Dwayne Pearman won the Bermuda Professional Golfers' Association 36-hole medal by five strokes from Kim Swan at the Tucker's Point Club.

Ocean View pro Pearman carded a one-under par 70 on the tournament's second day, the only sub-par round among the 11-strong field, to follow his 73 on Tuesday.

Former European Tour pro Swan scored a 75 and a 73 to finish his 36 holes on six-over-par 148, five shots behind Pearman and two ahead of third-placed Chris Smith. Cornell Bean was another two shots back in fourth, while Darriek Douglas and David Boyce were tied for fifth on 154.

BPGA officials are planning to hold more of these sorts of events, preferably on a monthly basis, to bolster the faculties of the Island's limited pool of professional golfers.

"We're trying to have an event every month so we can keep our games top shape and our playing in tournament format," said Chaka DeSilva, participant and assistant golf pro at the Tucker's Point Club.

"Dwayne is probably considered to be the best local professional and Kim Swan is putting a lot of time and effort in and he's trying to qualify for the European Senior Tour."

Asked about the hype surrounding the prospect of Tiger Woods coming to Bermuda for the PGA's Grand Slam event in October, DeSilva added: "There's definitely been lots of hype around the event especially after Tiger has secured his spot.

"Hype? We really can't get tickets right now because they're all sold out. I would like to see BPGA have some involvement in the major event though, we are looking forward to doing some sort of marshalling.

"We've never actually had the opportunity to do that so I'm looking foward to it. I do want to play a role in the event."

But will Tiger definitely come to Bermuda? that's the question that was generating small degrees of concern within local organisers and tourism officials, but according to DeSilva, it's not an issue anymore.

"I'm pretty sure he's going to be here," DeSilva commented, "because when this first became available, it wasn't going to Hawaii and Bermuda had already put in its bid to host the finals, the PGA officials came to Bermuda and looked at the Mid-Ocean Club and Tucker's Point Club at the same time as possible venues.

"Then, the question was asked that if Tiger won would he then come to Bermuda. I think they made a phone call to his agents and managers and I think it was agreed that he would attend."

• Three-day tickets were still available yesterday for the PGA of America Grand Slam of Golf, booking through the event's web-site, http://www.pga.com/grandslam/2007, or by phone on 1-800-742-8258. The $150 tickets allow entry to the pro-am and skills demonstration on Monday, October 15, as well as the 36-hole showdown at the Mid Ocean Club between the winners of the four Grand Slam events over the following two days.