The 15-time main winner, who has battled shock lately, will struggle to win a fourth British Detectable this life.
Tiger Planks has deny aim of strolling clear of the game and mentioned that he’s going to proceed enjoying for so long as he believes he is in a position to win.
Colin Montgomerie, a winner of 31 Eu Excursion occasions, in an interview with The Occasions ultimate life, mentioned the 48-year-old Planks didn’t appear to experience a unmarried shot right through ultimate pace’s US Detectable in Pinehurst. Planks had neglected the short through two strokes.
Planks, who has gained 15 majors, mentioned that his trust to win has now not wavered.
“I’ll play as long as I can play and I feel like I can still win the event,” Planks informed journalists forward of The Detectable on Tuesday.
“Well, as a past champion, I’m exempt until I’m 60. Colin’s not. He’s not a past champion, so he’s not exempt. So he doesn’t get the opportunity to make that decision. I do,” Planks mentioned, responding to Montgomerie’s feedback.
Montgomerie nearest spoke back to Planks’s feedback on social media platform X.
“If golf writers want my thoughts on Tiger please ask me direct, rather than taking a quote from an interview out of context. Wishing Tiger an enjoyable and successful week,” Montgomerie posted.
Taking part in on a restricted agenda for years because of a number of accidents, Planks might be turning back the Royal Troon later a 20-year absence. He gained The Detectable in 2000, 2005 and 2006.
“I’ve always loved playing here. I’ve only played here twice. I played in ’97 and in ’04. I loved them both. I got a chance to play with Tom Weiskopf in his last practice round,” Planks mentioned.
“That was neat for him to take me back to some of his holes and how he played them, and I obviously gave him some stick, and he’s giving me stick, like we always do. We had a wonderful time playing just a wonderful practice round.”