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MONTY’S DREAM TEAM

Colin Montgomerie knows a thing or two about making tough calls. In 2010, he left out Justin Rose and the then World No.7 Paul Casey – “leaving them out was the hardest decision of my life” – as he put together a winning team at Celtic Manor which set the ball rolling for three straight Ryder Cup victories.

As a player, his record was a phenomenal 20-9-7, which puts him at fourth in Europe’s list of all-time points scorers behind Sergio Garcia, Sir Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer and includes a record six wins and two halves in eight singles outings.

We asked the Scot to name his Ryder Cup dream team, so 12 captain’s picks from a galaxy of European heroes. He’s put them into some sort of order of

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