Ryder Cup skipper Colin Montgomerie has expressed his delight over Rory McIlroy’s rise to the top of the world rankings but be believes that Tiger Woods will triumph at next month’s Masters. The Scot has been impressed with golf’s former kingpin since he made his comeback from injury in California last December and the American’s closing 62 on Sunday, in the Honda Classic won by McIlroy, has confirmed his opinion.
“Does yesterday (Woods firing 62) suggest anything else? On a course that he loves, I haven’t changed my mind,” Montgomerie said. Woods has won the Masters four times and although his last victory there was seven years ago, his finishes since then have been third, second, second, sixth, fourth and fourth again. McIlroy led by four with a round to go at Augusta last April, but slumped to a closing 80 and and finished 10 behind winner Charl Schwartzel. Having commentated on television that week, as he will be next month, Montgomerie was left wondering like everyone else how much it would affect the young Ulsterman.
