Monty irked by US claims about the stature of the Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup-winning captain Colin Montgomerie has hit back following claims from the US that the event is becoming irrelevant.

The US media are so confident in the current crop of young players coming through in the States that they have suggested the comeptition will be one-sided for years to come.

One journalist has even claimed that there will be little point in playing the competition as there will be a ‘decade plus of blowouts’.

Monty has hit back saying Europe never made the same claims even after winning eight out of ten renewals.

He said: “Whoever that was has to be careful what they are saying.

“We never said it had become irrelevant when we won six out of seven or eight out of ten, did we.

“I can certainly understand what someone is saying about the US having some confident and very good players at the moment, but we have a couple of extras coming in there in Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood.

“They’ll be in next year’s team and that is only getting better from the one that lost at Hazeltine in 2016. I anticipate a very close match indeed in Paris.”