Colin Montgomerie wins Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters

Scotland's Colin Montgomerie picked up his first professional title in six years by winning the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters at Woburn by six strokes.

Colin Montgomerie wins at Woburn (Getty Images)
Fergus Bisset
By Fergus Bisset
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Scotland's Colin Montgomerie picked up his first professional title in six years by winning the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters at Woburn by six strokes.

Montgomerie cruised home around the Duke's Course with a final round of 70 to pick up his first European Senior Tour title in just his third start on the circuit. It's his first victory since the 2007 European Open at the K Club.

With Montgomerie away and clear, there was a secondary battle to see who would finish as runner-up. In the end it was Spain's Miguel Angel Martin, together with Paul Wessenlingh of England who closed with a superb 66.

"I've just nailed it today," said Wessenlingh. "I played really well."

Monty began the final round three clear of Carl Mason but, with a birdie and an eagle in his first five holes, he established a commanding advantage that wouldn't be threatened for the rest of the round.

"It feels great," said Montgomerie. "Anybody with any competitive blood in them knows that it is nice to win, to come out on top. This course has suited me down to the ground for years. I had a couple of great finishes on the main Tour - the Junior Tour, as I now call it - so it's nice to come back here and finally win."

Montgomerie is the third rookie in a row to win on the European Senior Tour, after Denmark's Steen Tinning at the Berenberg Masters and Santiago Luna of Spain at the SSE Scottish Senior Open two weeks ago.

Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters Duke's Course, Woburn, England Aug 29 - Sep 1, purse €355,000, par 72

1   Colin Montgomerie (Sco)   68   68   70   206   €52,299 T2   Miguel Angel Martin (Esp)   71   70   71   212   €29,636 T2   Paul Wesselingh (Eng)      74   72   66   212   €29,636 T4   Ross Drummond (Sco)      70   70   73   213   €17,468 T4   Carl Mason (Eng)         70   69   74   213   €17,468 T6   Angel Franco (Par)      73   74   67   214   €13,249 T6   Jamie Spence (Eng)      70   74   70   214   €13,249 8   Gary Wolstenholme (Eng)   74   72   69   215   €11,157 T9   Luis Carbonetti (Arg)      67   74   75   216   €9,065 T9   Andrew Oldcorn (Sco)      71   74   71   216   €9,065 T9   Ian Woosnam (Wal)      72   72   72   216   €9,065

Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly. 

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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