Donald makes flying start

Luke Donald could not manage a single birdie playing with Tiger Woods on Sunday, but he began the Bridgestone world championship with three of them in Akron today.

Joint third in the United States PGA championship after his desperately disappointing closing 74 the 28-year-old, who now leads the European Ryder Cup table, pitched to four feet at the 10th and then holed from eight and 12 feet on the next two.