Colin Montgomerie
Colin Montgomerie (born June 23, 1963) is a Scottish golfer.
Montgomerie finished first on the European Tour Order of Merit every year from 1993 to 1999 and has thirty-four 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 PGA Tour Majors three times, in the 1994 and 1997 U.S. Opens and in the 1995 PGA Championship. He 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.
Career Victories - European Tour
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 | ||