Leading Line-Ups

In response to the heartfelt pleas of some of our managers (who desperately want to know what they're up against) we bring you…

In response to the heartfelt pleas of some of our managers (who desperately want to know what they're up against) we bring you the line-ups of our leading five teams - and the key players in the rest of the top 10 teams. Jose Maria Olazabal appears in eight of the top 10 teams, making his results over the next three weeks largely irrelevant. Padraig Harrington and Jim Furyk feature in six teams, Retief Goosen, Stephen Ames and David Carter in five and Darren Clarke in four.

With so many `overlapping' players each team has its key men (who don't appear in the teams above them) on whom their managers' hopes of winning that £10,000 first prize will depend over the next three weeks.

1 EDWARD STAUNTON'S Woosnam's Wonders: Stephen Ames, Jose Maria Olazabal, David Carter, Darren Clarke, Ian Woosnam, Jim Furyk and Retief Goosen. Key players: Ames, Clarke, Woosnam and Goosen.

2 KIERAN O'TOOLE'S The Chislers: Olazabal, Carter, Furyk, Padraig Harrington, Ignacio Garrido, Lee Westwood and Scott McCarron. Key players: Harrington, Garrido, Westwood and McCarron.

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3 MATTHEW RYAN'S Tiger Tenacious 2: Ames, Olazabal, Garrido, Clarke, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Sam Torrance and David Ogrin. Key players: Johansson, Torrance and Ogrin.

4 THERESA O'SULLIVAN'S Theresa's Trashers: Harrington, Ames, Goosen, Stewart Cink, Mark James, Tommy Tolles and Jeff Maggert. Key players: Cink, James, Tolles and Maggert.

5 JACK SLANE'S Slane 2: Harrington, Ames, Carter, Furyk, Goosen, Colin Montgomerie and Ross McFarlane. Key players: Montgomerie and McFarlane.

Meanwhile, Paul Dowling, in fifth, needs Michael Bradley to produce his best form of the season now; Pat Fagan is relying on Vijay Singh, Frank Nobilo and Jon Robson to boost his challenge; Tony Murnaghan will be hoping David Howell and Stuart Cage do something spectacular soon.

Stephen Harris's hopes rest on Joey Sindelar, Jesper Parnevik and Larry Mize while Peter O'Sullivan could do with Tom Kite and Brian Davis winning a tournament or two, starting this weekend.