Donald drawn with Woods

Luke Donald did not face Tiger Woods on his Ryder Cup debut but he will on his first appearance in the American Express world championship at Mount Juliet in Co Kilkenny on Thursday.

The two have been drawn with South Korean KJ Choi in the first round of the €5.5m event featuring 68 of the golf’s top players – but not world number one Vijay Singh, former Open champions John Daly and Nick Price and the last two Masters champions Phil Mickelson and Mike Weir.