Tiger Woods dunks on Colin Montgomerie amid Open Championship beef

Tiger Woods delivered a jab directed at Colin Montgomerie in response to the latter’s recent critique.

Montgomerie made headlines last week for his interview with The Times. The 61-year-old claimed that Woods has foolishly held on to his career for too long. Montgomerie also suggested that Woods accept his fate and finally retire.

Montgomerie has since stated that his comments were taken out of context. But that hasn’t stopped the story from reaching Woods.

On Tuesday, Woods spoke to the media ahead of this week’s Open Championship. The 15-time major winner was asked to describe how he felt about Montgomerie’s criticism.

“Well, as a past champion,” Woods said, via Golf.com’s Nick Piastowski. “I’m exempt until I’m 60. Colin’s not. He’s not a past champion, so he’s not exempt. So he doesn’t get the opportunity to make that decision. I do.”