Luke Donald expecting a major Challenge

It is a coveted title in the world of golf and English professional golfer Luke Donald can claim to be the best golfer to have never won a major event. The world’s number one ranked golfer was overdrew previous weekend at the Olympic Club, San Francisco in the US Open, where he hit 79 – 72 and escaped the cut by 3 shots.

On Thursday, before going to the Ralph Lauren shop on the Madison Avenue, he told that it was really disappointing when one comes with huge expectations and feeling confident. The US Open is difficult every time. Each and every error is magnified. He was not swinging quite well. It was very dissatisfactory for the 34 year old golfer, but still one always have to learn and have more opportunities.

Luke clearly believes about the scopes that have bygone by wayside in his thirty-yhree starts in major events since turning into professional in the year 2001. After 4 years, 13 professional victories, and 2 simultaneous money awards on both Europe and America previous year, Luke has started to adjoin on a theory about why major events have been his booger.

He stated that one could not alter his approach mentally. Probably it is a place that he has to think about it. He thinks that probably he needs to play a bit more conservatively. And that is something he could work on. He needs to play from inside, it is not that you just go home and start dreaming that you will play good tomorrow.

Donald Puts Up Spirited Effort at TPC Sawgrass

World number two Luke Donald seemed to finish like a train at the final rounds of the US PGA Players Championship – but then, went on to put all the flight plans on hold as the Englishman found himself with an opportunity to take the title at The Players Championship at the TPC Sawgrass. Donald started the last round at the TPC Sawgrass from 27th position but he went on to equal the record that is set at the richest event of golf with a back nine 30 that contained as many as six birdies.

Having set the club house target of nine under par with the 66 that he pulled off, Donald found himself tied for third spot in the leader board, when he was only two shots behind the leader. But this was as much due to his credit as to the discredit of Kevin Na, the American shooting two nervous bogeys at the fifth and the sixth holes. At that time, Luke Donald was in a position to reclaim the top spot in the world golf rankings if he could finish the event with a solo fourth or better than that and he found himself there in the company of Martin Laird.

Speaking to the reporters after the event, Donald stated that all of a sudden, all the putts seemed to click in and he managed to get a nice run. Moreover, the wind direction also favored him and so did the greens, which were holding out.

But in spite of all his efforts, he still had to see Matt Kuchar lift the title for the first time and he congratulated him as well. Luke Donald also added that he was scheduled to fly to Chicago but when he saw a chance, he decided to stick around for some more time, but in vain, as it turned out.

DONALD FAVOURITE IN RETURN

Having lost out on his top spot to youngster Rory McIlroy after he won the Honda Classic a couple of weeks back, former world number one golfer Luke Donald is back again on Tour, aiming to take back the title that he lost when he threw away his match in the World Golf Championship: Accenture Match Play Championship, inadvertently costing him the number one crown.  With McIlroy and another contender to the number one title Lee Westwood taking the week off, experts view Donald’s decision at playing on this week as wise as it gives him the opportunity to cut the lead that McIlroy has at the top.

Moreover, after finishing extremely poorly in the World Golf Championship: Cadillac Championship this week, Luke Donald will be aiming to set things into motion ahead of the next Major tournament by getting his stroke play on the right track, which was one of the main reasons for him losing out in the earlier rounds of the tournament.

He will be a part of the Transitions Championships, one of the most prestigious tournaments on the PGA Tour where he will have to compete with the likes of Webb Simpson, Peter Hanson, Jim Furyk and Justin Rose, but according to the bookies, Donald is their favorite to win the tournament and get his rankings in order once again.

However, that is not easy as it sounds with almost all the players playing in the tournament to mark gather some much needed ranking points and this might prove to be detrimental for Luke Donald, who does not have much experience of playing there before. But on the other hand, having been a world number one, he should be ready to take everything in his stride if he wants to reclaim his number one crown sooner than later.