"I saw Ronan Rafferty on Sky Sports the other day and he said his arm was nearly better and he was nearly ready to start hitting balls again, but hopefully it won't be till after the Golf Masters ends because I have him in my team."

Yes, after a break of a couple of months we thought it was time to make contact with our bottom 10 managers again, and who better to chat with than Paul Doyle of Leopardstown in Dublin, whose unnamed line-up has won £121,625 after 17 weeks of tournaments. Yes, just £121,625. (Just think: Paul's namesake Pat (no relation) won £276,746 in week 17 alone).

"I made a couple of transfers a few weeks ago and they've worked out really well - the new fellas have hardly won a penny," said a chuffed Paul. In fact week 17 was one of his "better" weeks: his entire line-up won just £1,500 between them (the only three who played - Steven Richardson, Neil Roderick and Kalle Brink - all missed the cut).

Three more - Rafferty, Mark Davis and Matthew Goggin - have yet to hit a ball in anger on the Golf Masters' tour this season, while the final member of the team, Marten Olander, has amassed £2,500.

Unfortunately the reigning Worst Golf Masters manager, Rory Timlin, isn't doing badly enough to make the bottom 10, but his 13-year-old son most definitely is: Rory Timlin Junior is only £87,000 ahead of Paul Doyle so hang in there Salthill, ye might retain your coveted title yet.