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.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner(s)-up12 Nov 2002 Southern Farm Bureau Classic*66-67-68=201–151 stroke Deane Pappas212 Mar 2006Honda Classic72-67-68-69=276–122 strokes Geoff Ogilvy327 Feb 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship3 and 2 Martin Kaymer423 Oct 2011Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic66-71-70-64=271–172 strokes Justin Leonard518 Mar 2012Transitions Championship67-68-70-66=271–13Playoff 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.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12004Buick Invitational John Daly,  Chris RileyDaly won with birdie on first extra hole22011The Heritage Brandt SnedekerLost to par on third extra hole32012Transitions Championship Bae Sang-moon,  Jim Furyk,  Robert GarrigusWon with birdie on first extra hole 

European Tour wins (7)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner(s)-up11 Aug 2004 Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg69-65-69-69=272–165 strokes Peter Hanson25 Sep 2004Omega European Masters67-67-65-66=265–195 strokes Miguel Ángel Jiménez330 May 2010Madrid Masters65-67-68-67=267–211 stroke Rhys Davies427 Feb 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship3 and 2 Martin Kaymer529 May 2011BMW PGA Championship64-72-72-70=278–6Playoff Lee Westwood610 Jul 2011Barclays Scottish Open*67-67-63=197–194 strokes Fredrik Andersson Hed727 May 2012BMW PGA Championship68-68-69-68=273–154 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.YearTournamentOpponentResult12011BMW PGA Championship Lee WestwoodWon with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships
Tournament19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009The MastersDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPT3T42T10CUTT38U.S. OpenDNPDNPDNPT18DNPDNPT57T12CUTWDCUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTCUTDNPCUTCUTCUTT52T35T63DNPT5PGA ChampionshipDNPDNPDNPDNPT23T24T66T3T23DNPT43
Tournament  2010  2011  2012The MastersCUTT4T32U.S. OpenT47T45CUTThe Open ChampionshipT11CUTPGA ChampionshipCUTT8

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

References

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