London,
25th March - Colin Mongomerie has joined in the arguments
about how the European Ryder Cup team should be selected. Seve
Ballesteros last month had offered his opinion that the captain
should be allowed to select four places not two as at present.but
Montgomerie has gone even further with a statement being made
today to Martin Hardy of the The Express newspaper.
He
says he is not impressed with the way Europe selects its team.
If he had his way he would let the captain pick the lot.
He
is just as convinced that not every pound won on the European
Tour should be converted into a Ryder Cup point.
"I
have a strong views that we've got it wrong in the Ryder Cup,"
he said.
"I'm
a great one for picking teams and I disagree with points for
pounds. We don't want players with the best attendance levels
in the Ryder Cup team, we want the best players."
Montgomerie
is due to appear at the KPMG Golf Show in Birmingham on 2nd
May - 5th May as part of his effort to show people that he is
a nicer person that the public have conceived so far.
"I'm
good at the job possibly because of the temperament that I have,"
he told Martin Hardy. "I'm determined and ambitious and
you will find no-one with a stronger will to win than me."
"I'll
never lose that drive, it's inbuilt and maybe it's been the
cause of some of the previous troubles. I've made mistakes and
I learn from them. There are things I regret, but if I am on
the course like I am off it, then I don't think I would perform
as well as I do."
"People
are beginning to warm to me more than two or three years ago,"
he said in the interview.
"It's
good that they can get a chance to see me outside the office.
People don't know what I.'m like, that I have a sense of humour,
that I am human, that I can smile.
"They
see me on television playing golf. It's my job and unfortunately
you can't be yourself."
