Monty's men land Seve hat-trick

COLIN MONTGOMERIE lifted the Seve Trophy for a third successive time yesterday - despite losing his own singles yet again.

After being beaten by Seve Ballesteros at Sunningdale and Druids Glen, Montgomerie this time went down to new Continental Europe captain Jose Maria Olazabal at The Wynyard near Middlesbrough.

But what really mattered to the Scot, who has never lost a Ryder Cup singles, was that his Britain and Ireland side, with David Howell and Paul Casey the stars of the show along with Henrik Stenson, ran out comfortable 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 winners.