McIlroy’s stroll to money list double stuns dethroned Donald

Luke Donald was widely applauded a year ago in becoming the first player in a season to be number one in both Europe and the US but he’s now in absolute awe at the ease Rory McIlroy is repeating the effort this year.

This time last year, Donald went to Disney World in Florida to wrap-up the final event of the PGA Tour season to become the US No 1 before travelling to the UAE to finish third in the Dubai World Championship and earn a historic European and PGA double.

But with McIlroy having already matched Donald, it is the quietly-spoken Englishman singing the praise of his 23-year-old colleague.