Luke Donald takes top-five finish at the Open Championship
The world number one Luke Donald recorded a one-under par 69 on day four of the British Open and shared the fifth spot on Sunday, July 22, 2012.
Donald missed the cut few weeks ago at the US Open, which was a great disappointment for him, especially when he was the world’s best player on the points table.
This time, he came out of the field proudly, as he made a huge comeback after a disappointing performance last month.
According to him, he learned from his mistakes at the Olympic Club and utilized that experience at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.
“It's a big step forward for me from a few weeks back. I felt a lot more comfortable in terms of my game coming into this week as opposed to the U.S. Open. Sometimes you learn a lot by playing poorly like I did at the U.S. Open 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. I'll come away from here with a lot of confidence,” he added.
The main reason behind Donald’s good performance in the third major event of the year was his consistency throughout the tournament.
Despite the fact that his best score of the tournament was two-under par 68 in the second round, he never scored more than three bogeys in any of the four rounds that he played.
His worst score of the week was one-over par 71 on Saturday, when he recorded two birdies against a double bogey and a bogey.
On Sunday, he parred each of the nine holes on the front nine, prior to bogeying the 10th hole. He then bounced back with a birdie on the very next hole that he played.
He followed the bogey-birdie streak with a bogey-birdie-bogey on the next three holes and recorded a top-five finish.
In the meantime, Adam Scott, who led through most of the final round, faltered during the final moments of the tournament and suffered four bogeys in a row to end the round.
His final score was six-under par against Ernie Els’ seven-under par. Therefore, Els took the trophy home, making his country proud of being the second most major winning nation after the United States.
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