Colin Montgomerie: Zika virus would not have stopped me playing in Olympics

Colin Montgomerie insists the threat of the Zika virus would not have stopped him playing in the Olympics and admits he fears for the sport’s future in the Games.

Fears surrounding the Zika virus has already led to the withdrawal of several top players, including Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, and Shane Lowry.

Montgomerie, who was part of the delegation which presented golf’s Olympic bid in 2009, also questioned the disparity between the number of men (13) and women (one) to have so far withdrawn.