-It's time for quotes from golf's favorite idiot savant, Colin Montgomerie.The European Tour makes a stop this weekend at Celtic Manor in southern Wales, the site of the 2010 Ryder Cup, where the Europeans will try to redeem themselves after their shameful, demoralizing, completely worthy loss to the United States at last year's Ryder Cup at Valhalla.
The scene itself just begged for a verbal haymaker like a fat kid begs for one more piece of cake. And Monty, whose remarks have made more history than his game, just slapped a big grin on golf writers everywhere.
Montgomerie, the captain of the Europeans for next years festivities, was asked about the U.S. win in last year's Ryder Cup, just gave them a year-and-a-half early piece of billboard material:
"It's great that (2008 Ryder Cup captain Paul) Azinger got the Americans to finally play like the Europeans."
I thought about filing this in "Irrelevent Irrelevance", being that on the PGA Tour (and in any tournament that actually matters) that is exactly what Montgomerie's career has amounted too. But hey, the guy tried.
Then, as if a good ole Scottish ribbing wasn't enough fun, he asked that he not be paired with 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin, probably to take away from any "El Capitan v. El Capitan" drama. Gotta love the guy, always thinking of (or pissing at) others.
Oh, silly ole Monty, you always know how to make us smile. Just can't stay mad at ya.
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