Donald seals the deal in Dubai

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Luke Donald has capped his best season yet in professional Left Handed TaylorMade Burner Superfast Fairway Wood
by claiming an elusive money list double on the PGA and European Tours.


England's World No 1 needed at least a top nine finish in the season-ending Dubai World Championship to hold on to the top spot on the Race to Dubai, which he managed to achieve - though in the end it was not even required as his main rival Rory McIlroy needed to win this week to force the issue.

McIlroy closed with a one-under-par 71 to finish just outside the top 10, while Donald shot a six-under-par 66 on Sunday to finish alone in third and secure the money list title - as he did on the other side of the Atlantic back in October when he won the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic by beating his rival Webb Simpson in a thrilling final-round encounter. Left Handed TaylorMade Burner Superfast Fairway Wood


Donald is the first man to officially achieve the double. While Tiger Woods has technically achieved the feat on several occasions, he never played enough in Europe for his winnings to count.

The last six weeks have been an emotional time for Donald - he took time off to be there for the birth of his second daughter and his father passed away only days after she was born.

When he was being interviewed after his round today, tears welled up in his eyes as he was asked what his father would have made of his achievement Left Handed TaylorMade Burner Superfast Fairway Wood


"He would have been very proud and he would just give me a big hug," he said.

"My father hopped into my head quite a few times (over the closing stretch).

"I didn't really look at a leaderboard until the 13th, but didn't see Rory's name and so knew it was mine."

It's been a fantastic year for Donald, made all the more impressive by how unexpected it was. At the start of 2011, he had been without a victory in America since 2006 and his only Left Handed TaylorMade Burner Superfast Fairway Wood
in Europe in the previous six years came at the Madrid Masters.