Compatriot Colin Montgomerie won the Accenture world match play title before it came an official World Golf Championships event and took the individual title at the 1997 World Cup.

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Under section 10.22(a) of the Official Baseball Rules, he would win the batting title if an extra hitless at-bat is added to his average and it remained higher than that of any other qualifying player.

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