Victorious Monty climbs rankings

Colin Montgomerie is back into the world’s top 30 as a result of his first victory for 19 months – and European Open runner-up Niclas Fasth has made the top 20 for the first time.

Montgomerie had fallen from 17th at the start of the year to 48th, but stopped his decline with a third-place finish in the French Open a week ago and then yesterday at the K Club near Dublin fired a closing 65 to pip Fasth by one.