Monty has put himself in a good position, if he can win in his first start it will be interesting to see how his season develops...remeber he was 80-1 for the order of merit.
The European Tour is weaker now than I can remember it being. What I mean by that is their players rarely win any significant championships outside of Europe. And the battles for 1-2 on the Order Of Merit, lately, have been waged between two South Africans who play the majority of their tournaments in America.
Simply stated, there are no great European players, currently, who play regularly on the European Tour. If Colin gets hot and his confidence goes up, he could easily win the Order Of Merit this year.
The European Tour is weaker now than I can remember it being. What I mean by that is their players rarely win any significant championships outside of Europe. And the battles for 1-2 on the Order Of Merit, lately, have been waged between two South Africans who play the majority of their tournaments in America.
Simply stated, there are no great European players, currently, who play regularly on the European Tour. If Colin gets hot and his confidence goes up, he could easily win the Order Of Merit this year.
M.A. Jiminez, Padraig Harrington, and Lee Westwood come to mind....
The European Tour is weaker now than I can remember it being. What I mean by that is their players rarely win any significant championships outside of Europe. And the battles for 1-2 on the Order Of Merit, lately, have been waged between two South Africans who play the majority of their tournaments in America.
Simply stated, there are no great European players, currently, who play regularly on the European Tour. If Colin gets hot and his confidence goes up, he could easily win the Order Of Merit this year.
droogy33, I agree (more so) but disagree with some of the points you raise. With the introduction of the world ranking points system, many of Europes best players have headed towards America because they can seemingly `climb the ladder` quicker there, as a win over there seems to count for more points than it would over here.However, there is a real clutch of young players here who will take advantage of the absence of our `big guns`. The lack of `majors` winners is a big gap in the European resume that`s for sure...hopefully time and a little more patience will rectify that but I think the success of the likes of Goosen & Els doesn`t point out the weaknesses of the European tour, but just shows how good those two guys really are. But as I say(if I haven`t made it clear), I can see your point nonetheless.
Well Nick Dougherty pulled off his first win...Monty look like he would finish strong but Nick got some great drops which seemed to upset Colins rythem.
Monty has put himself in a good position, if he can win in his first start it will be interesting to see how his season develops...remeber he was 80-1 for the order of merit.
I would love to see Monty grab a major soon. IMO he has played some pretty exciting golf not to have one. Maybe his increased fitness will get him over the top.
January 27th, 2005, 05:58 AM
but I think the success of the likes of Goosen & Els doesn`t point out the weaknesses of the European tour, but just shows how good those two guys really are. But as I say(if I haven`t made it clear), I can see your point nonetheless.
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