Monty no match for Els fire

ERNIE ELS broke a scoring record and then sent Colin Montgomerie crashing to his heaviest-ever defeat in the Cisco World Match Play championship at Wentworth yesterday.

South Africa’s British Open champion, so often a hurdle Montgomerie has been unable to overcome in the past, achieved the lowest round in the history of the event when he posted a 12 under par 60.

That took him into lunch four up, even though Montgomerie had 10 birdies himself.