Donald risks jinx by lifting par-3 title

LUKE DONALD risked carrying a jinx into The Masters at Augusta after winning yesterday’s par-3 contest.

No winner of the eve-of-tournament competition has gone on to win the first major of the season four days later and Donald’s five-under-par 22 on the nine-hole course was too good for the rest.

That was only two outside the record for the fun event, set by Art Wall in 1965 and matched by Gay Brewer eight years later.