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Fri 09 Sep 2007Crowds stay away as Europe take leadSeve Trophy:Colin Montgomerie had never heard of a ploughing championship until the past few days. Now, he's glad the agricultural shindig is over, for a purely selfish reason."We need the farmers to bring their wellies and get over here," said the no-nonsense Scot, after an opening day to the Seve Trophy at The Heritage at Killenard yesterday where he likened the size of the crowd to the kind of turn-out he'd expect on a practice day at a regular tour event.