It's time now for the chipping forecast, issued by SoftEars Media on behalf of Andrew Cotter,

Eddie Pepperel and special guest Ian Carter. Hello there, two out of three ain't bad, sang meatloaf, among other things.

And we've got two out of three for you today.

Me, obviously, Andrew Carter, or, as I'm known by Jay Monaghan, Andrew Coltart.

And Eddie Pepperl is also here.

I say here, he's not, he's very much there.

In India, of all places, joining us from a hotel somewhere in Calcutta.

Eddie Pepperell, how goes it?

Hello, Ian.

Oh, Andrew, that was a genuine mistake um could be an early edit that no I'm

leaving that way I'm okay I guess I'm a little tired even that early early era but um no we've had

quite a long lengthy travel we stayed overnight in Delhi and then on Sunday and then flew here

today from from Delhi to Calcutta so um yeah it's um it's it's

it's five and a half hours ahead and it's hot but it's nice we're in a nice place so and from what

I've seen and it's only 45 minutes from the airport to the hotel it's quite an extraordinary place

and it is an extraordinary place well come on to that in the moment Ian's not here because he's on

his way to Florida he's into the heart of darkness. He's like Martin Sheenan, Lawrence Fishburn, boating up river to find an overweight and slightly mad Marlon Brando. He's on his way to Sawgrass, of course, for the Players Championship. We were going to all three of us do a Tuesday recording, but that just wouldn't

be possible. So what we're doing instead is that Eddie and I are recording today. Eddie will

occasionally talk about reaching a par five and two and three putting. Ian and I will do a little

bonus episode, our first Chippilata of the season on Wednesday, previewing the players

championship. We'll probably have a chat with Laurie Cantor, Cantor banter, ahead of

his first Players' Championship, but crucially as well, Jane Monaghan will have spoken by then about

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