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Has Colin Montgomerie taken up Interior Design for 2010 Ryder Cup match?

By June 4, 2009No Comments

Colin Montgomerie has indicated he will leave no stone unturned in his quest to recapture the Ryder Cup next year at The Celtic Manor resort, Wales after making a request to have the doors into the team rooms changed.

In his first ‘Captain’s blog’, which can be found on the official Ryder Cup website, Montgomerie indicated that his request may prevent someone from being accidentally knocked out of the 2010 renewal against the United States.

In the blog, Montgomerie wrote:

“There is a quaint old Scottish saying which goes along the lines of ‘every mickle maks a muckle’ … basically what it means is that it is important to consider all the little elements which go together to make up the big goal you are trying to achieve.

“That phrase was brought home to me once again by an incident during my visit to Celtic Manor.

“We are lucky that everything there is purpose-built for the Ryder Cup, including the team rooms which can be entered and exited by two big wooden doors.

“Although they were beautiful, as I was standing there looking at them something didn’t feel right and it suddenly dawned on me – you couldn’t see who was on the other side.

“Now while that might not seem a big problem, imagine you are coming back off the golf course and are just about to put your hand on the handle to pull the door open when one of your team-mates comes barging out of the room from the other side.

“Bang! The door smashes into your hand and that is your Ryder Cup finished right there and then. Twelve months of sweat and toil to get into the team taken away in an instant.

“I immediately alerted the officials to the issue and that will be changed immediately either by making each door only open one way or by putting glass panels in both the doors so you can see who is on the other side.”

While it might sound a trivial matter to most, the action does suggest that Montgomerie has already adopted a meticulous and thorough eye for detail towards even the smallest of issues, rather than hoping to become golf’s answer to Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen.

Montgomerie is competing this week at the Wales Open, which is also being held at the Celtic Manor resort, alongside rival captain, Corey Pavin as the two look to get acquainted with the 2010 venue.

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