Monty has point to prove in Masters

COLIN MONTGOMERIE is an odds-on favourite to top the European Tour order of merit for the eighth time at Valderrama this week.

But he had better do so by more than the 22,000 points he was credited with in the Indonesian Open if there isn't to be an outcry of protest by his fellow professionals.

Even though he acknowledged he had infringed the rules in Indonesia last January and handed his prize cheque over to charity, the far more important bundle of ranking points stood to Monty's credit enabling him to get into both the US and British Open Championships which in turn helped him to soar back to the top of the order of merit with a series of outstanding performances.