Monty wins Hong Kong Open

Monty wins Hong Kong Open 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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