Casey conundrum still plagues Montgomerie

COLIN MONTGOMERIE can breathe a little easier after Paul Casey’s strong but fruitless bid to capture the BMW Championship in Chicago on Sunday.

He came in a shot behind Dustin Johnson and has moved up two places in the world rankings to seventh. But the Scot will still be left with egg all over his face should Casey win the US Tour Championship on Sunday week and with it the lucrative FedEx Cup title as well.

Irrespective of the merits of his three picks for Celtic Manor, Monty must be questioning the wisdom of omitting a player who was ranked ninth in the world on the day he made his decision, and set to steal the biggest monetary prize of all from the Americans should he prevail at East Lake, Atlanta, in 12 days’ time.