And pigs might fly

A few weeks back Donal Ryan got in touch to challenge us at Golf Masters' HQ to name our Dream Team BEFORE the competition ended, hinting (perhaps) that in previous years we had waited until all the final totals were added up before we declared our winning line-up.

We rose to the challenge heroically (in our humble opinion) and revealed the names of the seven players we chose to represent Pigs Might Fly, but now Donal's got in touch again to tell us that our week six lead of £203,899 has been whittled down to £73,611.

"Time to make a few substitutions, maybe," he suggested, in a slightly provocative manner. You could be right Donal - we'll let you know AFTER we get the results from the Benson and Hedges International and Byron Nelson Classic who we transferred in to our team before both tournaments got under way. We just don't have the space at the moment.

"I have two teams poised in the top 1,000, at 563rd and 965th, and another two or three loitering with intent just outside. I expect them to be picked up by the gardai any day now," he added.

Donal also asked to us to reveal the position this time last year of the managers who finished in the top 10 at the end of the competition, just to give him some hope for the remaining 19 weeks of this year's Golf Masters.

Well, using week 11's figures from last year, Paul Sheehan, the eventual winner, trailed the leader Kevin Barry (who finished 10th overall) by over £300,000 and was back in 69th place. Runner-up Susan Coleman had even more work to do, with her team languishing in 227th position, but Robbie Canning, who finished fourth, made the most spectacular leap in the final two thirds of the competition, rising from 505th place. Take heart then, there's hope for ye all.