It was something I knew would happen sooner or later and today was the day.
Back from a week's holiday yesterday and had a comp today so I grabbed a set of clubs from the garage and chose a putter last night but didn't put it straight in the bag, "must remember to do that in the morning" I thought.
Got to the course this morning for a Stableford from the blue tees and went to roll a few putts on the practice green,

no putter.
Quickly asked in the Pro Shop if they had a spare and all they had was a Taylor Made mallet of some sort (very short) and an even shorter Anser style putter.
Picked the Taylor Made even though I once swore I'd never hit a Taylor Made club.
Started awfully having to take a drop on each of the first three holes (two unplayables and one OB) and scored one point!
Only wielded the putter once in those three holes but holed a decent putt for the point.
Pulled myself together after that and finished on 33 points, putted very well and I can see why modern high MOI putters are called cheat sticks.
Should get a 0.1 cut if my maths is correct.