Colin Montgomerie
Colin Montgomerie
Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBEis a Scottish professional golfer. He has won a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutively from 1993 to 1999. He has won 31 European Tour events, the most of any British player, placing him fourth on the all-time list of golfers with most European Tour victories...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth23 June 1963
career faster last monitor next putt recorded victory
I said my next victory would be the most important of my career and it is. A heart-rate monitor at the last putt would have recorded it much faster than usual.
confident official rules wrong
I was pretty confident I had done nothing wrong but called the rules official and he told me it was OK,
dramatic five seven start tough
It was tough to start five behind, ... I said to myself if I could get two back in the first five, I could do this. I got two back after six, and seven was a dramatic change.
glad hurt prove surprised
I'm very hurt and very surprised (by Evans' comments) but I'm very glad I was able to go out and prove to myself and everyone else that I can still do this, and do what I do best.
assure bloody easy pressures rounds score
You come here with so many pressures that to score nine-under after two rounds is some result, ... I made it look easy out there but it wasn't, I can assure you. In fact, it was bloody hard.
happier
I'm relaxed, my back is better than it's ever been and I have Alastair (MacLean) back on the bag. I am happy, actually, and it does help. I'm happier than I've ever been, on and off the course.
finish great happening
A three-three finish was great because nothing was happening much before,
start
I used to say I'm here to win. Now I say I'd like to win. But I have to start winning.
crucial direction gave opposite picked
If I hadn't been picked I would not be here now, ... It was crucial for my career. It was going in the opposite direction and he gave me the opportunity.
keeping matter playing
I know the place very well, and I'm playing well. It's just a matter of keeping going.
missed
Then I wasn't concentrating on what I was doing and missed the putt.
british coming enjoyed forward looked open past playing positive wind
I've never really enjoyed the wind in the past but I had looked forward to coming back and playing St Andrews after the positive British Open I had.
field
The field is bunched. I still say 4 or 5 under could win,
dark extremely putt
It was getting very, very dark out there and it made that putt extremely difficult,