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World number three in golf Luke Donald has extended his contract with club makers Mizuno, which will see the Englishman use the clubs from the Japanese manufacturers for the next couple of years. Considered to be one of the finest iron player, Donald has won a staggering 13 titles using the equipment supplied by the Japanese company including in the best season of his career in 2011 which saw him climb to the top of the money lists in both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, a feat that no golfer has ever managed to achieve.

Donald is well known for his amazing skills as an iron and wedge player and he regularly provides the engineers at Mizuno with valuable and extremely significant feedback which helps them develop newer products with those specifications. Mizuno, which crafts all its golfing equipments at its plant in Hiroshima in Japan, is known for the quality and precision that is favored by shot makers such as Luke Donald. The Englishman was first spotted by Mizuno representatives during his time at Northwestern University and was signed by the Japanese company as a brand ambassador back in 2003 after which he has managed to record 13 wins, all using equipment supplied by Mizuno.

2011 and 2012 was arguably the best period of his career during which, he held on to the position of world number one for a total of 56 weeks, as well as being named PGA Player of the Year and the PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has also earned the title of European Tour Golfer of the Year.

And the new contract with Mizuno is just a testament to what Luke Donald has achieved on a personal level in the golfing circle and has raised the bar for him as well.

Luke Donald didn’t declare his deal extension with his sponsor Mizuno by shooting a funny ad with fellow Mizuno golfer Charles Howell III or at an international press conference. Instead, Luke did it via a small telephone from Florida as he was preparing for the PGA Tour’s thirteenth season.

Speaking of his deal extension, Donald said that he would prefer to stick with what he knows. Luke has been with Mizuno for ten years and he has not been one of the tinker. TO Luke, Mizuno has a kind of family atmosphere. Continue reading “Luke Donald sticks with Mizuno” →

Luke Donald, the world number two golfer, has his sight to secure a place alongside golfer Colin Montgomerie when he will compete in the BMW PGA Championship in May and more importantly, he would like to win it for a 3rd consecutive year.

Apart from Sir Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie, the thirty five year old English golfer is the only player to have successfully defended his title in the history of golfers’ flagship tournament when he snatched the title in a brilliant way in this year.

Now Luke is targeting to hit a magnificent treble from 23rd May to 26th May at the Wentworth Club. This feat was earlier achieved by 8 – time European No. 1 Colin Montgomerie, who won this event three times – in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

In 2011, Luke edged out his fellow countryman golfer Lee Westwood in a play – off. Last year, he successfully defended his title; snatching a 4 – stroke win that again returned him to peak of the list of world golf ranking.

In 2011, Luke Donald topped the money list in the US PGA Tour. He told that the European Tour’s flagship tournament BMW PGA Championship and to win it back to back is really special for him. It would be a huge achievement for him to go there and attempt to do what Colin Montgomerie did. This is a huge tournament on the European Tour schedule; and West Course suits his game quite well.