England’s Luke Donald Is New King of Golf

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Published: May 29, 2011

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Bob Hope left England when he found out he could not become the king.

Luke Donald left England to play collegiate golf at Northwestern University in America.

As a member of the U.S. PGA TOUR, Donald has consistently played against and outperformed the best golfers in the world.

At the European Tour's flagship event outside London, Donald beat fellow countryman and World No. 1 Lee Westwood to become No. 1 himself—the third new king of golf in the last seven months.

Donald won the WGC Accenture Match Play in late February and since that time has finished in the Top 10 in all six events he has played in the United States, including a playoff loss to Brandt Snedeker at the Heritage.

Donald put his performance and the historic event in perspective:

"To obviously come through in these circumstances in one of the biggest tournaments in the world, going head-to-head with Lee, is pretty special. It doesn't get much better. I'm not sure if there will ever be a case where No. 1 and No. 2 in the world are playing off for the tournament, but also a chance for the No. 1 ranking in the world."

Westwood knocked Tiger Woods off the World No. 1 perch on October 31, after 281 consecutive weeks there.

Kaymer's consolation prize for losing to Donald in the final of the WGC Match Play was ascending to the No. 1 slot on February 27.

Westwood regained the World No. 1 slot eight weeks later and held it for the last month before an unfortunate break on the playoff hole with Donald.

His pitch shot hit on the green 12 feet, directly past the hole and spun back to the left following a slope in the green and went into the water on the Ernie Els redesigned 18 hole.

"I felt a little bit bad for Lee," Donald commented after the win. "Obviously (he) hit a decent shot there on 18, just had a little bit too much spin. And, you know, I was happy to walk away with t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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