Colin Montgomerie was just where he wanted to be on his 500th European Tour appearance as a professional - right at the top of the leaderboard....ottima partenza di Monty a Siviglia dove lo scozzese festeggia la sua
500th partenza sul European tour...
...ecco i numeri della leggenda:
499 (ovviamente 500 con quello in corso) – Number of European Tour events as a professional
31 – Number of European Tour International Schedule victories. (A record for a British player)
8 – Number of times he has finished European Tour Number One. (1993-99, 05). Number of holes-in-one. (Both European Tour records)
182 – Number of European Tour top ten finishes – a European Tour record
421 – Number of events he has been in the money from his 499 European Tour events
4 – Number of times he has won The European Tour Golfer of the Year award – 1995, 96, 97, 99 - a European Tour record
13 – The number of European Tour course records he has amassed – a European Tour record
60 – Lowest European Tour round at the 2005 Indonesia Open
6 – Most European Tour wins in a season in 1999 – (equals The European Tour record)
10 – Number of consecutive years with a victory between 1993-2002 inclusive
260 – His lowest 72 hole total in a European Tour event on his way to winning the European Masters in 1996
18 – Number of years between his first and latest victory – the 1989 Portuguese Open and the 2007 European Open
2 – Number of albatrosses recorded
13 – Number of different destinations his 31 European Tour wins have come in.
14 – The number of years he has finished inside the top ten of The Order of Merit
9 – Number of times he has recorded multiple victories in the same European Tour season
1– Number of wire-to-wire victories on The European Tour – at the 2001 Irish Open. First European Tour event as a professional at the 1987 European Masters
54 – The event number of his first European Tour victory – the 1989 Portuguese Open
11– His biggest victory margin in a European Tour event – the 1989 Portuguese Open
3 – The only player to win three consecutive BMW Championship titles between 1998-2000
1,722 – Total number of European Tour rounds played from his 499 events
121,525 – Total number of strokes taken from his 499 European Tour events
1,597– Total number under par for his 499 European Tour events as a professional
70.60 – Career stroke average on The European Tour from his 499 events
€23,639,775 – European Tour Official Career earnings from his 499 events – a European Tour record
€47,374 - The average amount earned per tournament from his 499 played
€13,728- The amount earned per round from his 499 played
€194 – The amount earned per shot from his 499 played