Colin Montgomerie
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Colin Montgomerie, OBE (born June 23, 1963) is a Scottish golfer. He is often referred to by his nickname 'Monty'.
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Career outline
Montgomerie finished first on the European Tour Order of Merit every year from 1993 to 1999 and has twenty-eight total victories on the tour, including the 1998, 1999, and 2000 European PGA Tour Championships. He won the 1987 Scottish Amateur Championship and has finished second in three major championships, the 1994 and 1997 U.S. Opens and in the 1995 PGA Championship. He first reached the top 10 in the Official World Golf Rankings in 1994 and was ranked number 3 at his peak.
Montgomerie has played on seven Ryder Cup teams (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004) and has never been defeated in a singles match at the Cup. In 2004, he had the honour of sinking the putt that ensured Team Europe an outright victory in the Ryder Cup, minutes after Lee Westwood sank the putt that ensured Europe would retain the Cup.
Montgomerie captained the Great Britain & Ireland team in the first three stagings of the Seve Trophy, losing in 2000 but winning in 2002 and 2003.
At the end of 2004, Montgomerie was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours. He represents the Turnberry resort in Scotland, where there is a Colin Montgomerie Golf Academy.
European Tour wins
| 1989 | Portugese Open - TPC | 1999 | Benson and Hedges International Open Volvo PGA Championship Standard Life Loch Lomond Volvo Scandinavian Masters BMW International Open |
| 1991 | Scandinavian Masters | ||
| 1993 | Heineken Dutch Open Volvo Masters Andalucia | ||
| 1994 | Peugeot Open de Espana Murphy's English Open Volvo German Open | ||
| 2000 | Novotel Perrier Open de France Volvo PGA Championship | ||
| 1995 | Volvo German Open Trophée Lancôme | 2001 | Murphy's Irish Open Volvo Scandinavian Masters |
| 1996 | Dubai Desert Classic Murphy's Irish Open Canon European Masters | 2002 | Volvo Masters Andalucia (tied) (play-off) |
| 2004 | Caltex Masters | ||
| 1997 | Compaq European Grand Prix Murphy's Irish Open | ||
| 1998 | Volvo PGA Championship One 2 One British Masters Linde German Masters | ||
Mongomerie also came first in the Volvo Bonus Pool every year from 1993 to 1998. The Volvo Bonus Pool was an extra tranche of prize money awarded at the end of each European Tour season from 1988 to 1998 to the regular members of the tour who had had the best performances over the season.
Other professional wins
- 1996 Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa - unofficial event)
- 1997 Accenture World Championship of Golf, King Hassan II Trophy
- 1999 Cisco World Match Play Championship (United Kingdom - not an official event at that time.)
- 2000 Skins Game (United States)
- 2001 Ericsson Masters (Australia)
- 2002 TCL Classic (China)
- 2003 Macau Open (China)
Amateur wins
- 1985 Scottish Stroke Play Championship
- 1987 Scottish Amateur Championship
See also
External links
- Official Colin Montgomerie Site (http://www.colinmontgomerie.com/)
- Profile on the European Tour's official site (http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlayerNo=2586&sOption=profile)
- Colin Montgomerie at Golf Stars Online (http://www.golfstarsonline.com/M/Colin_Montgomerie/) Links to relevant sites, interviews, feature articles and similar.no:Colin Montgomerie