Horror round puts pressure on Monty

COLIN MONTGOMERIE came to Erinvale with high hopes but after a good start to the South African Airways Open - where he carded an impressive 68 - it all came crashing down on day two.

The Scot, who has set his sights on a resurgent 12 months which he hopes will include a top-10 world ranking for the first time in three years and a Ryder Cup place, scrambled to make the cut by one shot yesterday after a horrific second round of 78.

That left him two over at the halfway stage, some nine shots behind joint leaders Craig Lile and Nico Van Rensburg of South Africa and his fellow Scotsman Alastair Forsyth.