Luke Donald

Luke Donald

Luke Campbell Donald MBE (born 7 December 1977) is an English professional golfer. He turned pro in 2001. He plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. He is the only player to ever win both money lists on the PGA and European Tours in the same year. This was in 2011. In 2011 he was named the PGA Player of the Year and PGA Tour Player of the Year. He became the first Englishman to win either award. He was also named the European Tour Golfer of the Year.

Donald was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. He went to Northwestern University. His father is Scottish.

His first time as a professional was at the Reno-Tahoe Open on the PGA Tour. He became 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.

Professional wins (13)

PGA Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	2 Nov 2002	Southern Farm Bureau Classic*	66-67-68=201	–15	1 stroke	Deane Pappas
2	12 Mar 2006	Honda Classic	72-67-68-69=276	–12	2 strokes	Geoff Ogilvy
3	27 Feb 2011	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	3 and 2			Martin Kaymer
4	23 Oct 2011	Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic	66-71-70-64=271	–17	2 strokes	Justin Leonard
5	18 Mar 2012	Transitions Championship	67-68-70-66=271	–13	Playoff	Bae Sang-moon, Jim Furyk, Robert Garrigus

* Note: The 2002 Southern Farm Bureau Classic was reduced to 54 holes due to adverse weather conditions.

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2004	Buick Invitational	John Daly, Chris Riley	Daly won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2011	The Heritage	Brandt Snedeker	Lost to par on third extra hole
3	2012	Transitions Championship	Bae Sang-moon, Jim Furyk, Robert Garrigus	Won with birdie on first extra hole

European Tour wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Aug 2004	Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg	69-65-69-69=272	–16	5 strokes	Peter Hanson
2	5 Sep 2004	Omega European Masters	67-67-65-66=265	–19	5 strokes	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
3	30 May 2010	Madrid Masters	65-67-68-67=267	–21	1 stroke	Rhys Davies
4	27 Feb 2011	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	3 and 2			Martin Kaymer
5	29 May 2011	BMW PGA Championship	64-72-72-70=278	–6	Playoff	Lee Westwood
6	10 Jul 2011	Barclays Scottish Open*	67-67-63=197	–19	4 strokes	Fredrik Andersson Hed
7	27 May 2012	BMW PGA Championship	68-68-69-68=273	–15	4 strokes	Paul Lawrie, Justin Rose

* Note: The 2011 Barclays Scottish Open was reduced to 54 holes due to flooding of the course.

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2011	BMW PGA Championship	Lee Westwood	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T3	T42	T10	CUT	T38
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	T18	DNP	DNP	T57	T12	CUT	WD	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	T52	T35	T63	DNP	T5
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T23	T24	T66	T3	T23	DNP	T43

Tournament	2010	2011	2012
The Masters	CUT	T4	T32
U.S. Open	T47	T45	CUT
The Open Championship	T11	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	T8

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = Missed the cut
"T" = Tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Other websites

• Biography Archived 2008-10-02 at the Wayback Machine