and 76 yesterday to fall slightly off the pace after two rounds of the 54-hole World Cup qualifying tournament in Jamaica yesterday. And now the pair face a daunting task of trying to finish in the top five in order to earn Bermuda a place in the World Cup in Malaysia in November. "We actually struggled, we played the par fives even par so that was the difference today compared to yesterday,'' said Bean last night. "The par fives are not that difficult.'' The round left Pearman and Bean six shots out of fifth place amongst the 23 countries competing.

The pair go into today's final round needing to shoot sub-par to have any chance of qualifying.

"We both have to shoot three-under pars, I guess,'' Bean estimates. Jamaica, Holland, Austria, Costa Rica, Brazil and Venezuela are amongst the top countries going into the last round at Runaway Bay Golf Club, which is on the north coast about 20 minutes from Ocho Rios.

"Conditions were very similiar (from first day), the wind picks up around noon so the back nine becomes more difficult,'' said Bean.