The Clutch Pro Tour is headed to Bermuda.

Steven Lambert Jr, the Bermuda Professional Golfer’s Association president, revealed that plans are in the works to stage one of the tour’s 54-hole events at Port Royal Golf Course next year.

“We have the Clutch Tour coming next year and it’s a big opportunity,” Lambert told The Royal Gazette.

“We have already had three of our members, Camiko Smith, Daniel Augustus and Adam Perry who have played on that tour, which is in line with a growing Korn Ferry Tour of the DP World Tour. It’s almost like a feeder to the big Tour.”

Lambert said more details on the event will be announced in the upcoming weeks.

The Clutch Pro Tour is a series of developmental golf tournaments played predominantly in England and is open to both male and female professionals.

The tour was created in 2019 by Tom Hayward, a former professional golfer, to give lower level professionals more playing opportunities as well as helping advance their careers.

Along with the Tartan Pro Tour, the Clutch Pro Tour is an official feeder tour to the Challenge Tour, with the top three players on the Order of Merit earning Challenge Tour status.

Each event is a 54-hole tournament with a 36-hole cut for the 50-plus ties. The tour also has a season-ending no-cut championship and a qualifying tournament.

Bringing the Clutch Pro Tour to Bermuda’s shores falls in line with Lambert’s vision of raising the profile of the BPGA’s membership and offering them more exposure to tournaments.

“I want to get our members out there to the public so people know who the pros are,” he said.

“I feel like in the past we have been very much quiet, haven’t really put ourselves out there, so now I want to have tournaments, group clinics, things of that nature just to get us out there to the public.

“Nothing against the Bermuda Golf Association, but we are the professional golfer’s association and a lot of people think we are one and the same when we are separate. They are the governing body of course, but we are the pro association.”

Lambert, who is also a golf professional at Port Royal, has made a seamless transition since replacing Quinton Sherlock Jr as BPGA president at the association’s Annual General Meeting in January.

“It’s an honour to be the new president of BPGA. I have a lot of great people that came before me and I’m sure there will be great people that come after me. It means a lot,” the 39 year- old said.

“I was a vice- president for at least four or five years and I am now replacing Mr Quinton Sherlock Jr, who did a great job over his tenure.”

The BPGA’s remaining executive committee consists of vice-president Marshall Minors, secretary Scott Roy, treasurer Chaka DeSilva, tournament director Andrew Trott-Francis and member at large Perry. Roy and DeSilva are the surviving members of the previous executive that served under Sherlock’s leadership.