Monty says Europe must follow
Americans' four wild-card picks

Speaking to the Press on the eve of the British Masters at The Belfry, Colin Montgomerie has voiced the opinion that Europe will respond to its Ryder Cup loss by adopting the American qualifying system of having four wild-card picks instead of two.
Monty also said that he would like fellow-Scot Sandy Lyle to be Europe's captain for the 2010 match at Celtic Manor.
Colin, favourite to be Ryder Cup skipper at Gleneagles in 2014, said that he would scrap the current system of 10 automatic qualifiers and only two wild cards if (a) he got the job and (b) the current selection method was still in operation.
Montgomerie, who was overlooked for selection by captain Nick Faldo after playing in the previous eight Ryder Cups, praised U.S. captain Paul Azinger for pushing for more wild-card picks.
"I think Paul Azinger was very strong to go to the U.S. PGA and demand a change," Montgomerie said. "Having lost five of the last six Ryder Cups, a change had to be made for their setup and I'm sure that change will remain for the next captain. I think that for the future, eight and four is the way to go."
The media on this side of the Atlantic have fiercely criticized Faldo after the United States' win at Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky, especially for placing top players Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Padraig Harrington at the bottom of the European singles' order.
While Montgomerie would not be drawn into criticizing Faldo, he said he would have liked to see a different singles lineup.
"If those three were playing higher in the order, they would 100 percent have been included in the final shake-up of what happened," he said.
Montgomerie said he agreed that some of the top Europeans did not play up to expectations.
"Sergio Garcia, Harrington and Westwood didn't get the necessary points required," he said. "But at the same time, and it happened when we won in 2002, the reason we won was because of the four rookies on our team. Not one of them lost in singles. This time, their rookies like Boo Weekley and Hunter Mahan proved stronger."