The Ryder Cup star, part of the field for the Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters at the Forest of Arden from Thursday, this week saw a video of what happened on the 14th hole in Indonesia, where his ball had to be replaced in rough near a bunker after play was abandoned due to bad weather.

Although John Paramor, the European Tour’s chief referee, ruled there was no penalty, the Ryder Cup star does not feel that is enough.

Montgomerie said: “In my haste to avoid the storm I left the ball there, did not mark it and unfortunately when I returned the next morning the ball was no longer there.

“I replaced my ball as close as I could to where I thought that I had left it the night before and even took the precaution of checking with both of my playing partners.

“Following some questions raised by a couple of my fellow pros who saw the footage, the European Tour looked into their questions without my knowledge or involvement and ruled that there had been no infringement of the rules.

“However, I was sufficiently concerned by the situation after it had been raised directly with me to ask if I could view the footage at the earliest opportunity on returning from the Johnnie Walker Classic and BMW Asian Open.

“I have now had a chance to look at the tapes. Although the matter has clearly been ruled on already and hence closed in an official tournament sense, from a professional and personal perspective I was not comfortable with what I saw and feel that I may have replaced the ball inaccurately, albeit unwittingly.

“The respect of my peers and the rules of the game are extremely important to me, which is why I am grateful that this matter has been raised, and I have therefore been able to look into it.

“I am obviously upset that I could have inadvertently caused my colleagues to question me and with this in mind (and with this being all that I can do in the circumstances) and having informed the European Tour’s chief referee of my decision, I will be making a donation of all of my prize money towards the European Tour Tsunami Fund.

“I have already made a personal donation to the fund earlier in the year and this cause was a key beneficiary from the tournament in Indonesia itself.

“This is a project which is very close to my heart and one that I have been lucky enough to have been able to support already this year in India, Phuket and Indonesia and I will continue to support during the year through a number of other projects planned for the UK.”

Paramor stated: “Colin is adamant that he in no way intended to receive any advantage and we completely accept that and therefore Colin’s insistence on making this donation is admirable.”

Montgomerie was also cleared by Paramor at the 2002 Volvo Masters over the tapping in of a putt on the 10th hole of the final round.

The controversy then was over whether the ball was moving at the time, but the Scot went on to share the title with Bernhard Langer, their play-off being halted by darkness.