I wasn't paying attention every second, but in the two hours I did watch I failed to see a putt sunk from more than a club's length. Interest was sparked when it emerged that Helen Alfredsson's boyfriend is a Mexican international footballer, Leo Cuera, who often caddies for her. Peter Alliss didn't help early on with his assiduous attention to the shortcomings of the distaff game - "They're not good at getting close to the hole with seven, eight and nine-irons," he opined, "and their putting isn't brilliant." Still, they try, don't they, the silly, fluffy things?But he was right - the putting was dreadful. Se Ri Pak, the South Korean phenom, has been ripping up courses much in the manner of Tiger Woods when he first came out fighting, yet she enjoys about the same global profile as Mangotsfield United's reserve left-back.Having said all that and registered my PC objections, it must be observed that there was a glum, dour feel to proceedings, exacerbated by the eclipse- like gloom. But can you imagine the outcry if the epic struggle at Carnoustie a few weeks ago had been bisected by a film so bad I couldn't stop watching?Clearly, women's golf is nowhere near as popular as the men's version - beyond Laura Davies, most people would struggle to name its principal exponents. Although it seemed all right when I was a kid, it is quite possibly the worst film ever made.

And in a ham-fisted, karate-chop piece of BBC2 scheduling on Thursday, it was inserted like a smack in the teeth right in the middle of the British Women's Open golf from Woburn. There was, admittedly, a sporting element to the movie - a sequence in which Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, in a proleptic foreshadowing of Geena Davis's recent archery exploits, try out for the US shooting team (pistol-from-back-of-moving-sports-car category). Herbert Lom played the villain hunting for a formula to convert seawater into gold (the screenplay was presumably based on an arcane medieval text). It was called (the film, not the arcane medieval text) Karate Killers and it was one of the Man From U.N.C.L.E spin-offs from the Sixties. LET ME see - there was Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin of course, and Mr Waverley cutting a Matt Busby dash, plus Telly Savalas, Terry-Thomas, Joan Crawford in her last MGM movie and that boyish woman who was in True Grit with John Wayne. Keane, the pounds 6m-rated Republic of Ireland striker, scored the only goal at Manchester City last Sunday and the assistant manager at Molineux, John Ward, said: "At home we will have to be more open and adventurous."We will be expected to entertain and get forward, we will have to open the game up and be more adventurous with our play.".

Lee will be mentioned as he is a goalscorer, which is what the Premiership clubs are looking for, but at the moment it is just speculation."For West Bromwich's Black Country rivals Wolves, Robbie Keane will return to the starting line-up after being kept on the bench for the Worthington Cup victory over Wycombe. The striker, the country's top scorer last season, was also linked with Middlesbrough in the summer but Little - whose side visit Port Vale today - insisted: "Coventry have some money to spend as they have just sold Darren Huckerby. The Exeter game was the ideal stage for him and now he is very much in my plans for the trip to Norwich."West Bromwich Albion's manager, Brian Little, is playing down reports that Premier League Coventry are interested in Lee Hughes. I nearly picked him against Fulham but such was the magnitude of the game that I thought against it. The 18- year-old scored in the 3-0 victory over Exeter in the Worthington Cup in midweek and is likely to keep his place in the side.The Birmingham manager, Trevor Francis, said: "His form in pre-season has been outstanding and he's given me no option but to put him in from the start. He insisted: "It's the same team as last year when we only just avoided relegation, so if we can stay in the top half of the league for all of the season that will be a big achievement."The young Birmingham striker Andrew Johnson looks set to be handed the chance to impress from the start against Norwich at Carrow Road. We haven't been sticking the ball in the back of the net."The Queen's Park Rangers manager, Gerry Francis, is refusing to get carried away after his side beat big-spending Huddersfield last week.

Wanderers have scored just once in their first two games but Taylor is back after a knee injury and Todd said: "The problem so far this season, if we've had a problem, is that we haven't been finishing teams off when we've had the chance. City had a great win over Burnley in midweek and that will give them a lot of confidence."The Bolton manager, Colin Todd, is hoping Bob Taylor can help his side get among the goals against Queens Park Rangers. Everyone here is looking forward to the game and hopefully picking up three points."With suspensions and injuries we know that it's going to be a real squad game this season, so the key for everyone is to be patient. The Welsh international said: "I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be involved. I'll be very disappointed if he doesn't get at least double figures this season."Kit Symons, the former City captain, is in contention for a place in the Fulham line-up after missing the opening match of the season at Birmingham last week through suspension. Kennedy said: "I was gutted last Sunday after our opening defeat by Wolves. They and Fulham are the big guns of this division and I can't wait for the Fulham game." City's manager, Joe Royle, is without Danny Granville and knows Richard Edghill may also be out of action, said: "Mark is an awesome finisher and we can see that in training.