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Luke Donald Dominates BMW PGA Championship
Luke Donald shot a opening seven-under 64 to thrown decrease the gauntlet in the PGA Championship at Wentworth.Britain's globe quantity two equalled his perfect actually circular about the European Tour on the blustery, damp morning in Surrey and held company to finish the day.He prospects by two shots from 18-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero and Sweden's Johan Edfors.
Another Swede, Oscar Floren, was 4 below following 14 holes when darkness fell to finish his climb up the leaderboard.A 36-minute delay for thunder and lightning throughout the afternoon left a quantity of avid gamers with unfinished rounds with golf clubs for sale.England's Ian Poulter and Ross McGowan, Welshman Bradley Dredge and Spaniard Jose Manuel Lara have been 3 under.
Europe's 2010 Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie also lit up the morning with some vintage playing golf to direct alongside Donald for any spell prior to slipping back again to some two-under 69.Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke, who won the Iberdrola available in Mallorca two days ago, also ended two below alongside Alvaro Quiros, Thomas Levet, Kenneth Ferrie and two-time winner Anders Hansen. Lee Westwood, who could shed his globe quantity a single ranking to Donald or Martin Kaymer this week, carded a one-over 72 even without TaylorMade Burner 2.0 Irons.
The 4 recent leading champions on display have been unable to impress, though, as USPGA winner Kaymer carded 74, US available holder Graeme McDowell shot 75, available champion Louis Oosthuizen took 76 and Masters victor Charl Schwartzel amassed 79. But England's Donald, 33, underlined his pedigree since the type participant in globe playing golf with his perfect rating more than the West Course.
The WGC fit perform champion, who completed next to Poulter from the globe fit perform final week, picked up shots in the fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth and additional additional birdies at 10, 13 and 16 and 17. His only bogey arrived in the 480-yard par-four 12th. "That's possibly among the perfect rounds using TaylorMade R11 Driver I have actually played," mentioned Donald, who led at halfway final 12 months and ended up tied for second, a single shot adrift of winner Simon Khan following double-bogeying the penultimate hole when from the lead.
Donald turned professional in 2001. The following year he won the rain-shortened Southern Farm Bureau Classic - becoming only the 11th rookie in PGA Tour history to earn more than $1 million in his first season.
In 2004 he won the Omega European Masters and the Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour. In the same year he was a member of the victorious European Ryder Cup team and also won the WGC-World Cup for England in partnership with Paul Casey. By early 2005 he was in the top twenty of the Official World Golf Rankings and his win in the 2006 Honda Classic moved him into the top ten for the first time. Soon afterwards he moved up to ninth and in January 2007 he moved up to seventh in the world.
Donald, along with Tom Watson, was one of two players to play with Jack Nicklaus in the final two rounds of golf in his career, at the 2005 Open Championship at Old Course at St Andrews.
Donald won his singles match, 2&1 against Chad Campbell in the 36th Ryder Cup to help ensure Europe win the trophy for a third successive time. Donald took part in three matches and won them all. He also won in the foursomes twice, with Sergio Garca.
Donald has amassed career earnings on the PGA Tour of over $17,000,000, as well as over 7,000,000 on the European Tour.[8] In May 2010, Donald won the Madrid Masters by one shot for his first title in four years.[9] In October 2010, Donald was a member of the European team that won the 2010 Ryder Cup with a one point win over the USA.
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Another Swede, Oscar Floren, was 4 below following 14 holes when darkness fell to finish his climb up the leaderboard.A 36-minute delay for thunder and lightning throughout the afternoon left a quantity of avid gamers with unfinished rounds with golf clubs for sale.England's Ian Poulter and Ross McGowan, Welshman Bradley Dredge and Spaniard Jose Manuel Lara have been 3 under.
Europe's 2010 Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie also lit up the morning with some vintage playing golf to direct alongside Donald for any spell prior to slipping back again to some two-under 69.Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke, who won the Iberdrola available in Mallorca two days ago, also ended two below alongside Alvaro Quiros, Thomas Levet, Kenneth Ferrie and two-time winner Anders Hansen. Lee Westwood, who could shed his globe quantity a single ranking to Donald or Martin Kaymer this week, carded a one-over 72 even without TaylorMade Burner 2.0 Irons.
The 4 recent leading champions on display have been unable to impress, though, as USPGA winner Kaymer carded 74, US available holder Graeme McDowell shot 75, available champion Louis Oosthuizen took 76 and Masters victor Charl Schwartzel amassed 79. But England's Donald, 33, underlined his pedigree since the type participant in globe playing golf with his perfect rating more than the West Course.
The WGC fit perform champion, who completed next to Poulter from the globe fit perform final week, picked up shots in the fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth and additional additional birdies at 10, 13 and 16 and 17. His only bogey arrived in the 480-yard par-four 12th. "That's possibly among the perfect rounds using TaylorMade R11 Driver I have actually played," mentioned Donald, who led at halfway final 12 months and ended up tied for second, a single shot adrift of winner Simon Khan following double-bogeying the penultimate hole when from the lead.
Donald turned professional in 2001. The following year he won the rain-shortened Southern Farm Bureau Classic - becoming only the 11th rookie in PGA Tour history to earn more than $1 million in his first season.
In 2004 he won the Omega European Masters and the Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour. In the same year he was a member of the victorious European Ryder Cup team and also won the WGC-World Cup for England in partnership with Paul Casey. By early 2005 he was in the top twenty of the Official World Golf Rankings and his win in the 2006 Honda Classic moved him into the top ten for the first time. Soon afterwards he moved up to ninth and in January 2007 he moved up to seventh in the world.
Donald, along with Tom Watson, was one of two players to play with Jack Nicklaus in the final two rounds of golf in his career, at the 2005 Open Championship at Old Course at St Andrews.
Donald won his singles match, 2&1 against Chad Campbell in the 36th Ryder Cup to help ensure Europe win the trophy for a third successive time. Donald took part in three matches and won them all. He also won in the foursomes twice, with Sergio Garca.
Donald has amassed career earnings on the PGA Tour of over $17,000,000, as well as over 7,000,000 on the European Tour.[8] In May 2010, Donald won the Madrid Masters by one shot for his first title in four years.[9] In October 2010, Donald was a member of the European team that won the 2010 Ryder Cup with a one point win over the USA.
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