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Colin Montgomerie retains Senior PGA Championship crown

FRENCH LICK, IN - MAY 24:  Colin Montgomerie of Scotland hits his tee shot on the 6th hole during the final round of the Senior PGA Championship Presented
Image: Colin Montgomerie: 51-year-old was in great form to retain his Senior PGA Championship title

Colin Montgomerie successfully defended his Senior PGA Championship title with a final-round 69 in Indiana.

The Scot, who never won a major despite enjoying a glittering European Tour career, now has three senior majors after also winning the US Senior Open last year.

Montgomerie, 51, did not go over par all week and finished eight under par, four shots clear of Mexico's Esteban Toledo.

Montgomerie came into the final round with a three-shot lead over Bernhard Langer, who he was paired with in the final round at Harbor Shores last year, but alarm bells may have been ringing when he bogeyed the first.

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Any doubts were soon blown away, however, as the 51-year-old picked up shots on the fifth, seventh, ninth, 10th and 12th.

He bogeyed the 15th but a birdie on 16 gave him a five-shot cushion and he could afford to drop a shot on the last.

A double bogey on two and dropped shots on four and eight knocked Langer out of the reckoning although he did pick up shots on nine and 10.

Former Masters champion Sandy Lyle finished the tournament on two over with Ian Woosnam 10 over and Sir Nick Faldo a further four shots back.

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