Monty Will Come back

Only two weeks after facing yet more questions about his private life and then crashing out of the USPGA Championship on a worst-ever 18 over par, Europe’s Ryder Cup captain opened the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles with a one-under 71. Look for golf clubs at eBayoyo.com

Colin Montgomerie appeared so down in the dumps at Whistling Straits that there was even some speculation about whether he would remain in charge for the attempt to win back the trophy at Celtic Manor in October.

Just before the 2006 match at the K Club in Ireland, Ian Woosnam asked members of his team whether he still had their backing when his captaincy credentials were criticised by Thomas Bjorn after the Dane had not been given a wild card.

“I have not had to do that – they came to me first,” Montgomerie told Press Association Sport following his round.

“The other players have been hugely supportive and respectful of me – they have stood behind me.”

“As have the European press. I think they have been very supportive and I have been very, very heartened by that feeling.”

In June Montgomerie issued a statement after a British tabloid newspaper ran a story saying he had seen a former girlfriend again. In it he apologised “for the hurt I have caused to the ones I love so much”.

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At the USPGA he told a press conference that he knew “a lot of you (reporters) are having a lot of fun right now at my expense” as further rumours circulated.

It was reported on Thursday that he has saved his two-year-old second marriage. He and wife Gaynor have seven children between them from previous marriages.