LONDON: Tiger Woods will find it almost impossible to fully focus on his golf when he returns after the recent revelations over his private life, according to European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie.
The eight-times European number one went through a much-publicized divorce in 2006 and knows how pressures off the course can affect performance on it.
Woods has taken an indefinite break from golf following a media storm that culminated in the world number one publicly admitting being unfaithful to his wife.
“It is absolutely impossible to play good golf (with all that going on),” said Montgomerie in an interview with Sky Sports.
“There was a reason why Tiger didn’t win a major last year, the first year for a long time. We now understand possibly the reasons why.
“I can only speak for myself and say during a time like that you can just about make it to the next tee if you make a birdie or a par but with a bogey the world collapses around you,” added the 46-year-old Briton.
Montgomerie said negative thoughts about his own private life were difficult to shrug off when he was going through turmoil.
