Colin Montgomerie, OBE (born June 23, 1963) is a Scottish golfer. He is often referred to by his nickname 'Monty'.
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.
At the end of 2004, Montgomerie was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours.
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 |
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1994 |
Peugeot Open de Espana
Murphy's English Open
Volvo German Open |
2000 |
Novotel Perrier Open de France
Volvo PGA Championship |
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1995 |
Volvo German Open
Trophée Lancôme |
2001 |
Murphy's Irish Open
Volvo Scandinavian Masters |
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1996 |
Dubai Desert Classic
Murphy's Irish Open
Canon European Masters |
2002 |
Volvo Masters Andalucia (tied) (play-off) |
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2004 |
Caltex Masters |
1997 |
Compaq European Grand Prix
Murphy's Irish Open |
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1998 |
Volvo PGA Championship
One 2 One British Masters
Linde German Masters |
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