RORY McILROY freely admitted he is glad he is not playing with Lee Westwood today. The two stablemates have not fallen out, but the 20-year-old came off second best when they went head-to-head in Dubai yesterday in their European Tour Order of Merit decider.

Lee Westwood today admitted that it was probably a mistake to play last week's Hong Kong Open.

Colin Montgomerie has lamented the state of Scottish professional golf and the lack of emerging young talent from the country where the game began.