Colin Montgomerie Tribute Dinner
Date – 12th January, 2006
Venue – Hilton Hotel, Glasgow

On 12 January 2006 Daily Record Events were honoured to pay a special tribute to Scotland's most inspirational and successful golfer, Colin Montgomerie.

At a spectacular dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow, over 800 guests paid tribute to Monty in recognition of his achievements in finishing number one on the European Order of Merit for a record 8th time.

Dougie Donnelly hosted the evening and Sky Sports presenter Robert Lee interviewed former Scottish rugby captains Gavin Hastings, Andy Nicol and Executive Director of the European Tour, and George O'Grady who all shared their own special memories of the guest of honour with the audience.

The highlight of the evening was comic legend Ronnie Corbett who provided the after dinner speech.

Funding raised on the evening from a charity auction and raffle will support sport in Scotland and in particular golf with the endowment of a golf scholarship at Stirling University.

Businessman Austin Carey bid an incredible £27,000 for the star auction prize of being Monty's caddy for one day at the Masters in Augusta 2006 and in total over £50,000 was raised.

In the climax of a truly auspicious occasion Sir Michael Bonallack presented Colin with a beautiful commemorative crystal rose bowl engraved with all his outstanding achievements.