It's time now for the chipping forecast, in association with Peter Millar, brought to you by Andrew Cotter, Eddie Pepperel, and a very warm welcome to the chipping forecast to you and you and you and you.

Stop that.

That's a theme tune which is consigned to the dark recesses of broadcasting history.

Anyway, I'm going to try and bring some energy this week because there has to be a balance to things.

And usually Eddie Peppel and I are the ones, the Dementors, that drain the life force from it all.

And Ian, Ian Carter, is upbeat and perky.

But this week, a regular special guest is devoid of life force not feeling in top

form is that true i think that that is that's that's fairly true i was just thinking

we've had nine majors since uh since april and the masters and uh i think last week finally

caught up with me and toothache then morphed into just some horrible exhaustion type, cold type thing.

So, yeah, I really actually really gutted because I had a ticket for the cricket in the front row of the pavilion for this morning,

and I just couldn't, I didn't have the energy to even get up.

So I did watch it on the telly, but I didn't go.

Oh.

Anyone that would know me would realize that I'm struggling a bit.

So I look forward to listening to you in this podcast.

Wow, come on.

Okay, well, I mean, I don't think any of us should say how hard we work and how tired we are,

because that's just going to, we've been slapped down by an email or two saying,

anyway.

Well, one email.

Well, I was exaggerating for dramatic effect.

...