Comeback kings Seve and Monty hoping to reign in Spain

WITH Seve Ballesteros playing his first stroke play tournament in two years and Colin Montgomerie bidding to improve his number one position in the European Tour, this week’s Madrid Open assumes more interest.

Also in the field is Darren Clarke, who passed up two weeks in the US so he could be at home with his ill wife Heather.

There are four other Irishmen in the field, Gary Murphy, Damien McGrane, Stephen Browne and Philip Walton. Padraig Harrington is contesting the Las Vegas Invitational on the US circuit and Paul McGinley is taking a break from competitive activity, although he will be in Adare Manor tomorrow for a clinic on behalf of Allianz, one of his sponsors.