Donald rides luck into early contention

The lethal combination of good shots and good luck enabled Luke Donald to make a flying start in the €6.5m Players Championship – golf’s richest event - at Sawgrass in Florida today.

First player to tee off at 7am, the 27-year-old from High Wycombe returned a six under par 66 on the course where he missed the halfway cut on his two previous visits.