Colin Montgomerie gets chest pains checked out before U.S. Open trip

 

BELMONT, Mass. – Colin Montgomerie knew going into the final round of the Constellation Senior Players Championship that a perfect round and perfect day was needed to catch Bernhard Langer at the top of the leaderboard.

 

His Sunday morning, away from the golf course, was anything but.

 

Montgomerie admitted himself to Massachusetts General Hospital early Sunday with chest pains. After a series of tests, he said he was cleared before his tee time, where the 51-year-old finished in a tie for third after shooting a 3-under 68 at Belmont Country Club.

 

Montgomerie said he was feeling off at the end of his third round and decided to take the drive into the city. He finished nine shots back of Langer after shooting 10-under for the week.

 

"I decided to do the prudent thing, really, to go in and get checked up," Montgomerie said. "They were marvelous, the Massachusetts General Hospital. I did well to find it. … I had all these CAT scans and other stuff. I had two hours to do it this morning and they are bloody fantastic. The staff and the hospital were superb because I had to get out of there by 11 to make my tee time.

 

"Delighted to get away with that today, 68 was a good score considering what I had been through this morning."

 

Montgomerie said the chest pains went away after he visited the hospital. He said he is going to compete in the U.S. Open this week.

 

"No, no, they are gone and I have been found that everything was OK," Montgomerie said. "At least you have some confidence. If I didn't get checked I wouldn't know. Off to Seattle (Monday morning), first flight out, off to Chambers Bay."

 

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