COLIN Montgomerie was upbeat about his second place finish at the Open, despite falling out of contention on the back nine.

"There's no disgrace in finishing second to the best player in the world," said the 42-year-old Scot.

"I've enjoyed competing again at this level. It's eight years since I finished runner-up in a major to Erne Els in the US Open. That's a long time and I'm fortunate that I'm still healthy enough to have a resurgence after being in the wilderness.

"I'm getting back to the position I was in during the 1990s on the European Tour."

Monty does not think it's too late to win an elusive major. "I've taken a lot of positives out of this week. I got to a shot of Tiger after 10 holes but then took the wrong club and bogeyed.

"It threw me a bit and that's where I lost of momentum."

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