Tiger Woods' brutal response to Colin Montgomerie after Scot suggests 15-time major winner should RETIRE ahead of The Open

Tiger Woods delivered a ferocious put-down to Colin Montgomerie aft nan Scot told him it was clip to retire.

Montgomerie, who reached world No 2 but ne'er won a major, bemoaned Woods' insistence connected playing connected beyond his 48th birthday.

Woods, a 3 clip victor of The Open Championship, is among nan field at Royal Troon this week, having missed nan trim astatine this year's US Open pursuing much wounded struggles.

'At Pinehurst, he did not look to bask a azygous changeable and you think: "What nan hellhole is he doing?" He’s coming to Troon and he won’t bask it there, either,' Montgomerie told The Times.

'I dream group retrieve Tiger arsenic Tiger was, nan passion and nan charismatic aura astir him,' nan 61-year-old added. 'There is nary of that now.' 

But Woods deed backmost pinch a sadistic reminder of Montgomerie's nonaccomplishment to ever assistance nan Claret Jug. 

When asked astir nan Scot's comments, he grinned and said: 'As a past champion I’m exempt until I’m 60. Colin is not.'

Montgomerie vanished 2nd astatine 5 awesome championships without winning a azygous one, including astatine nan 2005 Open erstwhile Woods hit him by 5 shots.  

The American has agelong maintained that he will discontinue erstwhile he nary longer feels he tin compete pinch nan champion players. 

'Aren’t we there? I’d person thought we were past there,' Montgomerie added astir nan American, who has completed 4 rounds successful only 1 awesome since 2022. 

'There is simply a clip for each sportsmen to opportunity goodbye, but it’s very difficult to show Tiger it’s clip to go. Obviously, he still feels he tin win. We are much realistic.'

On nan existent generation, Montgomerie continued: 'These guys only cognize Tiger Woods missing nan trim and he’s amended than that, nan champion we’ve ever seen.'

Montgomerie won 31 times connected nan DP World Tour and vanished 2nd astatine nan 1995 PGA Championship and astatine nan US Open successful 1994, 1997 and 2006. 

His champion consequence astatine The Masters came successful 1998, erstwhile he vanished successful a necktie for eighth.