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Colin Montgomerie, Order of the British Empire|OBE
(born June 23, 1963) is a Scotland|Scottish
golfer. He is often referred to by his nickname
'Monty'. 

==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
four major championships, the 1994 and 1997 US
Open (golf)|U.S. Opens, the 1995 PGA Championship
and the 2005 Open Championship. He first reached
the top 10 in the Official World Golf Rankings in
1994 and was ranked number 2 at his peak.

While Montgomerie holds the dubious distinction of
being considered one of the best golfers to hever
never won a major championship, he is heralded as
one of the greatest competitors in the history of
the Ryder Cup. 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
British honours system|New Year's Honours. He
represents the Turnberry resort in Scotland, where
there is a Colin Montgomerie Golf Academy.

==European Tour wins==

1989
Portuguese 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




Montgomerie 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==
*Golfers with most European Tour wins

==External links==
*http://www.colinmontgomerie.com/ Official Colin
Montgomerie Site
*http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlay
erNo=2586&sOption=profile Profile on the European
Tour's official site
*http://www.golfstarsonline.com/M/Colin_Montgomeri
e/ Colin Montgomerie at Golf Stars Online Links to
relevant sites, interviews, feature articles and
similar.