Colin Montgomerie urges Woods to play in Europe
The 35-year-old American is not due to compete again until the Australian Open in November but Montgomerie believes that Woods should play in a few European events between now and then.
"Tiger looks like he's going to have nowhere to play for nearly three months and I think the guy wants to play," said the eight-times European number one. "It would be great if he would decide to play in any European Tour event. It would be good for Tiger as it's a change of scene for him and he's got so many friends on the European Tour who are respectful of his golf and what he does for the game.
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Hide Ad"There would be huge crowds if he should decide to come and play." The 48-year-old, who captained Europe to Ryder Cup victory in October, is tournament chairman of next week's Johnnie Walker Championship in Scotland and he has already invited Woods to play in the event.
"I've asked him as I have invitations available," said Montgomerie. "We haven't had a reply yet.
"It would be absolutely superb if Tiger accepted. I know he has his children to think about back home and all that sort of stuff that goes with family commitments but wouldn't it be great if he did say 'yes' to any of our European events?"
Woods plumbed new depths at the USPGA Championship in Georgia last Friday when he missed the cut in the year's final major for the first time.
The 14-times major champion, who has been a shadow of his former self while battling against injury and trying to rebuild his golf swing, has slumped to 33rd in the world rankings.