Monty happy to honour Madrid commitment

Colin Montgomerie, back as Europe’s number one for the first time in six years, knows it might surprise some people that he is at this week’s Madrid Open.

Monty happy to honour Madrid commitment
Thu, 13 Oct, 2005 - 09:29

Colin Montgomerie, back as Europe’s number one for the first time in six years, knows it might surprise some people that he is at this week’s Madrid Open.

But he has an easy explanation. When he agreed to play in the £688,000 (€1m) event, Montgomerie was not the golfer he is now.

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