' he added.

Pearman figures he will play probably 10 qualifying tournaments on the PGA Tour circuit. "It just depends on how things work out as far as availability and sponsorship,'' he said.

Jones' interest has been considerably boosted by the introduction of a prize purse for seniors for the first time. A senior competition has always been incorporated in the regular tournament (based on their positions after the first three rounds) but this time cash will be awarded instead of trophies.

"It's certainly a big encouragemnt for us older guys who have trouble keeping up with the younger folk these days,'' said, Jones who is confident of improving on his 311 of a year ago.

"My game is going pretty good right now. Just last week I was pretty sharp, I had a 73 at Port Royal and a 71 at Belmont. So I am getting things back together after being away from actual match play for a while,'' he said.

Jones' best performance in the Trinidad and Tobago Open was seventh back in 1972, his first year as a professional.

Once the tournament is completed he intends to travel to Florida to compete in at least two PGA senior mini tour events before coming home and then concentrating on the US Senior Open qualifying tournament, which takes place in early July and then the British Senior qualifying tournament later in the same month.