Lawrence Donegan of The Guardian wrote an interesting piece earlier today about Colin Montgomerie's "good, but not great career." Donegan suggests that Monty's mediocre play of late tells us that the "sun is setting," and until he wins a major, he deserves to be remembered as good, not great.
I understand Donegan's argument, but we also have to remember that Monty was Europe's top player for more than a decade, winning the European Tour's Order of Merit every year from 1993-1999. Monty peaked as high as number two in the world golf ranking, and has been a critical part of the European Ryder Cup team for nearly two decades. I'm not trying to undermine Donegan's argument, but we shouldn't forget how dominant of a player Monty has been.
