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Oct 23

The world's number one player, Luke Donald was a late entrant into the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic.  He announced his entry via Twitter proposing his goal to win the season long PGA Tour money title.  Already leading the European Tour Money list by $1.8 million over Rory McIlroy, Donald aimed to become the first player ever to win both money titles in the same calender year.

Luke's chances looked slim entering the final round five strokes off the 54-hole lead in 13th place.  At the turn, he was still two strokes behind the current money leader Webb Simpson, but Donald (in FJ ICON MyJoys) pieced together a brilliant back nine to charge up the leaderboard.  He ran in 6 straight birdies on the back nine, including a holed 45 foot putt on the par-3 15th to give himself a two stroke lead.  With pars on his last three holes, Donald finished the tournament at 17 under. He was two strokes clear of the field with several players still on the course.  All of those players; including Simpson, could not match the brilliant back nine of Donald as Simpson finished tied for 6th. 

The win gave Donald his second PGA Tour victory of the year, his 14th top ten of the year, and the season long money race on the PGA Tour.  Donald has five possible starts left on the European Tour for a chance to become the first player ever to win both money titles.

 

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Justinu3 wrote re: Luke Donald Season Long Money Race
on 23 Oct 2011 7:51 PM

Unbelievable charge from Luke!! Great win by him!  

etom628 wrote re: Luke Donald Season Long Money Race
on 24 Oct 2011 12:43 PM

Awesome win for Luke!  Definitely solidifies the reason why he's the world's No. 1 right now!

kab012345 wrote re: Luke Donald Season Long Money Race
on 26 Oct 2011 12:35 AM

Congratulations to him! I bet he is pretty happy right now.

shawks11 wrote re: Luke Donald Wins at Disney and Season Long Money Race
on 26 Oct 2011 9:21 AM

Great win for Luke Donald, six birdies in a row...wow!