"Wipe the smile off your face for a start, there is nothing funny"

Tony Jimenez reports that Monty is taking his missed cut in stride.

Eight times European number one Colin Montgomerie was in a prickly mood on Friday after missing the cut at the PGA Championship for the first time in 19 years.

"Wipe the smile off your face for a start, there is nothing funny," the 44-year-old Briton told a reporter after a three-over-par 75 gave him a four-over total of 148.

Gee, I wonder who was smiling!?

Montgomerie, who won the European Tour's flagship event in 1998, 1999 and 2000, was level-par for the front nine before slumping to a three-over 40 coming home that included two sixes.

The out-of-form Scot has tumbled to 90th in the world but Europe's Ryder Cup captain Nick Faldo said on Tuesday he thought the team's emotional figurehead was still capable of rallying to qualify for the September 19-21 match against the United States.

Asked on Friday if he was encouraged by Faldo's remarks, Montgomerie replied: "That's the furthest thing from my mind.

"I just didn't play well enough. It's one of those things, you get what you deserve in this game.

"End of story. I was not encouraged by anything today."