It's normally a case of pulling on your waterproofs and away you go

John Parrott

Parrott took on allcomers

Parrot spent the morning watching Colin Montgomerie's rise to the top of the leaderboard.

And snooker's former world champion clearly believes the Scotsman has what it takes to stay out in front.

"You don't win that many Order of Merits if you are not a good player and Colin is undoubtedly capable of staying out in front," Parrott said.

"It might do him a favour if Mr Woods is not on his shoulder as I think Colin sometimes has a little too much respect for him.

"That's easy for me to say from the sidelines, but I feel that all Colin has to do is concentrate on his own game to be in with a real chance of winning this."

Some questions stumped the snooker player

Parrot had already come through his own big test of the day, though he was stumped by a number of tricky questions from the floor in the Famous Grouse tent.

He failed to correctly identify Jack Haines as the only England player to have scored twice on his debut and then fail to win another cap.

And if he doubted the authenticity of the answer, proof came when the questioner introduced himself as John Haines, the son of the man in question.

Parrot had mixed fortunes with the remaining questions, including these five testers:

(Answers at foot of page.)

1: Which Everton player was sent off when Everton were thrashed 5-0 by Liverpool?

2: In which year did Barnsley win the FA Cup?

3: Which golfer broke his leg during play in the 1998 Open?

4: What unusual event occured on the Saturday of the 1988 Open at Lytham?

5: Who is the leading goalscorer in World Cup finals history?

Answers:

1: Glen Keely (Parrot answered correctly)

2: 1912 (Parrot wrong).

3: Richard Boxall (correct).

4: Play was rained off (correct).

5: France's Juste Fontaine (wrong).