Ryder Cup captain Nick Faldo has described Colin Montgomerie's absence from three team meetings at the recent Seve Trophy match at the Heritage as "disappointing".

Faldo took over from the Scot as captain of the Britain and Ireland side, but used the opportunity to address players from the Continental Europe team as well as part of his planning for next year's match against the Americans in Kentucky.

"Monty's a tough one. He was the only one whose emotions I had to deal with," Faldo told The Times in London. "He only came to two of the five team meetings, so that was disappointing. Then he had to be teased out on to the 18th green to support his team.

"The bottom line was that he hadn't won a point. That's why I sent him out first in the singles. That's the place to get a point. And he did."

Montgomerie is hoping to earn a ninth Ryder Cup cap next September and while that would still be two short of Faldo's record he can take over the six-time major as the competition's highest points-scorer. He has 23 1/2 points to Faldo's 25.

The pair were partners at The Belfry in 1993 and Oak Hill in 1995.

Montgomerie could well be Faldo's successor as Ryder Cup captain, although that would have been even more likely if Gleneagles had been awarded the 2010 match rather than 2014. Celtic Manor in Wales plays host in three years' time.

In May Faldo named Paul McGinley and Jose Maria Olazabal, two members of last year's winning side under Ian Woosnam, as his assistants, but two weeks ago McGinley resigned.

The Dubliner wanted to concentrate on trying to qualify for another cap, although he was reported to have been upset after Faldo awarded his two Seve Trophy wild cards to England's Simon Dyson and Scot Marc Warren, leaving no Irishman in the team for a match played in Co Laois.