Early doors for Monty but he's leaving

nothing to chance for Ryder Cup 2010

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Colin Montgomerie's attention to detail as Ryder Cup captain has gone as far as asking for a change to the doors into the team rooms at Celtic Manor.
In his first "Captain's Blog" on the Ryder Cup website Montgomerie, who along with opposite number Corey Pavin is competing at the venue in the Wales Open this week, revealed that he might just have saved somebody from being knocked out of the match.
"There is a quaint old Scottish saying which goes along the lines of 'every mickle maks a muckle'," he wrote. "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. "
He added: "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."