A British Open victory, it will happen, says Luke Donald
The world number one Luke Donald bounced back strongly from the missed cut at the US Open, with a tied for the fifth position at the British Open last week.
Donald recorded a one-under par 69 in the final round and matched Graeme McDowell’s two-under par tournament score on the leaderboard. He did the same in 2009, when he tied for the fifth place for the first time at The Open Championship at Turnberry.
According to the golf commentators, Donald is a player who fights till the last hole of any event. Therefore, his final day performance at Royal Lytham was not new to many.
"You can learn a lot by playing poorly like I did at the US Open," Donald said, "and not living up to my expectations. I certainly was very anxious and didn't do a good job on the mental side. So this week was a huge improvement in terms of that and I'll
use that going forward".
Donald now believes that he has the ability of winning the Open Championship and plans to do it soon.
On the other hand, his closest rivals in the Official World Golf Rankings, Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood, were listed way down the leaderboard after disappointing performances throughout the tournament.
Westwood tied for the 45th position after carding a two-over par 72 in the final round and McIlroy shared the 60th spot after a three-over par final round score.
Winning The Open Championship at the links course can be the hardest way for Westwood to end his winning drought in the major golf championships. He himself admitted that winning the Open is the hardest among all.
He did get a chance of winning the British Open at Turnberry in 2009, when he failed, thanks to a triple bogey on the final hole of the tournament.
"You certainly need a bit more luck at the Open Championship with the draw," he said. "But that didn't really come into it this week. You just need a few good breaks. Landing in the fairway with the slopes, the difference between ending up in a trap or being
in good shape can be 60 or 70 yards".
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