Colin Montgomerie

Desert Island Discs

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🗓️ 12 March 2000

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Sue Lawley's guest this week is Colin Montgomerie.

One of the biggest earners in the history of golf, he's ranked number three in the world. Despite having a natural talent for the game, he'd never expected to play it professionally. Having applied for a job with a sports management company, his interview took place on the golf course. He played so well that the company persuaded him to become one of their stars.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Kirstie Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.
0:05.0	For rights reasons, we've had to shorten the music.
0:08.0	The program was originally broadcast in the year 2000, and the presenter was Sue Lawley. My cost away this week is a golfer. He's one of the biggest earners in the history of the game
0:35.8	and ranked number three in the world. He's played in the Rider Cup and won many of golf's big
0:40.7	international competitions, but he's never won one of the four majors.
0:45.4	He's been runner-up in the US Open and the USPGA, but final victory has eluded him so far.
0:52.3	He started playing when he was four years old and turned
0:54.7	professional 20 years later. His success has meant that he's never needed to use his
0:59.4	degree in business management and law which he studied as an insurance policy his term
1:04.6	in case his natural talent for golf wasn't good enough
1:07.6	I've just got this huge ambition he says I can't wait to get out there and keep beating
1:12.3	people he is Colin Montgomery.
1:15.0	The old competitive spirit then Colin, not always enough of it about him, British sport these days.
1:19.5	Is that what drives you?
1:21.0	It is indeed. I love to win. In fact I hate to lose more than I love to win so
1:25.2	that's what keeps me going. Really? But does that has that always come as naturally as
1:29.6	your golf swing has itself? I think so. I think someone with someone with my ambition can't be taught I believe you
1:36.2	either have it or you don't and and I was fortunate enough to be able to sort of find what
1:41.1	I'm good at and it's been a fantastic career.
1:44.1	How does it manifest itself that competitive spirit?
1:47.1	Does it mean that you you know you have to get a bit nasty because you have this
1:50.4	reputation don't you for being Mr Grumpy? I do some days.
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