Callaway Golf Staff Professional Colin Montgomerie Wins A Record Third Consecutive Volvo PGA Championship
Callaway Golf Staff Professional Colin Montgomerie Wins A Record Third Consecutive Volvo PGA Championship
May 30, 2000 at 12:00 AM EDT
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CARLSBAD, CA., May 30, 2000 – Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY) Staff Professional Colin Montgomerie made more PGA European Tour history on Monday when he became the first golfer to win the Volvo PGA Championship three consecutive years. Montgomerie clinched this most recent victory at Wentworth Club with a string of three straight birdies on the final nine holes, beating European Ryder Cup players Darren Clarke, Andrew Coltart and Lee Westwood by three strokes.
“It’s a great honor for me to win this,” said Montgomerie of his 24th PGA European Tour victory. “It’s our flagship event. The standard here is very, very good and I have to play at my best to stay up there.”
Montgomerie set the standard for accuracy at the Volvo PGA Championship, leading the field by hitting 80.6 percent of the greens in regulation using his Steelhead™ X-14™ Irons. Since switching to Steelhead X-14 Irons at the Peugeot Open de Espana, Montgomerie has won twice and finished no lower than sixth in five events.
Montgomerie used 12 Callaway Golf® clubs at the Volvo PGA Championship, including his Hawk Eye® Titanium Driver, Big Bertha® Steelhead 3-wood, his Steelhead X-14 Irons and an Odyssey® White Hot™ 4 Putter. For the season, Montgomerie leads the PGA European Tour in greens hit in regulation at 78 percent, and he is now second on the tour’s Order of Merit - which he has won an unprecedented seven consecutive years.
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