HOT prospect Ben Small could be the next big player in Dorset golf.

The 12-year-old Parkstone junior is the first Dorset player to retain an age group title for three successive years.

Ben secured his third under-12s scratch championship at Lyme Regis last summer.

But the talented youngster must now move up a level when he competes in the under-13s tournament for the first time at Wareham in August.

“Ben is a great prospect, said Dorset secretary Ian Hulse. “He has a great chance of being the first player to win them all.”