So another year goes by and the best player in the world never to have won a major remains Colin Montgomerie, or is it David Duval or even Phil Mickeslon? They're all great accumulators of money but have yet to crack the big one and the same is true of many Golf Masters managers.
Tiger Woods was our top earner in this season's majors with £452,667. Davis Love was second (£305,867), Montgomerie third (£254,000) and Mickelson fourth (£247,600). Among Golf Masters managers, Tom Barry's `Tom's Tops' lived up to their name with a Majors haul of £1,156,611. `Ellen's Best Golfers' from the Ballinasloe stable of Barry Davis were second with £1,092,667 and the sixth placed overall team, Aonghus McGann's `Adare 99', were third in Majors with £1,086,778.
McGann is getting married to Catherine O'Dwyer in Adare on Saturday and named his team in honour of the event. Well, Aonghus, when you return from your honeymoon in Bali (well for some), you'll be able to slip into a Golf Masters Polo Shirt, our present for all occasions. Your case was helped by a letter from your sister Nuala and a lengthy poem from your brother Jim which arrived here at tour headquarters this week. Catherine, do you realise you are marrying into a family of Golf Masters fanatics?
Tom can have a Polo Shirt just for topping our Majors list. No poetry required. Just two teams managed to win zilch in all four majors - Brian O'Callaghan's `Thunderbirds' and Seamus Flood's `Lead Balloon'. In the overall quest to finish rock bottom, Paul Doyle's `Team 22403' is still `leading', `Thunderbirds' have managed to fall to second last, but it's bad news for Seamus - in the last few weeks the `Lead Balloon' has defied gravity and risen to 7th last place.
How To Transfer
If you have a team entered in the Golf Masters you can check its score and position, remind yourself of the line-up, change any of the information you left when entering and make player transfers by calling the numbers below at any time.
Transfers may be conducted each Tuesday and Wednesday during the competition, with up to four transfers allowed per team. These four may be made all at one time or singly over the duration of the competition. It is important to remember, however, that you must at all times have seven players in your team, at least one of whom must be Irish, and you must stay within the £12.5 million budget.
If you wish to transfer you should have your team number and PIN numbers ready before calling the competition number.
1550 11 10 11 (Republic of Ireland) 0890 181 1001 (Northern Ireland and Britain)
When you dial the above numbers you will hear a menu of choices - select (1) to hear your team's current and overall earnings and ranking (weekend scores are available from 6.0 pm every Monday); (2) to make transfers, (3) to change or add your name, address, telephone number and team name and (4) to hear the current line-up of your team.
Calls cost 58p per minute in the Republic of Ireland and 50p per minute in Britain - all charges include VAT.
Competition Helpline: 01-2844060 between 10.0 am and 5.30 pm (Monday to Friday). Normal telephone charges apply to this number. Service provided by Phonovation Ltd.
