Montgomerie irons out his problems

COLIN MONTGOMERIE returns to the 'comfort zone' of the European Tour this week, armed with new clubs and confident of putting his American nightmare behind him.

Montgomerie is making his first appearance of the year in Europe in the Italian Open in Brescia after an unprecedented eight-week spell in the United States.

The Scot was a collective 19 over par in missing the cut in five of his six strokeplay tournaments across the Atlantic, failing to break 70 in 14 rounds, and also lost 4&2 to Alex Cejka in the first round of the World Matchplay in California.