Donald aims to be the raining champ

It was going to be a long day – a really long day – but it began brilliantly for England’s Luke Donald.

When the £4.5m (€6.5m) Players Championship, golf’s richest event, spilled into a fifth day with 33 holes still to play, the 27-year-old from High Wycombe birdied the first of them and led on his own at 12 under par.