Donald back on top of the world

Luke Donald reclaimed the world number one ranking from Rory McIlroy by successfully defending his BMW PGA Championship title at Wentworth as Ireland’s Peter Lawrie landed his second biggest payday in golf.

Needing a top-eight finish to leapfrog McIlroy, who missed the cut here on Friday, third-round leader Donald bounced back from an early bogey yesterday to pull clear of nearest rival Justin Rose and win by four strokes at 15 under par thanks to a final-round, four-under 68.

Having beaten Lee Westwood in a play-off 12 months ago to initially climb to number one, Donald retained a title for the first time and was understandably delighted.