Angry Monty struggles in Beijing

Colin Montgomerie’s temper boiled over at the Volvo China Open today as he berated a photographer and a television cameraman during his second round.

The Scot has talked about how being handed the task of winning back the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in 2010 has led to him taking a more relaxed approach on the course.

But there was little evidence of that new mindset at the event in Beijing today as Montgomerie laboured to a one-ove-par 73 and a two-over score at the halfway point of the co-sanctioned tournament in the Chinese capital.

Having covered his first four holes in even par, Montgomerie was playing the 14th when he banished a photographer that had irritated him from inside the ropes.

The 45-year-old then hooked his drive at the eighth into the water and as he trudged down the fairway to find his ball, barked at a cameraman: “Don’t film me.”