Harrington an obvious choice, says Monty

NEITHER Colin Montgomerie nor any of his three vice-captains would reveal anything about their deliberations before announcing the three Ryder Cup wild card picks at Gleneagles last night.

Harrington an obvious choice, says Monty

But it can be safely taken for granted that Padraig Harrington has clung on for his sixth appearance in the match by the veritable skin of his teeth.

Indeed, were it not the undisguised respect Montgomerie has for Harrington, I fully belief he would have been left on the sidelines. Of course, it would have been extremely difficult to omit a three times major champion but Harrington’s form since he captured the most recent of those titles more than two years ago has been relatively disappointing.

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