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After the end of WGC-Cadillac Championship, Donald Trump has decided to go for a complete overhaul and the process would begin from Monday onwards. The matter was brought to his notice by none other than the world no. 3 golfer Luke Donald who played pretty wild in the championship. He made double bogey at every day of the championship on the par-four No.18 at Blue Monster. But he is yet to enjoy the benefits and the renovations. And the possibility for a complete change in the No.18 has been turned down b y Donald Trump who said that he would not change it ‘significantly’.

Things are not going quite well for Luke Donald. Recently, he was part of one of the biggest losses at the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson. World no. 37 Scott Piercy, a man who is not that well-known in the golf circuit surprised him with 7&6. Being a winner in this tournament in 2011, Luke was regarded as one of the favorites in the match alongside Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods. The low-profiled Piercy made a shot for six under par 30 and nailed it. Luke Donald said, “Scott played very well, I played just very average.”

It was beyond Luke’s expectation that he would be beaten by Scott. He had just returned from a long winter vacation and before that he had defeated the German Marcel Siem by making two birdies hat earned him the winning points. So he ought to show his fresh skills but it went completely out of hand.

Hence it is quite obvious that after the WGC-Cadillac Championship, he would definitely want to improve upon his skills in every way he can. But it is up to Trump whether he would consider the appeal made by Donald.

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” →