Donald on course to end drought

LUKE DONALD gave himself the chance to end three and a half years without a win by matching the lowest round of his European Tour career in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship yesterday.

Donald followed a 65 at St Andrews with an eight-under-par 64 at Kingsbarns and heads back to the home of golf with a one-stroke lead over Rory McIlroy and Simon Dyson.

The tournament, which has a first prize of more than £485,000, (€529,000) goes into an extra day because no play was possible yesterday because of gale-force winds.