| Montgomerie eyes new start
The Scot got married for a second time in the days after being forced to sit out and watch The Masters as a spectator, but now resumes the business of attempting to secure a place in Europe's Ryder Cup team.
Montgomerie made no secret of his disappointment at missing out on the season's first major, only the second time in 17 years that he has failed to tee it up at Augusta.
Although he was publicly critical of an invitation criteria he insisted was based purely on the opportunity to gain television rights, the reality was that a sub-standard season to date cost Monty his chance to compete at Augusta National.
Having won the World Cup with Marc Warren last November, 2008 started in positive fashion as he finished sixth in Qatar and recorded another top ten at the WGC-World Match Play in Arizona.
However, the Scot has gone on to miss cuts in both India and America since and now finds himself down to 74th in the world rankings.
The good news is that he qualifies for the next two majors by right thanks to his 12th place finish on the Order of Merit last year, thus uppermost on his mind in coming weeks will be the race for Ryder Cup points. |