Will Luke Donald Be Able to Regain Top Spot in 2013?

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Published: February 5, 2013

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As I watched the Waste Management Phoenix Open and all of its brilliant sunshine, a couple of things occurred to me.

One, none of the top-six players in this week’s World Golf Rankings were taking part in this birdie-fest at the TPC Scottsdale.

Two, when the best of the best get to the playing portion of their year, we may need to take a step back from that hysteria that has surrounded this century’s duel in the sun between Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods.

As we anxiously await battles between the two who will determine who’ll still be standing at the end of the shortened 2013 season, a guy who's been largely overlooked is someone who deserves some attention in this discussion.

Luke Donald.

You remember Donald, sharp-looking Englishman, went to Northwestern University and was the talk of the game in 2011. He won both the PGA and European Tour money lists as well as winning the Vardon and Mark H. McCormack awards for lowest scoring average and most weeks as the No. 1 player in the world.

Obviously, the man is an elite player, having held the No. 1 ranking in the world for 40 straight weeks between May 2011 and March 2012 when he was at his best. He and McIlroy leap-frogged each other in the standings until Donald sat in the top seat for 10 more weeks. All told, Donald has been the No. 1 player in the world for a total of 55 weeks.

What’s amazing about all of that is that Donald is not anything like Woods or McIlroy, the two golf kingpins at the moment. Power is a dominant presence in each of their games, but it is not nearly as big of a factor in Donald’s.



He has never finished a season on the PGA Tour inside the Top 100 in driving distance. He’s never averaged 290 yards or more on measured drives.

So why in the world would a guy who is consistently 20 yards shorter on drives than the biggest hitters in the game be co...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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