"It’s a good feeling, thinking that you’re going to hole everything you look at. And you don’t think it’s ever going to end."

James Corrigan talked to former World No. 1 Luke Donald about hitting a low point before rekindling his fire for the game this winter. (Donald kickstarts his year at the Sony Open coming off another year of falling down the rankings.)

The 38-year-old started struggling when revamping his game in an effort to get longer off the tee, but is entirely back under the supervision of his longtime instructor Pat Goss (where have we heard this before?).

Yet it was the masterful Donald short game that suffered most when trying to change his swing, something current short game wizard Jordan Spieth seems to have learned from, choosing to use the gym as his avenue to more distance. (Though he's never specifically mentioned Donald.)

It was not too long ago that Donald was Spieth, bringing his rivals to their knees with that wand he waved on the greens. “Yeah, it’s a good feeling, thinking that you’re going to hole everything you look at. And you don’t think it’s ever going to end,” Donald said. “But for a good year there, as I focused on getting my swing back to what it was before I started working with Chuck Cook, my short game was not very good at all.

“I need to be one of the best in the world with my short game if I’m going to be successful out here with the way I play golf. But it’s improving and coming back. I’ll get there.”