Montogomerie hunts points at the 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic

With the dust settling on the 2008 Accenture Match Play Championships, the landscape of professional golf is rearranging itself after a week of upsets and unexpected results that left only Tiger Woods standing.

Players who failed at the Match Play Championships will have plummeted down the world golf rankings, and in the next three weeks dozens of the worlds top golfers will be seeking out tournaments where they can earn valuable rankings points.

One player whose year has been irrevocably changed by events in Arizona is Scotsman Colin Montgomerie. Montgomerie was knocked out of the 2008 Accenture Match Play Championships in the 3rd round by American Stewart Cink. The result left Montgomerie stranded in 62nd place in the world golf rankings, and in urgent need of ranking points to make the 2008 US Masters.

With many other top players heading to the Honda Open or taking a short break from the PGA tour, Colin Montgomerie will now be heading to Delhi to take part in the 2008 Johnnie Walker Classis. Montgomerie will need to make a strong impression on the event to claim some ranking points, and will need to recapture the form that saw him capture the European Open in 2007.