Mizuno PGA Tour Staffer Luke Donald continued his world domination by capturing the European Money List Title with his third place finish at the Dubai World Championships, completing the first-ever money list sweep on the PGA and European Tour. With four victories worldwide, including The Accenture WGC Match Play Tournament, The European Tour?s flagship BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, the Barclays Scottish Open, as well as the PGA Tour?s Children?s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, Donald completed the most successful season of his career. Donald’s latest accomplishment of winning both Money Titles has generated excellent press throughout the sports and golf media world. Below is some of the press pickup.
GolfWorld Monday
In the week’s edition of GolfWorld Monday, the publication has dedicated the cover to Luke, with a picture of him celebrating sinking a huge putt
late in the Dubai World Championships. They have also published a full page editorial feature on Luke, and his brilliant 2011 season on the golf
course, and how he composed himself down the stretch during one of the most difficult moments in his life, the passing of his father.
Global Golf Post
The Global Golf Post placed Luke on this week’s cover as well, as he was recognized as the publication’s Male Player of the Year. The GGP has
multiple pages of coverage on Luke, including a full recap of his 2011 season, where he was a four-time winner, and had several top five finishes
that earned him nearly 15 million dollars in purse money between the PGA and European Tours. They even printed Luke’s stats between the two Tours, including events, top 3s, top 10s, stroke average, and total earnings. There is also an editorial feature on Luke’s accomplishments from 2011,
and how he is still in search of that first major title, as well as a full recap of the Dubai World Championships, with quotes from Luke on his
performance.
GolfWeek.com and ESPN.com
Both GolfWeek.com and ESPN.com published the Associated Press recap of the Dubai World Championships, with the top story of the event being Luke’s European Money Title win. There are great quotes from Luke on his performance at the event, including how he knew he had the Race to Dubai won on the 13th hole on Sunday.
Here is a link to the story from GolfWeek.com
http://www.golfweek.com/news/
Here is a link to the story from ESPN.com
http://espn.go.com/golf/story/
PGATour.com
The official website of the PGA Tour also has a great recap of Donald’s European Money Title win, and how he bounced back from a slow start in the
Dubai World Championships, trailing the one guy who could take the money title from him, Rory McIlroy, by six shots after the opening round, and
eventually beating him by seven shots in the tournament.
Here is a link to the story from PGATour.com
http://www.pgatour.com/2011/r/
EuropeanTour.com
Finally, the official website of the European Tour has an excellent article on Luke, that is currently on the main carousel on the homepage of
their site. This piece reflects on the 2011 season for Luke, and the important role that his family played in his various victories throughout
the season, the rise to number one, and ultimately the PGA and European Tour Money Titles.
Here is a link to the story from EuropeanTour.com
http://www.europeantour.com/