Colin Montgomerie
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Colin Montgomerie is a Scottish professional golfer renowned for his dominance on the European Tour and his pivotal role in multiple Ryder Cup victories for Europe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colin Montgomerie canonical | 4 |
| Colin Montgomerie (Montgomerie Course) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9368529 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Montgomerie Context triple: [The Amateur Championship, hasNotableWinner, Colin Montgomerie]
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A.
Phil Woosnam
Phil Woosnam was a Welsh footballer and influential coach-administrator who helped develop professional soccer in the United States, including through his involvement in the early North American Soccer League.
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B.
Darren Clarke
Darren Clarke is a Northern Irish professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 2011 and for his long Ryder Cup career.
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C.
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer renowned for his multiple major championship victories and long-standing success on both the European Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
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D.
Sir Nick Faldo
Sir Nick Faldo is an English professional golfer renowned for winning six major championships and becoming one of Europe's most successful and influential players in the history of the sport.
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E.
Patrick Caird
Patrick Caird is a Canadian composer best known for scoring and creating music for animated television series, including the soundtrack to "Ed, Edd n Eddy."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Montgomerie Target entity description: Colin Montgomerie is a Scottish professional golfer renowned for his dominance on the European Tour and his pivotal role in multiple Ryder Cup victories for Europe.
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A.
Phil Woosnam
Phil Woosnam was a Welsh footballer and influential coach-administrator who helped develop professional soccer in the United States, including through his involvement in the early North American Soccer League.
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B.
Darren Clarke
Darren Clarke is a Northern Irish professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 2011 and for his long Ryder Cup career.
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C.
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer renowned for his multiple major championship victories and long-standing success on both the European Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
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D.
Sir Nick Faldo
Sir Nick Faldo is an English professional golfer renowned for winning six major championships and becoming one of Europe's most successful and influential players in the history of the sport.
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E.
Patrick Caird
Patrick Caird is a Canadian composer best known for scoring and creating music for animated television series, including the soundtrack to "Ed, Edd n Eddy."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish sportsperson
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human ⓘ professional golfer ⓘ |
| bestFinishMastersTournament | tie for 8th place ⓘ |
| bestFinishMastersTournamentYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| bestFinishPGAChampionship | 2nd place ⓘ |
| bestFinishPGAChampionshipYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| bestFinishTheOpenChampionship | 2nd place ⓘ |
| bestFinishTheOpenChampionshipYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| bestFinishUSOpen | 2nd place ⓘ |
| bestFinishUSOpenYear |
1994
ⓘ
1997 ⓘ 2006 ⓘ |
| collegeAttended | Houston Baptist University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consecutiveOrderOfMeritTitles | 7 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1963-06-23 ⓘ |
| europeanTourWins | 31 ⓘ |
| familyName | Montgomerie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerTour | PGA Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Colin Stuart Montgomerie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Colin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | World Golf Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| honour | Officer of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honourYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dominance on the European Tour in the 1990s
ⓘ
key performances for Europe in the Ryder Cup ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| orderOfMeritTitles | 8 ⓘ |
| orderOfMeritTitleYears |
1993
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1994 ⓘ 1995 ⓘ 1996 ⓘ 1997 ⓘ 1998 ⓘ 1999 ⓘ 2005 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Glasgow, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ryderCupAppearances | 8 ⓘ |
| ryderCupCaptain | 2010 ⓘ |
| ryderCupPlayingYears |
1991
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1993 ⓘ 1995 ⓘ 1997 ⓘ 1999 ⓘ 2002 ⓘ 2004 ⓘ 2006 ⓘ |
| ryderCupRecord | undefeated in singles matches ⓘ |
| ryderCupTeam | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seniorMajorChampionshipWin |
2014 Senior PGA Championship
NERFINISHED
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2014 U.S. Senior Open NERFINISHED ⓘ 2015 Senior PGA Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | golf ⓘ |
| tour |
European Tour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PGA Tour Champions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| turnedProfessional | 1987 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colin Montgomerie Description of subject: Colin Montgomerie is a Scottish professional golfer renowned for his dominance on the European Tour and his pivotal role in multiple Ryder Cup victories for Europe.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Colin Montgomerie (Montgomerie Course)
subject surface form:
Open de France