 The Champions Tour schedule is riddled with major championships over a grueling nine-week stretch in May, June and July - and Colin Montgomerie established himself as the man to beat when the highest stakes are on the line. At the Senior PGA Championship - held last week at the Pete Dye Course at French Lick - Montgomerie turned in a command performance, successfully defending his title from 2014 to win his second consecutive Senior PGA Championship. Montgomerie is the first player to win back-to-back Senior PGA titles since Hale Irwin won three in succession in 1996-98 and is the first to record his first three Champions Tour victories in majors since Jack Nicklaus, who won his first six on the biggest stages. It has been an extraordinary life-after-50 turnaround for a player who won 31 European Tour titles, topped that tour's money list a record eight times, represented Europe in the Ryder Cup eight times, but went 0 for 71 in major championships. Six times he was a runner-up in those majors, three times in the U.S. Open and once each in The Open Championship and PGA Championship.
After his win, Montgomerie reflected on his time thus far on the Champions Tour, saying "I'm just making up for lost time. I spent 22 proper years trying to do this and now three (majors) have come at once. It's a fantastic time I'm having."
Monty and the rest of the field will have a week off before heading to the Wakonda Club in Des Moines, IA, June 5-7 for the Principal Charity Classic.
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