Manager Team Name Money
19557 Pat O'Reilly McGinley's Masters £9,250
19556 Barry Murphy Dad's Duffers £15,000
19555 Peter Creaner Surrogate Seven £15,250
19553 Fiachra O'Toole Team 5 £19,000
19553 Frank Mooney Darren's Dream £19,000
19552 Declan Quinn Declan's Donkeys £20,625
19551 Ronnie Counihan Lisa's Dream Team £20,750
19550 P O'Connor Team No 14205 £21,125
19549 Frank Starken Hippy S 3 £22,250
19548 Dave Connolly DC 4 £22,875
Ooh, the agony of it all. Just one more birdie from Nick Faldo at the BellSouth Classic last weekend and Pat O'Reilly's McGinley's Masters would have broken the £10,000 earnings barrier. It wasn't to be though, so they hold the distinction of being the only team in the competition yet to hit five figures.
Still, our Balrothery manager probably wasn't complaining too much because it proved to be a bit of a bonanza weekend for his team, by their own standards - they won £2,000, thanks to Jerry Kelly's cheque for £500, for missing the cut, and Faldo's winnings of £1,500.
The good news for Pat is that he should at least match that total at the US Masters where two of his line-up are in the field - Faldo and Loren Roberts. Even if they both miss the cut they'll be guaranteed £1,000 each, unless of course they're disqualified. Which, considering Pat's luck so far, could happen.
But we confidently predict Pat (who also has Paul McGinley, Stephen Leaney, Greg Turner and Michael Long in his line-up) should rocket upwards in the coming weeks, now that the European Tour is coming to life, with the Estoril, Spanish and Italian Opens all counting in the competition over the next three weeks.
Pat, like a number of other callers to the competition's helpline, might be wondering where his team captain, Paul McGinley, got to, after failing to appear at our first three European tournaments - those who keep an eye on the birth notices will have spotted that the Dubliner became a father recently, hence his absence from the Tour.
(PS You'll notice that Pat O'Reilly is in 19,557 th position - we forgot to mention last week that a recount of the competition entry showed that 19,577, and not 19,488, teams were entered).
