All twelve of Europe’s triumphant Ryder Cup team responsible for the “Miracle at Medinah” will contest this year’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in their first outing since their historic victory last year. Captain Jose Maria Olazabal will join defending champion Luke Donald and world No. 2 McIlroy as well as Graeme McDowell – who claimed his first PGA Tour title since 2010 at the

Although 2012 was a fantastic year for Luke it was probably not what he would have wanted after 2011, although it contained some particular highlights such as the Ryder Cup. The disappointment in 2012 may have been down too the amount of success he achieved in 2011 which saw Luke win both PGA Tour and European Tour money lists which at the time had never been achieved before. Since then Rory Mcilroy in 2012 now the world number one has managed that same accomplishment going onto also win his second major at the PGA Championship in 2012.

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The Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club in Illinois Chicago is soon to take place starting on the 28th September 2012. It looks set to be an exciting year with 9 out of the 10 players in the world particating in the 2012 Ryder Cup.

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It is to our pleasure to report that for the 10th week running, Luke Donald has remained at the number one spot for the 10th week running.

Despite finishing on the fifth tier last week at the British Open, Donald has managed to secure his top spot for yet another week.

Having held it since May 27, he has held it for a total of 55 weeks in his career, the fifth most all-time; leaving him six weeks short of the total held by the late Seve Ballesteros.

After Ballesteros, Donald must then defeat the amount held by many seasoned golfers including Nick Faldo (97), Greg Norman (331) and Tiger Woods (623).

On a weekly basis, Tiger Woods finds himself in second place with Rory Mcilroy trailing very closely in third.

With the rankings at hand, Luke Donald will now be holding his head up high as he heads to the Bridgestone Invitational of 2012 in August.

Despite missing the cut at the US Open and responding with his highest ever finish at Lythem last week, Luke Donald is now looking to the future with optimistic expectancy and says the his Open Championship moment is still yet to come.

“Sometimes you can learn a lot by playing poorly like I did at the US Open and not living up to my expectations. I certainly was very anxious and didn’t do a good job on the mental side. So this week was a huge improvement in terms of that and I’ll use that going forward.”

The 34-year old stated that although he had played well enough in regards of tee to the green but the pro felt that he lacked the same aurora when it came down to the short play.

“It just came down to the short stick, which usually is a strength of mine. But it’s a different type of surface on these old links courses. Sometimes you just need to get on those runs where it goes in.”

Although not competing in the RBC Canadian Open today, he will indeed be stepping foot onto the green at the Bridgestone Invitational of 2012.

Luke Donald managed to finish this years British Open with a comfortable Tier 5 position whilst throughout the competition, never being closer than six shots of the lead.

Beginning the final round with 10 shots behind leader, Ernie Els, Donald finished the competition with a -1 under 69:

“It was one of those rounds where I did a lot of good things. Unfortunately, I couldn’t quite hole the putts, but I’ll take a lot of positives away from this week. Certainly, I’ll leave this week knowing that my game is definitely good enough to win the majors.”

Though the form seen this weekend at The Open is a massive boost from the past couple of weeks, Donald will not have to wait too long to get back on the green when he plays the World Golf Championship at Firestone, Ohio.

Donald’s failure to win now means that his home country, England, is now sixteen years without a major tournament trophy. With that in mind, Donald will be sure to make amends at the next available opportunity.

Current world number one, Luke Donald completed the first day at The Open with a perhaps less than satisfactory par finish.

Although the finish isn’t the worst in the world, it is however stale when brought with the fact that Australian golfer, Adam Scott, finished the day with a record breaking six shots under par on his scorecard.

The day didn’t finish any better for Donald after hitting his seven-iron approach off the line to bogey the 18th. After only birdieing once on the 3rd and carding 14 straight pars on all the other holes, 18 was indeed a disappointment for the world number one.

“It was one of those days where I felt like I played pretty solid. Obviously that last hole leaves a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth, but it’s still hopefully a round I can build off and an improvement from the last major.”

Indeed, Donald will be looking to improve on this somewhat average performance as he embarks on the second day of one of the most important championships in the world of golf.

Dec 7 1977: Born

Luke Campbell Donald was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire in 1977. He went to school at the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe. He began playing golf with his brother at the age of 10 and won the club champion of Beaconsfield two times, with his first coming at the age of 15.

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On the eve of one of the most prestigious competitions in the golfing world it has been reported that Luke Donald has indeed achieved something that many celebrities around the world have only craved to do – annoy the press; a rare feat by any public person.

After winning the prestigious Golf Writers Trophy, it is reported that Donald, instead of having the speech written for him by his management team, instead chose to write the speech himself. In it is reported that the golfer made one or two rather controversial jokes about the press themselves; the very same people who voted for him to win the award.

Speaking at the Association of Golf Writers’ annual dinner at Royal Lytham, it is  understood that the speech did not go down too well, forcing Donald to explain his actions yesterday:

‘I was just trying to be light-hearted. I’ve no problem with the British press. I get on well with them and was trying to reflect that. It seems some people have got the wrong impression.’

Although this is indeed not the first time that Donald has won the award (having won it previously in 2011), it puts to mind as to whether he shall be winning the award next year. At the minute however, all of this is trivial as our eyes (and his) are now firmly fixed on The Open of 2012.

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