HAMPSHIRE golfers have the opportunity to qualify for this year's Nick Faldo Series which has teamed up with golfsurgery.com to create seven free-to-enter golfsurgery.com Faldo Series qualifiers.

There is one golfsurgery.com Faldo Series Qualifier in each of the Faldo Series' regions, including Hampshire's chosen venue at Sandford Springs near Basingstoke on Wednesday, March 23.

Golfers from the area born in 1984 or later, with a handicap of 18 or less, now have the opportunity to make it straight into the Faldo Series 2005, one of the most prestigious competitions for young golfers in Europe, completely free of charge.

Faldo himself presides over the annual final and picks players with the greatest potential to appear in the annual Faldo Series International Trophy in Hong Kong - a unique chance to tee up alongside the best of young golfing talent from Europe, Asia and the rest of the world.

Entry for the events is by email only and will be on a strictly first-come first-served basis with venues and date on golfsurgery.com