Granted, Greg Kraft's form leading up to last weekend's Colonial in Texas was encouraging, having had top 20 finishes in his previous three tournaments to add to his second place at the Doral Ryder Open in March.

Still, the 90 managers who transferred him in to their teams just in time for the Colonial constituted a virtual stampede in Golf Masters' transfer terms and left us watching his progress through the tournament with some interest.

When he finished joint second on Sunday night - with Paul Goydos, Jeff Sluman, Tim Herron and Fred Funk - we could only shake our heads in wonder and awe. Who said success in this competition was down to luck? At registration time, Kraft was selected by only 156 managers but now features in 616 teams. He's our 14th highest earner (£230,250), having only cost his managers £600,000, putting him well clear of Chris DiMarco and Mark Wiebe in the "best value for money" list.

Wiebe and DiMarco, along with Kraft, continue to attract the highest number of new managers each week with Steve Pate, joint fourth at the Masters, the fourth most popular new recruit (although the 31 managers who brought him into their teams for the Colonial wouldn't have been too impressed with a cheque for just £1,500). Anthony Wall, who won £10,000 at the Deutsche Bank Open, Miguel Angel Jimenez (our leading earner) and Glen Day (one of last year's top bargain buys) are next on the list of most popular transfer targets.

The player no one seems to want to keep these days is Warren Bennett - he's our "most sacked" player of recent weeks - with Willie Wood, Raymond Russell, Scott Verplank and Fred Funk not far behind him. Sixteen more managers fired Funk before the Colonial. . . we'd guess his share of second just about ruined their weekend.