It's time now for the chipping forecast, in association with Peter Millar, brought to you by Andrew Cotter, Eddie Pe Forecast, special podcast, special week. Special people presenting it. Not really, just usual crowd open championship week. We are in. Well, I say we, I'm in Port Rush, in the media centre.

And sitting just a couple of spaces away from me is a regular special guest, BBC Golf correspondent, Ian Carter.

Hello, Andrew.

Corresponding with us. Hello. Hello. Yes, I can see you, which is a lovely thing. Lovely thing.

Well, also, there doesn't seem to be a delay, because I can actually see your lips moving. You're sort of in sync. You're like a badly dubbed 70s Swedish film. I don't know about them, but somebody told me about them once. And, you know, I was watching The Wicker Man the other day. Right. And the Wicker Man, a famous film, Britt Eklund's voice is dubbed by a Scottish actress,

because it's supposed to is dubbed by a Scottish

actress because it's supposed to be set on a Scottish island. And Britt Eklund, you know, she could

speak English, but it would sound ridiculous when she's saying hurdy-gurdy to Christopher Lee and

Edward Woodward.

This is an extraordinary way to start a podcast about the Open Championship.

It isn't where I intended to go.

So I will go to Eddie Pepper.

I'm delaying the intro to Eddie Pepperl because Eddie's internet has been down all day.

So he's in a room which we haven't seen in his house.

No.

Even as very good friends, we haven't been there. So you're

operating on 5G... Is this where the best signal is,

Eddie? Um, I think so. I've searched around the whole house and this is as good as I've got. So, um, if it's not good enough, then I'm sorry, but, uh, yeah, wicker where did wicker come from my back feels like it's made out oficca at times, but it's on the men trying to bring that together, trying to weave it together. But good to see you both.

Well, I'm pleased there isn't a massive delay. I thought there was, but you answer that quite promptly, unless you're just anticipating the question and you started about half a sentence before the end of it.

So what's your, how is your back? It's, it's all right. It's getting better. I'm, I think I'm going to go to Germany this week. I've decided this morning I'm going to give it a go. I've hit balls. Oh, this is just, Ian, is this not the best news you've? This is, well, this is, I mean, we mean, we've, we've had interviews with Rory McElroy and Shane Lowry.

We're an open championship at Royal Port Rush.

Wimbledon is over and you were an absolute star.

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