Multimillionaires Bounce Back! Luke Wins, Answers "Critics"
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I learned something new with Luke Donald's shocking come-from-behind win at the final tour event of the year to capture the money title and most likely, various other awards: he has critics.
Seemingly buried after a bogey at the eighth hole left him five shots back and tied for 10th place, Donald birdied the first six holes of the back nine in the most crystalline, crisp display of clutch play in his career, finishing with an 8-under 64 that represented the lowest closing round of the season by an eventual winner.
"This was a dream year," said Donald, 34, who has four worldwide wins, two on the PGA Tour. "I think I answered a lot of critics' questions."
Lorne Rubenstein called Donald's stunning come-from-behind birdie explosion Zenyatta-like.
There’s nothing more satisfying for a tour golfer—or any golfer, for that matter—than hitting the right shots under pressure. It’s called “getting the job done,” and that’s precisely what Luke Donald did in tearing through the field down the stretch Sunday like Secretariat and Zenyatta in their tremendous careers on the track.
Donald hit the jets and the afterburners when that’s exactly what he needed to do. He birdied the 10th through 15th holes as he shot eight-under-par 64 and won not only the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., but also the PGA Tour’s money list. He came into the tournament the number-one ranked player in the world and he exits winning the money list on the PGA Tour and it’s likely, although not certain, that he’ll do the same on the European Tour. Nobody has ever done that.
