All down to short game, says Luke

LUKE DONALD has struck a blow for every golfer who cannot smash the ball out of sight — it does not mean you are doomed to failure these days.

Donald’s victory in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, completed with a win over new world number one Martin Kaymer, offers hope for all those players Tiger Woods calls “plodders”.

The 33-year-old Englishman, now up to third in the world behind Kaymer and Lee Westwood, ranked 177th out of 192 with an average driving distance of 277 yards on the PGA Tour in America last season.