CHEATING golf legend Colin Montgomerie is suing his estranged wife for £5 MILLION in a dispute over her home.
Monty, 53, and Gaynor Knowles, 50, split last year amid claims he had an affair.
The couple signed a “post-nuptial” deal committing the Ryder Cup ace to paying for the upkeep of Gaynor’s £2million farmhouse, after he was caught cheating in 2010.
A judge at the Court of Session in Edinburgh heard Monty now believes the deal was “not fair and reasonable”.
The former Ryder Cup captain is suing Gaynor for £5 million and demanding payments of £6,500 a month.
Gaynor put him under pressure to enter into the agreement so their marriage could continue after she “discovered he had had an extra-marital relationship”, it is claimed.
His lawyers claim he had “no option but to sign the agreement if the marriage was to continue”.
According to court papers, she inherited the farmhouse when first husband, tycoon George Knowles, died and it was in her full name before she married Monty.
But her lawyers said Monty wanted to make changes when he moved in.
Gaynor agreed to transfer the house into joint names on condition that if they separated he would transfer the title back to her and agree to take all reasonable costs with the house for the remainder of her life, lawyers say.
Gaynor is demanding Monty, a Sky Sports pundit, honours the deal and is counter-suing him for £5 million and £10,000-a-month payments.
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Court papers reveal Monty moved out of the home in Perthshire, Scotland, last year.
Monty, worth an estimated £40 million, captained Europe to Ryder Cup victory in 2010.
He and Gaynor wed in 2008.
He and first wife Eimear, the mother of his children, divorced after 14 years in 2004.
POST-NUP DEALS ALL THE RAGE
POST-nuptial agreements are growing in popularity with wealthy couples signing deals several years after marriage.
They are similar to a pre-nuptial deal, spelling out how assets and money will be divided after a divorce.
Tiger Woods was rumoured to have paid Elin Nordegren $5million to stay in the marriage after his affairs were revealed in 2008.
And Steven Spielberg’s ex-wife Amy Irving successfully challenged their pre-nup in 1989 and got $100million.
Ivana Trump, former wife of Donald, challenged her pre-nuptial in 1991 after his affair with Maria Marples. She landed $20million and $350,000-a-year alimony — significantly more than the original deal.
Half of US matrimonial lawyers have noted an increase in post-nups in the past three years.
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