Luke Donald

Though Luke Donald has had a pretty firm grip on the No.1 world ranking since last fall, the year’s first World Golf Championships event carries enough points to leave him vulnerable to a coup. Both No.2 Rory McIlroy and No.3 Lee Westwood could...

So how tough is it to pick a winner in the PGA Tour’s annual venture into bracketology? Consider that the WGC Match Play’s past two champions – Luke Donald and Ian Poulter – each missed the cut in their previous start. Form under...

Tiger Woods will take on a WGC Match Play newcomer when he opens against Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano this week at Dove Mountain, with an eye on a couple of potential marquee matches in the second and third rounds. British Open champion...

It once was said the PGA Tour season didn’t really start until everyone hit Florida. Then for a while it was Torrey Pines, when Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson kicked off their seasons there. Now it’s scattered. Mickelson now starts earlier...

Ernie Els will have a bracket line with his name on it at next week’s WGC Match Play Championship – though it comes with a big assist from new Pebble Beach champion Phil Mickelson. Els dropped three spots to 65th in Monday’s newest world...

This morning’s Rory McIlroy-Lee Westwood showdown in the semifinals of the WGC Match Play will give the winner a little extra on the line in the final – a chance to stand atop the world rankings. Both No.2 McIlroy and No.3 Westwood entered the...

The frustrating thing, Paul Casey acknowledged, is that he was taking precautions. “I was wearing a helmet; I was wearing wrist guards,” the English golfer explained. “I was trying to enjoy myself, but do it sensibly and safely.”...

Welcome, Donald Trump and Gil Hanse. The ol’ Blue Monster could use some new teeth. When Doral’s Blue layout first played host to the PGA Tour’s best 50 years ago, they found all they could handle from Dick Wilson’s layout. That...

For plenty of folks, the Transitions Championship is considered the sandwich week of the Florida Swing – preceded by a World Golf Championships event, followed by a week at Arnie’s Place. There’s some good meat in that sandwich, though....

PALM HARBOR – All hail to the world’s once-and-again No.1 golfer, Luke Donald! Remember him? Shortish, well-mannered English chap. Artist with both a wedge and a paintbrush. Money champ on both sides of the Atlantic last year. Yeah, him. How...

Golf’s first major tournament of the year, The Masters, returns to Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 5-8 as the top players in the game compete for the coveted green jacket and a place in golf history. Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald,...

Pop Quiz: How many golfers not named Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson have won the Masters since 2000? Answer: If you said five, I award you a ceremonious golf clap. With that in mind, it stands to reason that any talk about who the favorites are to don...