Donald said at the beginning of the week that he felt as the best player in the world and after a roller coaster of four days in the Championship of the PGA at Wentworth, showed.
The party drum for the event on the European tour flagship talked about the quality of the field - the best three players in the world, six of seven up in the world rankings, all the four major champions, the majority of the Ryder Cup team. In the end it became a direct duel between the best two of the world and Donald delivered the decisive blow in a sudden death playoff to topple Lee Westwood.
Donald, 33, became the third English Sir Nick Faldo and Westwood to be number one on the crowned world and 15 in general from that classification were introduced in 1986. However, as Westwood before him, Donald said that the first is flattering but not an objective in itself.
Donald reflects that "obviously it is a special something forever achievement, you remember". "It is something that is going to be a great story when I am an old saying that my grandchildren that once was the best player in the world in golf." It is a bit surreal.
"I am not going to lie, it seems fantastic, but winning is always at the top of the list." Winning is what got me there. A great victory in the Match Play and a great victory here. "I still have much work to do and a lot of titles to pick up."
Donald says that his daughter has helped inspire his rise to number one in the world. Photo: Getty
There will be those who say, as they did with Westwood, which is not worthy of a number one in the world without a major victory. Do but does, for example, a major title in a modest career best player of the feat of being recognized as the most consistent - and therefore to spell, the best - on the planet?
Ultimately, however, older are the currency in which trying to golf courses and unique objective of Donald at the beginning of the year was to fight in all four majors. He was fourth in the Masters and it goes to the US Open in Congress two weeks a high.
It has now finished in the top 10 in 13 of his last 14 events, including nine consecutive win the WGC Match Play title in February and was second in the Match Play World Championship last week.
Its current execution of the form and its greater victoria strokeplay so far must silence the criticisms that dogged previous parts of his career.
Donald, born in Hemel Hempstead and now based in Chicago, made his first mark as a champion collegiate golfer at Northwestern University in the United States in 1999. He played on the victorious side of GB & Ireland Walker Cup and again in 2001 this year before pro.
He won his first event, in the Southern Farm Bureau classic on the PGA Tour in 2002 and added two European titles in 2004. Donald finished third in the Masters in his debut in 2005 and scored another us wins the Honda classic, in 2006. In that same year also came third in the USPGA.
However, he then came set-aside requirement for the success of the title a a spell. Known as "Plod" for his accurate and stable, he had stored life-changing amounts of money (currently over 22 million United States dollars) without more wins - a State of affairs once had unfairly called 'Luke Donald of disease'.
But Donald was develop and build slowly and finally broke the dam when he won the Masters in Madrid 2010, the week after blowing the initiative the 17th in the final round of the PGA at Wentworth. She was third in the Celtic Manor Wales open immediately after, and then played a role protagonist as a wildcard, winning his third CAP in the side of Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie Europe in October 2010. Now not only he won two titles this season, but takes the money charts in America and Europe.
Donald form has coincided with the link up with coach Dave Alred-former guru of star of England's rugby Jonny Wilkinson from performance to complement the work of his coach of 14 years Pat Goss oscillation. The player also said that the birth of his first son Elle last year has been a huge benefit for his life.
"Has been a true blessing to become a father," said Donald. "My golf only has been strengthening." It has given me much more responsibility. I grew up and be a better person.
"Really is an inspiration to me, just watching her grow, acquire new knowledge, adaptation, getting better in what is." That is what I am trying to do in golf, too. Only every day, try to find a way to improve. "She makes every day". International Golf needs care - wife of Donald Diane is waiting for her second child in November.
But in Wentworth saw a different to Donald side, too. No longer the plodder, but it can also won ugly. The opening 64 was impressive. Liabilities 40 Saturday belonged to the freak show. He/she off the tee, spent more time in the trees that Tarzan.
Alred r has helped transform the game of Donald. Photo Getty Images
However, rather than capitulation, Donald was based on the work he has done with Alred perform under pressure - that they try to instill a mindset that sees as inevitable success - and dug deep, pulling the kind of leaks that were the trademark of the late, great Seve Ballesteros, who won five world Matchplays and the title of the PGA at Wentworth.
"After an event, like a bad shot, the most important thing is the next event," preaching Alred.
So block to what had gone before, Donald came in four-32 minors.
"That back nine was crucial to the victory," the BBC golf commentator, said Ken Brown.
"I felt that Seve would have been proud of me," said Donald.
Donald achievement to reach the Summit of the game also shows that not has become golf all about energy. With an average distance of driving on the PGA Tour of 277.7 yards, compared with 316 leader JB Holmes yards, Donald is one of the shorter hitters (156th, in fact).
And, despite the former cartoon, it is not precise as part of his work in Wentworth showed - 33 in precision of driving with 65.38% success of streets. But it has a killer short game and third figure in the scrambling, making par or better despite not reaching the green in regulation.
Donald search for success has seen him even part of the company with Christian brother as his caddie last year, replacing him with experienced bagman John McLaren.
And new high-performance mentality was very apparent in the storm that still are they swirled around Wentworth on changes of the last year in the course of the West. Some moaned that it was too difficult, no more fun and that new look 18th has been misled. Donald only shrugged.
"No matter if you don't like the course, the challenge is to know how to get around in the least amount of shots," he said.
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