We're tempted to say that Sizzlechest are chiselling with zest these days, but we could probably be charged with offences against the English language so we'll resist. Instead we'll simply tell you that our second placed team, managed by Fionn Murphy, has once again eaten into Colin Rutherford's lead, this time by £14,750. So, if Glenmore Eagles 2 are feeling a little hot around the collar, they can attribute their discomfort to the warm breath of the fast approaching Sizzlechest.
If it wasn't for Raymond Russell, though, Colin's lead, which now stands at £89,762, would have fallen below the £20,000 mark. The Scot's third-place finish at the Scandinavian Masters all but ensured he will retain his tour card for next season, but much more importantly for our Lisburn manager helped make up for what was an otherwise dismal week for Glenmore Eagles 2.
Michael Campbell's runners-up spot, behind Lee Westwood, at the same tournament, was Sizzlechest's biggest success of the weekend but the imminent return to action of Tiger Woods, who is scheduled to play the next three weeks, will come as a welcome relief to both Fionn and Colin. It's not such good news, though, for our third-to-sixth-place managers - Michael Delaney, Roger Mullarkey, Colin Rutherford (who bears a striking resemblance to our leader) and Brian Murnaghan, all of whom made giant strides up the leaderboard this week, but none of whom features a Tiger in their line-ups.
Brian's Tiger Streak (which, as we mentioned a couple of weeks back, once featured Woods - but no longer) leapt from 32nd to sixth this week but will probably need the man chiefly responsible for that jump, Westwood, to carry that form into week 25's USPGA, the final double-your-money tournament of the year, if they are to dislodge either of the top two.
Just six weeks to go, then, with the British Masters and Buick Open the centre of this week's attention. There's bonus money on offer at Woburn but that's of little interest to managers of Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington, to name but two, who like a significant number of European big guns, have opted to put their feet up ahead of the USPGA.
Gary Murphy is in the British Masters' field, though, which will bring some cheer to Roger Dowds of Dublin who's now aiming for two fourballs in a row. Not that either will be of much use to him. Why? "I don't actually . . . . play golf," he confessed. The gasps could be heard in Tulfarris. Still, we were mightily pleased to have brought Roger some good news because he was badly in need of cheering up when we rang. "I'm recovering from a wisdom tooth operation," he told us, a revelation that had our knees wobbling. We trust Roger wasn't tended to by the drill-wielding figure in 14th place on our overall leaderboard (Gary Dorman's Dodgy Dentist), although we're sure fellow Golf Masters manager and Not In The Least Bit Dodgy Dentist Fionn Murphy would have looked after him if he'd given him a call. There's definitely a toothy trend developing in this year's competition.
Campbell, Phil Mickelson, Jamie Spence and Stephen Ames were Roger's big winners, with Mickelson finishing second behind Ernie Els at The International in Colorado - a tournament that brought no joy to managers of Tom Lehman or David Duval, both of whom withdrew (Lehman after the half-way stage and Duval, who has a back injury, after just six holes of the first round). A nervous Roger Mullarkey will await news of Lehman's right knee problem with considerable interest.
