Nightmare hole fails to dampen Monty's spirits

Colin Montgomerie took five shots to move his ball a few feet today – but still managed to leave Le Golf National near Paris feeling much better about his game going into tomorrow’s tough Open Championship qualifier at Sunningdale.

Colin Montgomerie took five shots to move his ball a few feet today – but still managed to leave Le Golf National near Paris feeling much better about his game going into tomorrow’s tough Open Championship qualifier at Sunningdale.

Montgomerie ran up a quadruple bogey nine on the ninth hole of his final round in the French Open, yet either side of that produced seven birdies for a one over par 72.

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