Luke Donald has seen it all throughout his career in golf.
The Englishman came to America for college, where he won the individual title at the 1999 NCAA Championship while at Northwestern, as well as the Haskins Award as the top men’s college golfer of the year.
Donald then turned professional in 2001 where he tallied his first of five PGA Tour wins at the 2002 Southern Farm Bureau Classic (which was shortened to 54 holes due to weather). He also has seven DP World Tour wins, the first coming at the Scandinavian Masters in 2004. Some of Donald’s biggest victories include the 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in 2011, as well as a pair of BMW PGA Championships in 2011 and 2012.
He became the first player to top both the PGA Tour and DP World Tour money lists in the same year in 2011 and was also named player of the year for both tours. Donald spent 56 weeks ranked as the world’s No. 1 player, and joins fellow countryman Lee Westwood as the only players to achieve the title of world No. 1 without winning a major.
Donald was named as Henrik Stenson’s replacement for the 2023 Ryder Cup matches in Italy after Stenson joined the LIV Golf Invitational Series. The 44-year-old Englishman previously represented Europe in 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2012 and served as a vice captain in the past two Ryder Cups. Donald, who boasts a 10-4-1- record in the competition, is set to be the first Englishman since Nick Faldo in 2008 to captain the Europeans.
Take a scroll through Donald’s career in golf.
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2000: Luke Donald tees off on the second hole, at Saint Andrews in Scotland, 20 July…
2000: Luke Donald tees off on the second hole, at Saint Andrews in Scotland, 20 July 2000, on the first day of the competition of the 2000 British Golf Open. (Photo: Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images)
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2001: Luke Donald sitting on his golf bag posing for a picture during a practice round…
2001: Luke Donald sitting on his golf bag posing for a picture during a practice round before the Reno-Tahoe Open at the Montreux Golf & Country Club in Reno, Nevada.Mandatory Credit: Scott Halleran /Allsport
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2004: Luke Donald of England receives the red jacket from Ernie Els of South Africa after…
2004: Luke Donald of England receives the red jacket from Ernie Els of South Africa after winning The Omega European Masters at Crans-Sur-Sierre Golf Club on September 5, 2004 in Crans Montana, Switzerland.(Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
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2005: Luke Donald of England poses with the winner’s trophy on the 18th green in the…
2005: Luke Donald of England poses with the winner’s trophy on the 18th green in the final round of the Target World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005.
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2010: Caddie John-Paul Fitzgerald, Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy, caddie John McLaren, Graeme McDowell and Luke Donald…
2010: Caddie John-Paul Fitzgerald, Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy, caddie John McLaren, Graeme McDowell and Luke Donald pose with wigs during a practice round prior to the 2010 Ryder Cup. (Photo: Getty Images)
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2012: Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose, Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell, Ben Crane, and Camilo Villegas…
2012: Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose, Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell, Ben Crane, and Camilo Villegas all dressed in 1912 era clothes with clubs pose for the Fore!Kids Foundation 3-hole charity shoot out for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana.
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2012: Luke Donald, right, hugs his caddie, John McLaren, after winning the Transitions Championship golf tournament…
2012: Luke Donald, right, hugs his caddie, John McLaren, after winning the Transitions Championship golf tournament in a playoff Sunday, March 18, 2012, in Palm Harbor, Floria.
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2014: Luke Donald of England walks with his daughters Elle and Sophia Ann during the Par…
2014: Luke Donald of England walks with his daughters Elle and Sophia Ann during the Par 3 Tournament prior to the start of the 2014 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 9, 2014 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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2018: Vice-captain Luke Donald of Europe poses after he sprays champagne as he celebrates after winning…
2018: Vice-captain Luke Donald of Europe poses after he sprays champagne as he celebrates after winning The Ryder Cup following the singles matches of the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National on September 30, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
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