He's allowed to play based on his accomplishments in the past (Masters in 1970, lifetime exemption). Monty is probably better than Jack at this point, but do you think they would ever stop inviting Jack so they could Monty. No way. When/if Monty wins a major, he'll be exempt for like 5 years or something.

Rick Reilly was on the Dan Patrick show today on ESPN Radio and he was saying that theres no way he (7 handicap) could have broken 100 given the course conditions and the greens. He was saying he doubted that many amatuers could have broken 100, even the single digit guys.