Only 17 weeks and 31 tournaments left, we'll hardly notice the time going. "Speak for yourselves," we can hear three managers, residents of Warrenpoint, Donegal Town and Thurles, muttering.

Well, true enough, if you happen to have a team in contention for our not-to-be-sniffed-at first prize of £15,000, 17 weeks and 31 tournaments would make eternity seem like a fleeting moment in time.

So, tense months ahead for Shane Lee, who's top of our overall leaderboard for the third successive week, Brendan Reck and Paul Ryan, the first of our managers to pass the £1.5 million earning mark this year. On the subject of remaining tournaments, we've had a few queries in recent weeks about our schedule and whether we will be counting any tournaments that were not on our original list, as published at registration time. The answer to that is a very definite no: only tournaments included in the schedule before the competition got under way will count. Two of the queries we received related to the Scottish PGA Championship and the West of Ireland Open, both in August. The former will not count in the competition, the latter will, so bear that in mind if you're making transfers around then.

While we here at Golf Masters HQ insist on sticking to our schedule, not everyone is so conscientious, meticulous and reliable. Isn't that right Paul Doyle? Noel Crowley - Paul wants a word with you. "I'd like to say I'm very sorry for sleeping in last Sunday morning and leaving you on the golf course all by yourself." As luck would have it, Paul now has the perfect opportunity to make up to Noel for his extended snooze: he's won himself a fourball in Tulfarris and Noel will be the first to be offered a place on Paul's team. Don't rush your answer, though, Noel - keep him waiting.

All six of Paul's line-up in action last weekend made the cut, with four of them finishing in the top 10: Colonial winner Phil Mickelson, TPC Open runner-up Emanuele Canonica, and Ian Woosnam and Paul McGinley, who took a share of third and ninth, respectively, in Hamburg. So Paul, your entire team did you proud? "About bloody time they did. Michael Campbell, who I have on another team, didn't help me by taking a six-month sabbatical, whatever he was up to. He probably made so much money he didn't care about us poor sods trying to win our fourballs in Tulfarris."

Incidentally, Team No 24552 was the less-than-attractive moniker attached to Paul's winning line-up, so we put him on the spot and insisted he give them a proper christening.

"How about Better Than DIY, seeing as I'm in a DIY shop at the moment," he groaned. Fortunately for Paul, he also told us that he had just moved house, otherwise the occupants of his old home would be fraudulently off to Tulfarris any day soon.

A polo shirt to Mary Kennedy of Rosses Point, Sligo, who was our only other manager to top the £280,000 earning mark this week. But, unlike Paul and Noel, didn't bag a trip to Tulfarris. And a "very well done" to Syl Murphy of Loughrea, Co Galway, whose scientifically selected Seven Cs (Darren Clarke, Stewart Cink, John Cook, Michael Campbell, Emanuele Canonica, Jose Coceres and Roger Chapman) made him our 23rd highest earning team of the week. We'll send you a C-Shirt, Syl.

Everyone who's anyone will be at Wentworth this week for the Volvo PGA Championship, our third bonus tournament of the year, while the Memorial, at Muirfield Village, Ohio, has an impressive enough field too. So with a bit of good fortune, we might top this week's average score of £91,119.