Driving skills with a difference have resulted in two Leicester golfers winning a place in this week's UK Final of the world's largest amateur golf tournament, which takes place at the home of golf - St Andrews in Scotland.

Simon Hill, a member of Cosby Golf Club, and Barry Gisborne, who plays at Kibworth Golf Club, will be travelling up to Scotland on Wednesday to take part in the final of the MercedesTrophy competition which is organised by the manufacturer for its customers.

The duo are customers of Mercedes-Benz of Leicester and will be representing the St George's Way retailer's parent company, Inchcape Mercedes-Benz, in the final alongside a customer from the group's Warrington site. The Inchcape team has been selected from two previous rounds of competition at Little Aston Golf Club in Birmingham and a MercedesTrophy regional final staged at Burhill Golf Club in Surrey.

Later this week, Simon and Barry will be pitching their golfing skills against eight other threesomes made up of Mercedes-Benz retail and corporate customers from across the country. They will be contesting the national team title and the chance to represent the UK in the World Final in Germany next September.

During their stay north of the border at the prestigious Fairmont Resort, the Inchcape Mercedes-Benz team will compete over 36 holes on the Kingsbarns and Castle courses. They will also attend an evening function at the Old Course Hotel overlooking the 17th fairway of the historic St Andrew's course and enjoy a gala dinner at Glamis Castle.

"The MercedesTrophy is a prestigious golf tournament played by Mercedes-Benz drivers around the world and it is fantastic that our retail outlet is being represented by not one, but two players in the UK Final of the competition," said Adrian Beaumont, Mercedes-Benz of Leicester's General Manager. "Simon and Barry have shown their golfing talents in previous rounds so we hope their form will continue in Scotland and we wish them both the very best of luck."