Luke Donald

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Luke Donald MBE
— Golfer —

Donald in April 2011 at The Heritage
Personal information
Full name Luke Campbell Donald
Born (1977-12-07) 7 December 1977
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Nationality  England
Residence Evanston, Illinois;
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire;
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Spouse Diane Antonopoulos
(m. 2007)
Children Elle (b. 2010)
Sophia (b. 2011)
Career
College Northwestern University
Turned professional 2001
Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 2001)
European Tour (joined 2003)
Professional wins 15
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 5
European Tour 7
Japan Golf Tour 2
Other 2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T3: 2005
U.S. Open T8: 2013
The Open Championship T5: 2009, 2012
PGA Championship T3: 2006
Achievements and awards
Fred Haskins Award 1999
PGA Tour
leading money winner		 2011
Vardon Trophy 2011
Byron Nelson Award 2011
PGA Player of the Year 2011
PGA Tour
Player of the Year		 2011
European Tour
Race to Dubai winner		 2011
European Tour
Golfer of the Year		 2011
Member of the Order
of the British Empire		 2012

Luke Campbell Donald MBE (born 7 December 1977) is an English professional golfer who has been the World Number One. He plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour.

Donald had an outstanding year in 2011, winning several tournaments and awards. He won the PGA Tour money list and European Race to Dubai to complete a historic double, becoming the first player to win both money lists on the PGA and European Tours in the same year.[1] He was named the PGA Player of the Year and the European Tour Golfer of the Year. He also became the first Englishman to win the PGA Tour Player of the Year award, the PGA Tour's Vardon Trophy and the Mark H. McCormack Award for the most weeks at number one during a calendar year. He was later awarded honorary life membership of the European Tour for his achievements in 2011.

In May 2011, Donald became the number one golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking after winning the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club. He held the number one position for 40 weeks between May 2011 and March 2012 before Rory McIlroy briefly took over as world number one. The pair then exchanged the number one position a further four times in the following two months. On 27 May 2012, Donald regained the world number one ranking after successfully defending his BMW PGA Championship title. He held the number one position for a further 10 weeks before McIlroy displaced him again. Donald has spent a cumulative total of 55 weeks as the World Number One and has spent over 200 weeks in the top-10.[2] He was awarded an MBE in 2012 for services to golf.[3]

Early life

Although his father was from Stranraer in southwest Scotland,[4] Donald was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. He has described himself as "half Scottish".[4] Nevertheless, Donald plays golf as an Englishman and represented England in golf's World Cup. Donald attended the Rudolf Steiner School in Kings Langley and later the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe.[5] He played junior golf at Hazlemere and Beaconsfield Golf Clubs. He was twice the club champion of Beaconsfield, first winning the championship at the age of 15. Donald's brother Christian also played junior golf and caddied for Luke.

Early career

Coming from England, he joined College Prospects of America, a service also employed by golfer Martin Laird, which created a résumé for him and sent it to all the major colleges and universities in the United States. Several coaches responded, including Wally Goodwin at Stanford University. Goodwin recruited Donald to join his golf squad, but Donald was not admitted to the university.[6]

Donald subsequently took a golf scholarship at Northwestern University in 1997, where he studied art theory and practice, and became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. His golf coach at Northwestern University was Pat Goss.[7] He won the individual NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships men's title in 1999, beating the scoring record formerly held by Tiger Woods.[8]

Professional career

2001–2010

Donald turned professional in 2001, making his debut as a professional at the Reno-Tahoe Open on the PGA Tour courtesy of a sponsors exemption. He missed the cut in his debut, but managed to earn invitations into six more events on the PGA Tour in 2001, making three cuts. He earned his tour card for the 2002 season by finishing T23rd at the Q-School.

In 2002, Donald made his first start as a member of the PGA Tour at the Sony Open in Hawaii, finishing tied for 13th. Donald won his maiden title on the PGA Tour in March 2002 at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic. The tournament was reduced to 54 holes after significant rain meant unplayable conditions and washed out play on the Sunday. He was two strokes back at the halfway stage, but birdied holes 15, 16 and 17 on Saturday for a 67 and a one stroke advantage over South African Deane Pappas. After the final round was cancelled, Donald was crowned champion on Monday morning. With this success he became only the 11th rookie in PGA Tour history to earn more than $1 million in his first season.[9]

The 2003 season was less successful for Donald. He played solidly and made 17 of 25 cuts on the PGA Tour, but only two of these were top-10 finishes. He did however finish in a tie for third at the Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour in August 2003.

In 2004, Donald won the Omega European Masters and the Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour. In the same year he was a member of the victorious European Ryder Cup team and also won the WGC-World Cup for England in partnership with Paul Casey.

In 2005, Donald made his debut at the Masters Tournament and finished tied for 3rd place. He described his debut at Augusta National as "a great performance – I am very happy with that".[10] Donald rose in the World Rankings from 130th at the turn of the year to 13th in the world in April 2005 after his top-3 finish at the Masters.[10] Later in the year Donald, along with Tom Watson, was one of two players to play with Jack Nicklaus in the final two rounds of golf in his career, at the 2005 Open Championship at Old Course at St Andrews.[11]

In March 2006, Donald won his second U.S. PGA Tour event at the Honda Classic in Florida, a victory which moved him into the top ten of the World Rankings for the first time. Donald finished tied for 3rd at the 2006 PGA Championship. To date, his third place finishes at the 2006 PGA Championship and at the 2005 Masters are his best performances in major championships. In September 2006, Donald won his singles match 2&1 against Chad Campbell in the 36th Ryder Cup to help ensure Europe won the trophy for the third successive time. Donald also won in the foursomes twice, with Sergio García. Donald took part in three matches in the Ryder Cup that year, winning all of them.

In 2008, Donald sustained an injury to his left wrist at the U.S. Open that forced him to withdraw from the tournament during the final round.[12] His injury resulted in him having a six-month lay-off from competitive golf which meant that he missed out on playing in the Open Championship, the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup that year.[13][14]

In May 2010, Donald won the Madrid Masters by one shot for his first title in four years.[15] In October 2010, Donald was a member of the European team that won the 2010 Ryder Cup with a one point win over the USA.[16]

2011: WGC-Accenture Match Play win

Donald's biggest win to date came in February 2011 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship when he defeated the German Martin Kaymer 3&2 in the final. During the final, Donald built a three-up lead over the first five holes. However, Kaymer pegged him back and won three of the next four holes meaning the match was all square entering the back-nine. Donald was able to regain his lead with two successive wins at holes 11 and 12, then followed that up with a birdie on hole 15 to re-build his three-up lead with three holes to play. Both players then parred the par-3 16th, ensuring Donald's first World Golf Championship title and the biggest victory of his career.[17]

Donald had been in exceptional form all week and held an unprecedented record of having never trailed at any point during the week. He started the tournament off in fine fashion with a 6&5 win over American Charley Hoffman. The second round was much more competitive and his toughest test all week when he faced fellow Ryder Cup team mate Edoardo Molinari. It was a tight match that went down to the 17th, when Donald holed a birdie putt to seal a 2&1 victory. His third round opponent was another Italian, this time the young 17-year-old Matteo Manassero, who Donald beat 3&2. In the quarter-final on Saturday, he faced American Ryan Moore and won at the 14th with a 5&4 victory. In his semi-final match against Matt Kuchar, Donald was in magnificent form winning 6&5, having found himself seven-up through the first 10 holes.[18]

It was indeed Donald's form on the front-nine all week that took him to this title, as apart from the final when Kaymer came back to square the match, Donald was able to build unassailable leads en route to victory. As a result of this tournament victory, Donald climbed to his highest ever World Ranking position of number three in the world.

Continued 2011 season form and World No.1

Donald continued his early-season form at The Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links when he held the lead going into final round with Jim Furyk. With the pressure of knowing that he would become the new world number 1, he shot a one under par 70 to finish tied with American Brandt Snedeker, who fired a 64 (−7). In the playoff, both players birdied the first hole and then parred the second hole. However, at the third extra hole, Donald made bogey when his chip ran narrowly past the outside edge of the hole, giving Snedeker the win with a par.[19]

Donald continued his excellent match play form in May, reaching the final of the Volvo World Match Play Championship, which he eventually lost 2&1 to fellow Englishman Ian Poulter. He knew that had he had won this tournament he would have gone to world number one for the first time in his career. Donald had previously beaten Ross Fisher, Charl Schwartzel and Martin Kaymer to reach the final; however, he did not add the Volvo World Match Play title to his WGC-Accenture Match Play title he won earlier in the year.[20] This defeat ended Donald's run of 14 consecutive match play wins.

In May 2011, Donald beat Lee Westwood in a playoff to win the European Tour's flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club. This was Donald's fifth victory on the European Tour and in the process achieving one of the game's highest accolades of becoming the world number one. Westwood had entered the tournament as number one in the world and the sudden-death playoff at the end of 72 holes provided a subplot of world numbers one and two contesting for the championship. On the first playoff hole, the par-five 18th, after both laying up with their second shots, Donald played a pitch for his third shot to leave himself a putt of no more than six feet for birdie. Westwood's approach shot to the green spun back into the water hazard. Westwood chipped out from the drop zone and made double bogey, leaving Donald to hole out for a birdie to win the title and become the new world number one.[21] To date, Donald is only the 15th player ever to hold the number one position in the Official World Golf Ranking since its inception in 1986 and he is only the third Englishman to achieve this feat

In July 2011, Donald won his first tournament as the world number one at the Barclays Scottish Open, which was held the week before the 2011 Open Championship. He shot a bogey free −9 on Sunday to finish four strokes clear of Sweden's Fredrik Andersson Hed.[22] The tournament however, was badly affected by heavy rain in the Inverness area, with the course becoming flooded, washing out all of Saturday's play. A decision was taken to reduce the tournament to 54 holes.

Donald finished second at the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, four shots behind winner Adam Scott. He won his fourth title of the year at the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic in October 2011.[23] With the win, he secured the PGA Tour money list title, the Vardon Trophy, the Byron Nelson Award, and the PGA Player of the Year. He later was voted the PGA Tour Player of the Year.

In December, Donald secured the European Tour Race to Dubai for 2011, becoming the first golfer to officially claim top rank on both PGA Tour and European Tour money lists in the same year (although if Tiger Woods had ever taken up official membership of the European Tour, he would have also achieved this accolade on a number of occasions).

2012: Battle with McIlroy for No.1 ranking

At the first WGC event of the year, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Donald in defence of his title he won in 2011, was eliminated in the opening round by South African Ernie Els who beat him 5&4. He was in danger of being knocked off the top of the world rankings as both Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood progressed to the semi-finals, either would have taken over the top spot by winning the tournament. However, neither could win the title and Donald kept his number one status. However, he did lose his status the following week, after electing not to play at The Honda Classic. McIlroy won the tournament and took over as world number one.

Two weeks later, Donald won the Transitions Championship to reclaim the number one ranking from McIlroy. This was his fifth victory on the PGA Tour and came after a solid week's play culminating in a four-man playoff with Robert Garrigus, Bae Sang-moon and Jim Furyk. Donald had earlier shot a bogey-free round of 66, which included 5 birdies in his first 11 holes to make the playoff. After a loose tee shot found the rough, Donald hit a brilliant seven iron approach to within six feet on the 18th, the first extra hole. Garrigus also knocked his close, while Furyk and Bae left themselves lengthy birdie putts. There had only been 5 birdies all day in regulation play on the 18th and when Furyk, Bae and Garrigus all missed their putts, Donald brushed his in for the victory and the number one ranking.[24]

On 15 April 2012, Donald lost the number one ranking to McIlroy when he failed to finish inside the top 8 at the RBC Heritage. This cut short his second term as the world's number one player, ending after a four-week spell. Donald finished third at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans two weeks later to once again reclaim the number one ranking. He lost the number one spot the following week after McIlroy's runner-up finish at the Wells Fargo Championship.

On 23 May 2012, Donald was awarded honorary life membership of the European Tour in recognition of his achievements in the 2011 season.[25] In the same week, Donald retained his title at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on 27 May 2012, with a four stroke victory over Justin Rose and Paul Lawrie. He shot all four rounds in the 60s, including a final round 68 with five birdies and only one bogey to claim victory. He became only the third player to successfully defend the European Tour's flagship event, alongside Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie. The victory was Donald's seventh title on the European Tour and resulted in a return to World Number One for the fourth time.[26]

Donald missed the cut at the 2012 U.S. Open, finishing +11 with rounds of 79 and 72. He is still without a top-10 in nine appearances at the U.S. Open. In his next major appearance, at the 2012 Open Championship, Donald equalled his best finish at the event of tied 5th. After rounds of 70-68-71, he produced a final round of 68 on a difficult day for scoring to advance up the leaderboard nine places to equal his best finish. On 12 August 2012, McIlroy won the 2012 PGA Championship. Donald finished in a tie for 32nd place at the tournament and again lost the world number one position to the Northern Irishman. In November, Donald won his third tournament of 2012, the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Japan. In doing so he overtook Tiger Woods and returned to second place in the world rankings.

2013

Donald had a disappointing start of his 2013 season. In March 2013, he failed to defend his title at the Tampa Bay Championship and finished in a tie for fourth. Donald then missed his first-ever cut in a European Tour event at the Maybank Malaysian Open. It was his first missed cut in 119 career European Tour starts.[27] As the two-time defending champion, Donald missed the halfway cut at the 2013 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth after shooting rounds of 78 and 72, missing the cut by four strokes.[28] At the 2013 U.S. Open held at Merion Golf Club, Donald was only two shots behind leader Phil Mickelson entering the final round after shooting rounds of 68, 72 and 71. Donald then shot a final round of 75 (+5) to finish in a tie for eighth, recording the first top 10-finish of his career in a U.S. Open tournament. Donald missed the halfway cut at both the 2013 Open Championship and 2013 PGA Championship, marking the first time in his career that he missed cuts at consecutive majors in a single year. In November 2013, Donald defended his title at the Dunlop Phoenix on the Japan Golf Tour, cruising to a six shot victory over the field. This was his first win of the 2013 season.

Sponsorship

Luke Donald signed with sports management company IMG in 2003. He has a multi-year contract with Mizuno Corp. As part of this sponsorship Luke plays with Mizuno Fairway Woods, Irons and Wedges. Luke also carries a Mizuno Bag, Headcovers and Umbrella. Luke also wears his trademark Mizuno visor as part of his sponsorship. It has been reported that he receives $1 million just for wearing his Mizuno visor, and this could quadruple if he wins a major event such as the Masters.[29][30] Donald also has a sponsorship deal with Footjoy, who supply his personal shoes and tour sponsorships with Royal Bank of Canada as well as Zurich Insurance.

Polo Ralph Lauren announced, in February 2007, that Luke Donald has signed a new multi-year contract with the luxury apparel company. Luke will continue to serve as a brand ambassador for Polo Ralph Lauren worldwide for the RLX Golf range. With this exclusive sponsorship, Luke will continue to wear clothing from the RLX collection and will be featured in its advertising campaign. Polo Ralph Lauren has been the exclusive apparel sponsor of Donald since 2002.

Enterprises

In 2007, Luke Donald entered into a partnership with Terlato Wines to create a collection of bespoke wines.[31] The first wine released (in April 2008) was a Claret-style red wine blend and a Carneros Chardonnay was released in spring 2009. Since then, a Viognier (2010) was added to the Luke Donald Collection, produced in the Central Coast of California. The wines reflect Donald's personal interest in and passion for food and wine.[32]

Personal life

Donald met his future wife, Chicago native Diane Antonopoulos, while attending Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.[33] He proposed in June 2006, and the couple married on 24 June 2007 in Santorini, Greece.[34][35] They have two daughters. The couple own homes in Northfield, Illinois[36] and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.[37]

Donald studied art theory and practice in college, and enjoys painting and drawing when not on tour. In 2002, one of his oil paintings was auctioned by the PGA Tour for charity.[38][39] Donald and his wife are also avid collectors of contemporary art.[40]

His brother Christian Donald caddied for him through to 2009.

Donald's father, Colin Donald, died on 8 November 2011,[41] just three days before the birth of his son's second daughter, Sophia Ann Grace, on 11 November 2011.[42]

Donald was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to golf.[43]

Amateur wins (3)

this list may be incomplete

Professional wins (15)

PGA Tour wins (5)

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
1 2 Nov 2002 Southern Farm Bureau Classic* 66-67-68=201 −15 1 stroke South Africa Deane Pappas
2 12 Mar 2006 Honda Classic 72-67-68-69=276 −12 2 strokes Australia Geoff Ogilvy
3 27 Feb 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 3 and 2 Germany Martin Kaymer
4 23 Oct 2011 Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic 66-71-70-64=271 −17 2 strokes United States Justin Leonard
5 18 Mar 2012 Transitions Championship 67-68-70-66=271 −13 Playoff South Korea Bae Sang-moon, United States Jim Furyk,
United States Robert Garrigus

* Note: The 2002 Southern Farm Bureau Classic was reduced to 54 holes due to adverse weather conditions.

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2004 Buick Invitational United States John Daly, United States Chris Riley Daly won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2011 The Heritage United States Brandt Snedeker Lost to par on third extra hole
3 2012 Transitions Championship South Korea Bae Sang-moon, United States Jim Furyk, United States Robert Garrigus Won with birdie on first extra hole

European Tour wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
1 1 Aug 2004 Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg 69-65-69-69=272 −16 5 strokes Sweden Peter Hanson
2 5 Sep 2004 Omega European Masters 67-67-65-66=265 −19 5 strokes Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
3 30 May 2010 Madrid Masters 65-67-68-67=267 −21 1 stroke Wales Rhys Davies
4 27 Feb 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 3 and 2 Germany Martin Kaymer
5 29 May 2011 BMW PGA Championship 64-72-72-70=278 −6 Playoff England Lee Westwood
6 10 Jul 2011 Barclays Scottish Open* 67-67-63=197 −19 4 strokes Sweden Fredrik Andersson Hed
7 27 May 2012 BMW PGA Championship 68-68-69-68=273 −15 4 strokes Scotland Paul Lawrie, England Justin Rose

* Note: The 2011 Barclays Scottish Open was reduced to 54 holes due to flooding of the course.

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2011 BMW PGA Championship England Lee Westwood Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner-up
1 18 Nov 2012 Dunlop Phoenix 65-64-71-68=268 −16 5 strokes Japan Hideki Matsuyama
2 24 Nov 2013 Dunlop Phoenix 73-66-65-66=270 −14 6 strokes South Korea Kim Hyung-sung

Other wins (2)

  • 2005 Target World Challenge (Unofficial money-list event)
  • 2007 Gary Player Invitational (with Sally Little)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T3 T42 T10 CUT T38 CUT T4 T32 T25
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP T18 DNP DNP T57 T12 CUT WD CUT T47 T45 CUT T8
The Open Championship CUT CUT DNP CUT CUT CUT T52 T35 T63 DNP T5 T11 CUT T5 CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T23 T24 T66 T3 T23 DNP T43 CUT T8 T32 CUT

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = Missed the cut
"T" = Tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 1 2 3 4 9 7
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 6
The Open Championship 0 0 0 2 2 3 13 6
PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 2 5 10 8
Totals 0 0 2 5 8 15 41 27
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2004 PGA – 2007 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2006 PGA – 2007 Masters)

World Golf Championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up
2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship n/a 3 & 2 Germany Martin Kaymer

Results timeline

Tournament2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Accenture Match Play Championship DNP R16 R16 R32 R32
Cadillac Championship T11 T11 T6 T26 T20
Bridgestone Invitational T16 T6 T8 T22 DNP
Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Accenture Match Play Championship R16 R16 1 R64 R32
Cadillac Championship T20 T26 T6 T6 T43
Bridgestone Invitational T45 T46 T2 T8 T9
HSBC Champions DNP T3 DNP T18 T31

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Career earnings and year-end ranking by year

Season PGA Tour ($) Rank European
Tour (€)[44]		 Rank OWGR
Avg. points Rank
2001 80,747 n/a† 0.14 590
2002 1,088,205 58 76,877 n/a† 1.53 94
2003 705,121 90 165,079 115 1.11 130
2004 1,646,268 35 1,037,279 20 3.05 26
2005 2,480,562 17 1,397,385 12 4.41 13
2006 3,177,408 9 1,658,060 7 5.25 9
2007 2,190,053 29 775,093 38 3.95 17
2008 1,456,650 67 407,962 n/a† 2.81 31
2009 2,174,947 33 617,649 55 3.09 28
2010 3,665,234 7 1,678,072 15 5.65 9
2011 6,683,214 1 5,323,400 1 10.03 1
2012 3,512,024 14 2,373,540 7 8.62 2
2013 1,930,646 36 745,154 43 4.76 17
Total*30,791,0791415,848,56713

*As of the 2013 seasons.
†Non-member earnings.

Equipment

  • Driver – TaylorMade R1 Black 8.5°
  • 3-Wood – TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 14°
  • Hybrid – Mizuno MP-H4 2 and 3 iron
  • Irons – Mizuno MP-64 True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour issue S300 4-PW
  • Wedges – Mizuno MP T-4 54° and 60°
  • Putter – Odyssey White Hot XG 2.0 #7 | 33in.
  • Ball – Titleist 2013 Pro V1x
  • Glove – Mizuno Skintite Tour Glove
  • Shoe – FootJoy Icon
  • Bag – Mizuno Tour Staff Bag
  • Apparel – Ralph Lauren RLX

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Luke Donald seals US and European double". BBC Sport. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011. 
  2. ↑ Official World Golf Ranking Advanced Statistics
  3. ↑ "Luke Donald honored by Queen". ESPN. Associated Press. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lowe, Douglas (4 October 2009). "Donald pays homage to his Scottish links". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2012. 
  5. ↑ Mair, Lewine (13 July 2005). "Donald makes a positive of plodder reputation". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 December 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Former Northwestern Star Tees It Up on Tour". Northwestern Magazine. Summer 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2013. 
  7. ↑ Luke Donald biodata at Golf Digest
  8. ↑ "Luke Donald profile". ESPN. Retrieved 29 December 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Section 6: All-Time Records". 2007 PGA Tour Media Guide. PGA Tour. pp. 6–10. "First-year players to win $1 million or more" 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Garrod, Mark (12 April 2005). "Creditable Masters debut for Donald". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2012. 
  11. ↑ Harig, Bob (4 June 2009). "Donald shares bond with host Nicklaus". ESPN. Retrieved 29 December 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Injured Donald quits in La Jolla". BBC News. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012. 
  13. ↑ Reason, Mark (4 December 2008). "Luke Donald eases his way back after long injury lay-off". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 December 2012. 
  14. ↑ Whyte, Patrick (12 August 2008). "Injury forces Luke Donald out of Ryder Cup". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2012. 
  15. ↑ "Luke Donald pips Rhys Davies to Madrid Masters title". BBC Sport. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 
  16. ↑ "McDowell Lifts Europe to Ryder Cup Victory". New York Times. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 
  17. ↑ "England's Luke Donald wins Accenture Match Play Championship as world No1 Martin Kaymer falls short". Daily Telegraph. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
  18. ↑ "Luke Donald beats Martin Kaymer in WGC Match Play final". BBC Sport. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
  19. ↑ "Luke Donald misses out on chance to become new world number one". BBC Sport. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011. 
  20. ↑ "Donald defeated by Poulter in Volvo World Match Play Final". European Tour. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
  21. ↑ "Luke Donald wins the BMW PGA Championship and becomes new world number one". BBC Sport. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011. 
  22. ↑ "Donald wins Barclays Scottish Open week before the Open Championship". BBC Sport. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  23. ↑ "Luke Donald wins US money list with Disney Classic victory". BBC Sport. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011. 
  24. ↑ "Donald wins Transitions and regains World No. 1". European Tour. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012. 
  25. ↑ "Donald rewarded with life membership on the European Tour". PGA Tour. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012. 
  26. ↑ "Donald retains BMW PGA Championship and returns to Number One". European Tour. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012. 
  27. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (23 March 2013). "Donald misses first-ever cut in Euro Tour event". Golf Channel. Retrieved 28 May 2013. 
  28. ↑ "Molinari carves out narrow advantage". PGA European Tour. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013. 
  29. ↑ World Golf News – Luke Donald extends contract with Mizuno as brand ambassador
  30. ↑ Pricing Golfer's Wares – Portfolio.com
  31. ↑ http://terlatowines.com/brands/california/luke-donald-collection
  32. ↑ http://bustedwallet.com/drink-of-the-week-luke-donald-claret/
  33. ↑ Golf: Donald McRae Interviews Luke Donald
  34. ↑ Donald plans wedded bliss, The Sun
  35. ↑ Mizuno USA
  36. ↑ "Luke Donald's Diary" 12/18/08
  37. ↑ Luke Donald Climbs to No. 10 on World Ranking List After Latest PGA Win
  38. ↑ Northwestern University Athletics
  39. ↑ The 2008 Masters interview with Luke Donald
  40. ↑ "My Picks: Luke Donald". Golfweek. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2013. 
  41. ↑ Collins, Michael (11 November 2011). "Luke Donald's father dies suddenly". ESPN. Retrieved 3 January 2013. 
  42. ↑ "Luke Donald celebrates birth of daughter on 11/11/11". Golfing World. Retrieved 13 December 2011. 
  43. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60173. p. 15. 16 June 2012.
  44. ↑ European Tour – Luke Donald – Career Record

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