Colin Montgomerie has bitten back at Ian Poulter in their war of words over this year's Ryder Cup wildcard picks. Poulter, who denied he had been given a wildcard, hit back by telling Monty to concentrate on making the team himself.
"Nice to be told what to do by one so young and so inexperienced," said the Scot, an eight-time Ryder Cup veteran.
"Is anyone else speaking to Nick? No. Self-praise is no praise."
Poulter is outside the automatic qualifying spots for the European team, but opted to play in America rather than try to force his way into the top 10 places via a good finish at the Johnnie Walker Championship.
The 32-year-old strongly rejected claims he made his decision because he had already been granted a wildcard.
"There are a lot of comments from players going about that I don't think should have been said, to be honest," he said.
"I don't need to get in the discussion of Monty's discussions. He's got enough work to do this week to try to make the side himself. He should just be getting his head down and trying to play good golf."
