Monty hires Casey’s former caddie
Colin Montgomerie and Craig Connolly will be together in Paris Casey and Connolly split after the Englishman’s 10th-place finish in the United States Open two weeks ago.Montgomerie parted company with his regular bag-man, Alastair McLean, just before the second major of the year.The Scot used a local caddie at the US Open but was reported to have fallen out with him during a second round 82.That was Montgomerie’s second-worst score in a major and the eight-time European number one has fallen to 48th in
the world rankings.There had been rumours at last week’s BMW International Open in Munich that he would take advantage of the opportunity to hire his fellow Scotsman, Connolly. 
Paul Casey But Montgomerie then pulled out of the event with illness. Casey used Irishman John Mulrooney in Germany but said that it was just a one-week arrangement and that he did not rule out employing Connolly again. “Craig and I have had a couple of breaks before,” said Casey.”Last week, both of us were tired, so we decided to have a break this week.”We haven’t discussed it any further - simple as that.” Asked if he had heard the reports of Connolly linking up with his Ryder Cup team-mate, Casey replied: “I don’t think so, but … I’ll have to have a word. “We were friends before we were working together and to save the friendship it was best to probably just take away golf. It might turn into a week or two. We’ll see.” Casey is not playing in France but will return at the European Open in Ireland next week.But, as the world number 16, he will have no problem finding caddies offering their services. Montgomerie’s manager, Guy Kinnings, said a list of around 30 names had been drawn up to replace McLean.