5th December 2005
Scotland's Colin Montgomerie has returned to the world's top 10 for the first time since 2003 after claiming victory at the Hong Kong Open on Sunday.
Monty shot up eight places to ninth in the rankings after South African James Kingston self destructed with a double bogey on the last hole to hand Montgomerie a one stroke victory and the 116,000 winners cheque.
Montgomerie said after securing his 30th victory on the European tour, "My play-off record is terrible, so I was rather glad we did not have one,"
"I have won one out of nine in my career, against Ernie Els at Sun City."
"I have lost my other eight so I was not hoping for a play-off. James was very much favourite in the play-off, I can assure you."
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| Date | Tournament | 2004 Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27-30 | Chrysler Championship | Vijay Singh |
| Nov 3-6 | The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola | Retief Goosen |
| Nov 10-13 | Franklin Templeton Shootout | Hank Kuehne/Jeff Sluman |
| Nov 17-20 | WGC World Cup | England |
| Nov 26-27 | Merrill Lynch Skins Game | Fred Couples |
| Rank | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | FIJ |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | USA |
| 4 | Retief Goosen | SAf |
| 5 | Ernie Els | SAF |
| 6 | Sergio Garcia | ESP |
| 7 | Jim Furyk | USA |
| 8 | Adam Scott | AUS |
| 9 | Chris DiMarco | USA |
| 10 | David Toms | USA |
Adam Scott is regarded as the most exciting young Australian golfer since Greg Norman. At the age of 23 years, eight months and 12 days, he became the youngest winner of The Players Championship on the US PGA Tour, an event considered by many to be the game's fifth Major.
Scott is a four-time winner on the US PGA Tour. His initial breakthrough came at the 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship after a second round 62 set up a four stroke win and saw Adam break into the top 20 in the World Rankings for the first time.