Sport 20-09-2004 Monty Leads Europe to Ryder Cup Win who: Colin Montgomerie what: Sinks winning putt in Europe`s Ryder Cup victory where: Detroit when: Yesterday snippet: "After a summer in which his troubled private life brought him sadness and unwanted publicity, Colin Montgomerie sank the 4ft putt that enabled Europe to retain the Ryder Cup yesterday" says The Guardian, "sealing for all time his identification with the 77-year-old competition that pits the continent`s golfers against the might of the United States." "It`s so emotional for me. This is a fantastic moment," says monty, quoted in The Sun. "My life has turned full circle in the last five months. Everyone knows how down I was when I announced my divorce just after the Masters - now I am on top of the world." "Europe`s Ryder Cup team, with a scintillating display, smashed all records in their match against the United States," says The Guardian, "thrashing the home team by the almost unbelievable margin of 18.5 points to 9.5." The plaudits were shared by captain Bernhard Langer, says The Times. "It is surely the first time," writes John Hopkins, "that the German, a stoical, unemotional man from a small town near Munich, has had hundreds of loud British voices hymning him to skies. `There’s only one Bernhard Langer,` they sang again and again and again." [... more]

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