It's time now for the chipping forecast.

First of all, an apology to make, we do recognise that in last week's episode, we might

have caused some offence when we talked at length about golf and golf matters.

So we'd like to make it clear. This was never our intention, but we overstepped the mark.

We had plenty of chance, plenty of opportunity to talk about other things, the rise and fall of the

Austro-Hungarian Empire, but we talked about Zander Lombard and his final round-stroke average instead.

So again, we're sorry, we've reflected. That's not who we are and we vowed to do better. Hi, Ian. Hi, Eddie. Hello. How are we? How are you, Eddie, champ? I'm all right. Thank you. I know very little about the Austro-Hungarian Empire, I'm afraid. So I'll let you cover that topic, and I'll stick to... Hang on a minute. You had time to find out last week. What? The weekend to find out, certainly, but I didn't. Straight in early, early from the bad. That's the second attack from a badger in as many days. See, that that's exactly where that is. So you see, that story, that was Ian biting nose. Aggressive. His story was, I mean, it was in the, I think it was in the sun initially, but this badger biting the nose, biting a bit of a nose off. So an angler was sleeping in his tent and woke in agony with a bit of his nose missing. I don't know I'm laughing. It's not necessarily funny, but I'm always kind of on the badger's side. Anyway, this angler sleeping in his tent, woke in agony, a bit of his nose missing, and an angry badger staring him down. The badger had been startled by the man snoring. So there was an angry badger. That badger has had a terrible coaching session with Ollie Wilson. He's just lost it. He's just taking his rage out on the nearest human. My short game has gone to paces. I'm going to bite this guy's nose. I'm angry. How is the Badger, Project Badger going? Project Badger is going pretty well, actually. Had a couple of very encouraging results um Friday and

Saturday so I came through the club knockout so I'm through to the fourth round there one on

the 19th had to play it was a really really good match never more than one hole in it and I was giving

six shots and I won on the 19th and played the last six holes of the match.

So the last five in regulation and the playoff hole in one under power gross.

Winning it with a with a birdie on the first extra hole.

Got very lucky actually.

My drive finished a couple of feet short of fairway bunker and then knocked it on the green

and two putted thank you very much and then finished 11th 11th in the medal on on

saturday net 69 and took 0.5 off the handicap so yeah so that was very encouraged it's not

I'm not going to get down low enough for the club championship. Was that handicap-based, is it? It's not score-based. No, the club championship is gross. Yeah, no, but I mean it's not, sorry, it's not based. So you're saying you're not going to get down low enough, so it is based on your handicap. Yes, yeah. So it's the top players on handicap, and I'm probably going to be about 70th, something like that, I think. Just say you've got a separate system at your place for handicaps, for cards that are handed in pre-round and post-round for what's. Oh, that's badgerish. The man's fighting back in his tent.

I think we do it in accordance with the rules of England golf. Just double checking.

Well, there we are.

What are you're going to ask?

Well, the moment I'm scratching Olive's backside there because she likes that.

But she's got very tufty bits at the moment, molting quite heavily in the summer.

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