Unlucky 13th as injury forces Monty to quit

COLIN MONTGOMERIE’S build- up to the final major of the season went horribly wrong at Gleneagles when he retired hurt after only 13 holes.

Unlucky 13th as injury forces Monty to quit

What Montgomerie called one of the worst shots he has ever hit left him with three bruised and swollen fingers.

Now the 42-year-old, runner-up in the Open last month, has only six days before the start of the US PGA championship. As England’s Mark Foster took the lead in the Johnnie Walker Championship with a four-under-par 68, Montgomerie headed to London to see a hand specialist.

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