Matthew and Montgomerie both hoping to hit home runs in US majors

Catriona Matthew and Colin Montgomerie are both on major missions this week, having visited famous baseball stadiums in the build up to their respective events in the US, writes Martin Dempster.

Matthew was at Wrigley Field in Chicago earlier in the week while Montgomerie took advantage of being in Boston to pop along to Fenway Park.

The visits took place before the pair got down to business in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, which is taking place at Olympia Fields, and US Senior Open at Salem Country Club respectively.

Matthew has a decent record in the second women’s major of the season, having finished in the top 40 for the last seven years, including a second in 2013.

Montgomerie, meanwhile, landed the second of his three over-50s majors in the US Senior Open three years ago and will be looking to use this week’s event to spark his 2017 campaign.

The newly-turned 54-yearold was sidelined for a spell due to injury before finishing 25th and 17th in the season’s first two Senior majors.