Tiger Woods Can’t Forget About Luke Donald in Chase to Unseat Rory McIlroy

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Published: December 10, 2012

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To most golf enthusiasts, the battle for the golfing world's top spot is a two-man race.

On one side of the proverbial ring, we have 14-time major championship victor Tiger Woods, who is considered the all-around favorite at the 2013 Masters. Over the past year, Tiger emitted his usual dominance off the tee and with the long irons, though his short-approach game and putting were notably below average.

Staring Tiger straight in the face is a Northern Irishman who currently sits at World No. 1, and who has won two majors (to Tiger's zero) over the past two seasons while beating his rival heads-up at their infamous Duel at Jinsha Lake earlier this fall.

Of course, we're talking about Rory McIlroy here. And it's understandable why most Tiger fans would believe he's the only obstacle that TW needs to worry about in order to take back the No. 1 ranking.

But wait.

Those who think the fight for links dominance is simply "mano-y-mano" are forgetting someone. There's currently one other golfer who deserves to be in the conversation, and is actually higher than Tiger in the World Rankings at the moment, sitting at the No. 2 spot.

We'll give you a hint.

In 2011, he became the first player to sit atop both the PGA Tour and European Tour money lists, and the first Englishman to win PGA Player of the Year, while also winning the Vardon and Mark H. McCormack awards for lowest scoring average and most weeks at world No. 1.

Here's another hint: he's sponsored by Mizuno and has appeared in these hilarious TV spots.



 

In case that didn't do it for you, we'll spoil it: we're talking about Luke Donald, a short-game specialist that Tiger must also have to go through before regaining his spot as "alpha dog" of the golfing world. 

While Donald's 2012 season wasn't quite as otherworldly as his 2011 campaign, the 11-year PGA veteran still...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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