Montgomerie unlikely to pick Garcia

Europe (8/15 favourites for the Ryder Cup in the ante post market) captain Colin Montgomerie has admitted that he is unlikely to select Sergio Garcia as one of his three wildcard picks for the upcoming Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor.

The European captain now has an extra wildcard and will confirm his selections, and the automatic qualifiers, at the conclusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship on August 29.

However, Monty admits that it is looking increasingly likely the 30-year-old Garcia will not be participating for the first time since making his debut at Brookline in 1999.

When asked about the possibility of including the Spaniard, Montgomerie replied: “At this stage, it is not looking likely, no.”

Garcia has not been in the best of form of late, having not won a tournament for nearly two years, and will take a two-month break after the end of the US PGA Championship.

He has been inspirational for Europe though when taking on the USA (15/8, 9/1 the tie), having never lost a foursomes match and holding a career record of 14-6-4 in the event.

Montgomerie admits he is relieved to be able to now concentrate on the European contenders after carding an 11-over-par 83 to fall to 18-over in his fog-delayed second round at the US PGA Championship on Friday.

“It has been a very long two days, a very long week unfortunately,” Monty said. “I’m looking forward to getting the Ryder Cup team picked, and it’s good to see a few [players] are doing well [here].”

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