"When Sandy Lyle was railing against Montgomerie in July, there were those who wished Lyle would put a sock in it. The same could be said about Montgomerie now."

Monty gets scolded by Hoppy!

Montgomerie, who is renowned among golf journalists seeking his opinions as being "wonderful on Wednesdays", when he can range over any topic and likes little better than doing so. These days he is rarely so fulsome and articulate on a Friday when he has often missed the halfway cut. Journalists who coined the "wonderful on Wednesdays" phrase have a similarly alliterative phrase for his performance on a Friday but it is best not repeated.

What day was it when Montgomerie criticised Poulter? Ah yes, a Wednesday. Somehow, Montgomerie has to learn to temper his natural intelligent articulacy with some diplomacy. Montgomerie and diplomacy go together about as well as wedges and shanks. It promises to make the next year a very interesting time indeed.

Monty's "natural intelligent articulacy" must never be tempered!