A WORCESTERSHIRE golfer who last year achieved his dream of winning a professional title wants others to benefit from his experience.

Matt Morris, aged 27, has spent the 11 years since turning professional carving out a career on the sport's circuit around the world.

Last year saw him qualify for the Professional Golfers Association Challenge Tour and his first tournament victory at the Danish Open in June earned him the right to compete on the prestigious European Tour.

Morris, who lives in Belbroughton, spends much of the year playing golf around the world but during the quieter winter months he fine-tunes his technique at Droitwich Golf Centre.

He works hard at his game, devoting himself eight hours a day to becoming a better player in the sport he is so passionate about and now he wants to pass on his experience and expertise to others. He is hosting a series of free one-hour lessons at the Copcut Lane centre on Sunday, January 23.

Morris said: "Golf is a great way for people of all ages to get fit. There are increasing numbers of women and young children taking up the sport and it's starting to be recognised as a fantastic way to exercise as well as to meet up socially.

"People have the clich that people need money to play golf and it isn't like that at all. I never had the opportunity to be taught by somebody who did it for a living when I was young.

"I want to give people an opportunity to come down if they haven't taken up the game before. If they want to take it forward and carry on I can advise them."

And Morris has a lot of experience to draw on. He started playing at the age of 11, turned professional five years later and qualified as a PGA professional aged 20.

He started playing full-time in 2001 and finished 22nd on the Mastercard Tour Order of Merit that year.

In 2002 he competed on the PGA Euro Pro Tour and another successful year followed on the Euro Pro Tour before he gained his PGA European Tour card.

Finishing 44th at the European Tour school saw him qualify for last year's PGA Challenge Tour and thanks to his start-to-finish win at the Danish Open, he is now eligible for several European Tour events alongside his 2005 Challenge Tour schedule.

"It's been a slow improvement for me year by year," Morris added. "Every time I move up I have held my own.

"This year's going to be a big year for me.

"The first time I won, mentally it was very weird.

"I have aspired to win one of these tournaments and when I won I didn't play very well for a few weeks."

Anyone interested in free lessons, including use of equipment, can call Droitwich Golf Centre on 01905-797190 or 01905-797194.