Montgomerie has raised concerns over a lack of Scottish talent

Speaking at the DLF Golf and Country Club near Delhi, Montgomerie described golf in his home country as being in a state of perpetual transition.

"We've been going through a transition for 30 years like our rugby team," the 44-year-old said ahead of the Johnnie Walker Classic.

"We never come out of it, really, our transition with football is the same."

Montgomerie's form picked up last week at the Accenture Matchplay Championship, losing out to the eventual runner-up Stewart Cink.

The Scot said he feels his fellow countrymen are not measuring up well against their counterparts elsewhere in Britain.

There are Scottish golfers coming through but not to the same degree as the other home countries Colin Montgomerie

"There are Scottish golfers coming through but not to the same degree as the other home countries - the Irish and Welsh and English have more coming through," he said.

"We have some but there's no one particularly coming through. My partner at the World Cup which we won in China, Marc Warren, springs to mind.

"He's got great potential, is only 26-years-old. He's the best of the bunch, and let's hope we can have more of his talent coming through.

"I've managed to play on the Ryder Cup team for the last few times so at least I have some representation.

"And if I don't play this year, we might not have a representative for the first time in modern history, so we've got to get going."

Montgomerie, eight-time European Tour Order of Merit winner, is aiming for another strong outing in India to help him reinstate his position in the world's top 50 player and earn a place at the US Masters.

"This is the reason I'm playing, really, for the next few weeks, to gain as many world ranking points as possible.

"I gained a few last week and moved up from 62 to 54 and I've got more to do this week to try to get in the top 50 and stay there when the cut-off for the US Masters comes.