Colin Montgomerie calls time on Tiger Woods' career as Ryder Cup legend says he can't compete any more

Colin Montgomerie believes Tiger Woods' painful showing at the The Masters proves he can't compete at the top level any more and wishes he'd called it a day at St Andrews two years ago.

The golfing icon made the cut for the 24th consecutive time at Augusta, breaking the record previously held by Gary Player and Fred Couples. But Woods struggled badly over Saturday and Sunday, carding a worst ever Masters round of 82 before finishing bottom of the field on 16 over by the time he'd completed his final round in Georgia.

The consensus now is that it's time for Woods to retire after a glittering career which made him the face of gold for the last two decades. And Ryder Cup legend Monty reckons he should have bid a fairytale farewell at the home of golf when he waved to crowds from one if the sport's most revered locations on the Old Course.

"I just wish Tiger had gone after he waved on that Swilken bridge at St Andrews a couple of years ago," Montgomerie told talkSport. "He's kept going, he thinks he can do it but it's quite obvious now physically and mentally, that he can't. He's competing once a month and it's not enough. You can't play once a month and hope to contend with these guys now.

"He finished the tournament 82-77. It's not close, obviously and I wish he'd waved goodbye to the golfing word a couple of years ago. He did wave goodbye at the end when he took his hat off. He did have a bigger wave than normal. Could that be it? You never know with Tiger.

"He says he's going to play the PGA next month. We wish him well of course we do. He's been our sport really for the last 15-20 years and congratulations to him.

"But there is a time to go. There is a right time to go and there is a wrong time and I think he's delaying