HAMPSHIRE'S golfers have until Friday to guarantee purchase of a ticket for this year's annual dinner, which is being held at St Mary's Stadium on Friday, February 25.

Tickets for the 55th annual dinner, which is being sponsored by HA Fox Limited, can be purchased from your club professional or the Hampshire PGA Office at South Winchester Golf Club. After Friday tickets will only be available if space allows.

This year's dinner, the top social event in Hampshire's golfing calendar, includes a top class line-up of speakers. They include former Ryder Cup player and captain Bernard Gallacher, top entertainer Mike Lewis and Hampshire PGA Captain Guy Shoesmith.

John Stirling, former PGA Captain, will be toastmaster, and the evening will conclude with a draw, which has some fabulous prizes.

For Shoesmith the dinner not only marks the end of his year as Hampshire PGA captain but also the end of his six-year tenure as professional at Basingstoke Golf Club. At the end of March he takes over as the new club professional at West Hill Golf Club in Surrey.

"Guy has been an excellent Captain," said Hampshire PGA secretary David Wheeler. "We will be sorry to see him go but wish him every success in his new job at West Hill."