Colin Montgomerie

I see it's his 500th European Tour appearance this week... some achievement. I was having a look through his record on the tour and some of the stats make for pretty impressive reading. It's a shame his game has gone off the boil in the past year, but hopefully he can have a good week this week. Would be great to see him win again.

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Colin Montgomerie's European Tour Career in Numbers

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