Monty: I want to win for Sam

Colin Montgomerie, fired up by the hostility of the crowd in Boston three years ago, today revealed a very different reason for badly wanting to win the Ryder Cup this weekend.

Wed, 25 Sep, 2002 - 18:13

Colin Montgomerie, fired up by the hostility of the crowd in Boston three years ago, today revealed a very different reason for badly wanting to win the Ryder Cup this weekend.

He wants to give Europe captain Sam Torrance the perfect send-off to his Cup career.

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