Montgomerie 保持するs 上級の PGA 肩書を与える by four 発射s
May 24 (Reuters) - Colin Montgomerie of Scotland 保持するd his 上級の PGA 選手権 栄冠を与える by a 命令（する）ing four 発射s on Sunday at French Lick, Indiana as he earned his third major 肩書を与える in the over-50 階級s.
Three ahead 夜通し, Montgomerie 回復するd from a bogey on the 開始 穴を開ける with a superb 陳列する，発揮する on the challenging Pete Dye course at the French Lick 訴える手段／行楽地, piling up six birdies and just two more bogeys on the way to a three-under-par 69.
That left the 51-year-old Scot at eight-under 280, four 一打／打撃s ahead of Mexico's Esteban Toledo who の近くにd with a 69 on a blustery afternoon.
Montgomerie became the first player since American Hale Irwin (1996-1998) to 首尾よく defend the 上級の PGA 選手権.
The Briton, one of the best players never to land a 正規の／正選手 major 肩書を与える, won last year's 上級の PGA at Harbor Shores in Michigan before （人命などを）奪う，主張するing his second 支持する／優勝者s 小旅行する major two months later at the U.S. 上級の Open.
"I'm just making up for lost time," a beaming Montgomerie told NBC Sports about his successful run in the blue riband 上級の events over the past 12 months.
"I spent 22 proper years trying to do this and three (勝利，勝つs) have come at the one time," said the Scot, who was a 走者-up five times in 正規の／正選手 majors during a glittering career that also 産する／生じるd a 記録，記録的な／記録する eight European 小旅行する order of 長所 肩書を与えるs.
"It's a fantastic time I am having. The American （人が）群がる have embraced me and I've embr エースd them and I'm having fun out here. I think that's what it's all about. I enjoyed this layout."
Montgomerie never 許すd his pursuers to get any closer than two 発射s on Sunday and he 効果的に 安全な・保証するd victory with a sizzling run of five birdies in eight 穴を開けるs from the fifth.
"Finishing second is not that bad but Colin ... just an 優れた 職業 he did today," said Toledo, a former professional boxer who birdied three of the first seven 穴を開けるs before his own 肩書を与える 企て，努力，提案 立ち往生させるd.
"Four under par today is incredible. It's hard to catch up when somebody is playing really 井戸／弁護士席. I put a little 圧力 on the 前線 but ... then it 肉親，親類d of slipped away."
Woody Austin carded a 69 to finish alone in third place at three under, one 一打／打撃 better than fellow Americans Brian Henninger (71) and Scott Verplank (71). (報告（する）／憶測ing by 示す Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by 遺伝子 Cherry)
