Luke Donald is considerably more upbeat than his pronouncements might sound in these early days of the season.
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/ 23 February 2012
Ernie Els has hammered Luke Donald in the World Matchplay Championship, only the third time in event history a No. 1 was ousted in the first round.
The qualifiers list has only just allowed Ernie Else into the 64-man Match Play Championship, with defending champion Luke Donald top of the list.
Lured by the match fee, much less than he earned at his peak, the champion faces a stiff challenge from the top four golfers in the world.
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/ 15 December 2011
Rory McIlroy produced the single top display of the year by winning his first Major, while Luke Donald nabbed the PGA Championship.
Luke Donald — the first player to win the US and European tour money titles in the same year — has been named US PGA Player of the Year.
Luke Donald has become the first golfer to win both the American and European money titles, finishing third at the Dubai World Championship.
The European Tour is about to showcase the strides made in recent months when its last event, the Dubai World Championship, begins this week.
World No. 1 Luke Donald and second-ranked Rory McIlroy go in search of desert treasure at this week’s Dubai World Championship.
Former world number one Lee Westwood earned his second Nedbank Golf Challenge win with a disciplined final round at the Gary Player Country Club.
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/ 17 October 2011
Louis Oosthuizen and Trevor Immelman posted their best US finishes of the year at the McGladrey Classic, won by Ben Crane at the weekend.
Luke Donald is happy to be patient and let Rory McIlroy take the media spotlight at the British Open.
World number one Luke Donald will be taking part in the Australian Masters in December but Tiger Woods will not be returning to the event.
England’s Luke Donald risked the Masters curse by capturing the Par 3 Contest on Wednesday at Augusta National Golf Club.
Trevor Immelman emerged as the halfway leader at the Masters on Friday as Tiger Woods used an incredible finish to keep alive his bid for a fifth Augusta crown. Immelman, who has had an arduous recovery from surgery, birdied 17 and 18 en route to his second straight 68 and an eight-under total of 136.
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/ 23 January 2008
Retief Goosen is hoping to become the first golfer to win the European Tour’s Qatar Masters on two occasions when the 11th edition of the ,5-million event gets under way on Thursday at the picturesque Doha Golf Club. The South African responded with a confident ”You mean not yet” when told that no player has won the tournament twice since its inception.
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/ 1 December 2007
A terrific duel between Justin Rose of England and South Africa’s Trevor Immelman at the Nedbank Golf Challenge continued at the Gary Player Country Club on Saturday. Both players scored five-under-par 67s to share the 54-hole lead on 16-under-par 200.
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/ 29 November 2007
Adam Scott of Australia and Trevor Immelman of South Africa both scored five-under-par 67s to share the first-round lead in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City on Thursday. English pair Justin Rose and Luke Donald are lying one off the pace on 68, with tournament favourite Ernie Els of South Africa, who is trying for a record fourth title in this annual 12-man event.
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/ 27 November 2007
Three of the world’s top 10 golfers and eight of the top 20 will contest the annual Nedbank Golf Challenge over the Gary Player Country Club course at Sun City, beginning on Thursday. South Africa’s world number five, Ernie Els, who is chasing a record four victories in the 27th edition of the tournament, is the highest ranked player in the 12-man line-up.
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/ 10 October 2007
World number three Jim Furyk will bid for a third successive Nedbank Golf Challenge victory at Sun City from November 29 to December 2. The presence of American Furyk was confirmed when the field of 12 was named in Johannesburg on Wednesday. British Open champion Padraig Harrington will also be in action, as will South African favourites Ernie Els and Rory Sabbatini.