Loads of excuses this week including Nance's unexpected call up for the Scratch League team against Bloxwich GC - a bijou fixture if ever there was one. Fat-Boy's assessment is that selection for the Scratch League must therefore be based, de facto, on playing like a twat in the Am-Am the previous day.

So, it's just a convivial three-ball that pits Fat-Boy against Turbo against Mr. Grumpy.

The weather is threatening, but in the event stays pretty dry and the course is in splendid knick. Mr. Grumpy decides to look at the ball only on every other shot so fails to trouble the scorer overly much, but Turbo and Fat-Boy play some steady stuff. Whilst the scoring system applied to the card by Mr. Grumpy suggests that Fat-Boy wins by three points, the computer employs a more accurate assessment that actually has Turbo winning by one.

Based on past history it's doubtful this victory will have any impact on Turbo's MONGU handicap which is ALWAYS 29.

Turbo also attracts the camels fine to consolidate his lead on this most important of measures.