beth allen a few times when on the ladies european tour said it needed a boost.and, i thought the tour would get a big boost and that didn't necessarily happen, it sort ofjust plateaued. the state of the ladies european tour at the moment is not good. i think this could be an extremely positive thing for golf in europe and the ladies european tour, and i think katrina will be a great ambassador, as she is not really going to be playing much more in the states, and she'll be making a lot more appearances in europe and perhaps that can pick some interest, having the winning solheim cup captain in fields. and ijust don't see why we aren't getting more sponsorship, because obviously the golf is good, and there is so much interest in the competitions, especially the solheim cup, and without a strong ladies european tour then it is difficult to have a really, really good solheim cup. finally on the programme to an astonishing work of one of the home nations at the rugby world cup. there is a corner ofjapan nations at the rugby world cup. there is a corner of japan that