By Iain Carter BBC Five Live golf correspondent

Five Live's golf correspondent Iain Carter finds out what Colin Montgomerie had printed on his tees after the Ryder Cup, meets the next generation of golfing megastars and muses on whether the changes to next year's calendar can end Europe's major drought.

Colin Montgomerie has been inundated with questions over whether he wants to be European Ryder Cup captain at Celtic Manor in 2010.

He is treading a diplomatic line. He doesn't want to say the wrong thing and acknowledges that there are several likely candidates. He also thinks that he might still be able to play and is certain that it is impossible to be a playing captain.

Monty sure does like that cup

So by Monty's standards his answers on this subject are a tad bland.

But after spending some time with him at an HSBC Wee Wonders media day at the highly impressive Northwick Park near Wembley, I can assure you that he does remain the most entertaining personality in golf.

Firstly, Montgomerie revealed what he has printed on his tees following Europe's record equalling Ryder Cup victory at the K Club.

"It says on one side 18� - 9�," he said. "And on the other it says, 'again!'."

He also revealed how he copes with pressure putts like one he sank to seal Europe's first nine point win at Oakland Hills in 2004.

"If you watch a replay of that putt you will see my lips moving. I was talking to myself, I was just saying, 'you've done this thousands of times before, this is easy' because you have to be positive," he said.

"You can't have a single negative thought. If you do you might as well not bother."

The Wee Wonders project identifies and encourages young golfers from all over the world and winners of their age group competitions have the chance to meet Tiger Woods.

One of the youngsters I played with came within two holes of meeting his idol, but lost his final on the last having been one up with two to play.

Talk about a come down - lose two holes and you get me instead of Tiger!

A round with Woods or Carter - which would you choose?

But seriously, given the frightening levels of dedication shown by the children (often under 10-years-old) and their parents you can see a burning determination to succeed.

Actually, I felt they were perhaps too intense and needed to relax, enjoy the game and play with a smile on their face.

Monty didn't necessarily agree. He said: "It is amazing how competitive they are and that's good in a way. But it has to be channelled in the right way.

"We have to think about education first because golf might not work out and you need an insurance policy in case it doesn't.

"At the same time it's nice to see a competitive spirit among youngsters and a passion for the game that some others might lack."

Montgomerie has also revealed that he is rethinking his schedule for next year and plans to travel to America earlier for the majors.

Next year's European Tour schedule affords an excellent opportunity to the continent's leading players to set out their stall for the four biggest tournaments that matter most.

Could one of these two break Europe's major drought?

The new WGC-CA Championship takes the old Players' Championship slot two weeks ahead of the Masters, so the top fifty players eligible for Augusta will be in the US in good time for the season's first major.

A week ahead of the US Open the European Tour stop is in Austria (a past favourite of Monty's) but surely one that the big boys can skip to ensure the best possible preparation for Oakmont.

And another WGC event, the Bridgestone Invitational, precedes the USPGA in August rather than follows it as had previously been the case.

This must surely improve Europe's chances of ending the barren run in the majors that stretches back to Paul Lawrie's Open win in 1999.

So it's not all bad news, even if the new beefed up US calendar, culminating in the $10 million Fed Ex Cup next September, may mean our stars spend more time on the other side of the Atlantic in 2007.

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