Monty rules out assistant role in Ryder Cup
Do not expect Colin Montgomerie to become an assistant to Nick Faldo at the Ryder Cup next month if Faldo does not pick him for the team on Sunday night.
Asked today if he would consider a non-playing role in the event of being left out Montgomerie, likely to be captain at Gleneagles in 2014, said: “No – I’d consider getting my game ready to make sure I make it in 2010.
“Bernhard Langer did that when he was left out in 1999. He was determined and made sure he was on the team the next time and that would be my goal.”
Langer, controversially omitted by Mark James for the match in Boston, returned at The Belfry at the age of 45 and partnered Montgomerie to two wins and a half before winning his singles as well.
Montgomerie, already 45, is competing for a wild card with Darren Clarke, Paul Casey and now Ian Poulter after his decision not to try to make it on points at Gleneagles this week in the Johnnie Walker Championship.
In May last year, Faldo named Jose Maria Olazabal and Paul McGinley as his two assistants, but four months later McGinley resigned because he wanted to play in the match again.
Even after a runner-up finish to Clarke in Holland on Sunday, however, McGinley is further down the table than Montgomerie.
Faldo asking Montgomerie to be part of his backroom staff was a long-shot from the moment that Faldo spoke about the Scot missing some team meetings at last year’s Seve Trophy.
