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Mon 07 Jul 2007Montgomerie plays up a stormDestiny has a way of choosing its favoured sons; and, so, it was no surprise that Colin Montgomerie - one of the most prolific winners in the history of the European Tour, but who had fallen on lean times in terms of collecting titles in recent seasons - was yesterday returned to the fold in the rather fitting surroundings of The K Club, where his one stroke victory over Niclas Fasth in the Smurfit Kappa European Open gave the Scot his 31st tour win and fourth achieved on Irish soil.On a day when he spent almost as much time in the claustrophobic confines of the locker room as on the course, due to thunderstorms that forced two separate weather interruptions, Montgomerie savoured his first win of the season after producing a final round 65 for an 11-under-par total of 269, which ended a drought of 19 months since his last tournament win.