"I said to my caddie I feel like we are playing in a club tournament playing five or six clubs."

Thanks to reader Steve for Paul Mahoney's account of Brandt Snedeker's wacky first round win over Thomas Bjorn at the Volvo Match Play, where Snedeker started his round with select clubs, knowing his own clubs would arrive at some point during the match.

"Kind of a weird day to say the least," Snedeker said. "I said to my caddie I feel like we are playing in a club tournament playing five or six clubs. You realize you are going to have some weird numbers and you're going to have to try some funky shots and have some fun with it," he said. "And I did that today."

Snedeker's clubs finally caught up with him on the fourth tee. By that time, the 31-year-old World No. 26 had raced to 3 up through three holes with irons and a putter borrowed from the pro shop, plus John Senden's back-up driver.

Snedeker set off in the knowledge that his clubs and spikes, lost in transit from Orlando via Miami and Madrid after last week's Players Championship, had finally arrived at Malaga airport, an hour's drive from the Finca Cortesin golf club on Spain's Costa del Sol.