{"id":1234,"date":"2006-03-12T22:06:21","date_gmt":"2006-03-13T03:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/donald_and_sorenstam_each_seal_the_deal\/"},"modified":"2006-03-12T22:06:21","modified_gmt":"2006-03-13T03:06:21","slug":"donald_and_sorenstam_each_seal_the_deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/pga\/donald_and_sorenstam_each_seal_the_deal","title":{"rendered":"Donald and Sorenstam Each Seal the Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/pga\/donald_pump.jpg\" title=\"Luke Donald\" alt=\"Luke Donald\" class=\"bordered\" \/>Luke Donald won his first PGA Tour event after only three rounds, thanks to two days of rain showers. Now he&#8217;s doubled both his career PGA victories and added to the number of rounds it took to win each of them. The Blonde Briton shot a final-round 69 (-3) with a clutch birdie on the 72nd after he stuck his approach to four feet and increased his lead to two. Donald believes this is just one step toward his goal, &#8220;I think it&#8217;s definitely a step in the right direction. Anytime you can win, especially out here on the PGA Tour, it&#8217;s a huge boost of confidence. Hopefully this will just keep the momentum going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Donald&#8217;s 72-67-68-69 was good enough to hold off Australian Geoff Ogilvy by a two-stroke margin. Ogilvy, who carded 15 birdies, three eagles, and one double-eagle, played three rounds of excellent golf, but brought home four bogies in the final round to finish outright in second place.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nDonald&#8217;s win marks the first time an Englishman has won on the PGA Tour since Lee Westwood (1998) and it has bumped him from 31st to sixth on the money list. He joins Padraig Harrington (defending champion) as one of sixth foreign winners of this event. The two are also similar in the way they went about winning the event. Harrington flew under the radar for most of the week on the way to his victory only to explode in the final round with a stellar 7-under performace. Likewise, Donald got off to a slow start on Thursday shooting an even-par 72 and finished the day five off the lead. However, he got right back on track scoring a 67 the next day &#8211; with a round featuring six birdies and an eagle. He finished the weekend strong with a two-day combined total of ten birdies and only three bogies. Luke felt he played well &#8211; saying: &#8220;I was pretty proud of the way I finished today and finished the job off&hellip; I held it together.&#8221; This victory ensures that Donald will have full exemption on the PGA Tour for a solid two more years.<\/p>\n<pre>Pos  Player           R1   R2   R3   R4    Tot\n1    Luke Donald      72   67   68   69    276\n2    Geoff Ogilvy     67   71   71   69    278\nT3   David Toms       67   67   76   69    279\nT3   Billy Mayfair    68   67   72   72    279\n5    Tom Pernice      74   71   67   68    280\n6    Dudley Hart      69   72   71   69    281\nT7   Stephen Ames     70   69   75   68    282\nT7   Frank Lickliter  71   70   70   71    282<\/pre>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/archives\/imgs\/lpga\/sorenstam_pump.jpg\" title=\"Annika Sorenstam\" alt=\"Annika Sorenstam\" class=\"bordered\" \/>Female Phenom Annika Sorenstam chalks up another victory on the LPGA Tour after successfully defending her victory at the MasterCard Classic. She held off Helen Alfredsson, Seon Hwa Lee, and <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=1855\" title=\"Natalie Gulbis\" alt=\"Natalie Gulbis\">Natalie Gulbis<\/a>, finishing her final round at two under par. She was the wire-to-wire winner, but needed her patented Sunday onslaught to ensure victory. She said she owed her W to several pressure shots she executed well: &#8220;I really pulled out some clutch shots when I needed to. That is why I love doing this. Coming down the stretch and hitting those shots, there is nothing better.&#8221; This win catapulted Sorenstam to third on the money list after only one event.<\/p>\n<pre>Pos Player              R4   Tot\n1   Annika Sorenstam    -2   -8\nT2  Helen Alfredsson    -5   -7\nT2  Seon Hwa Lee        -2   -7\nT4  Natalie Gulbis      -6   -6\nT4  Paula Creamer        E   -6<\/pre>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">Photo Credits: &copy; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pga.com\/news\/tours\/pga-tour\/honda031206.cfm?rss\" alt=\"PGA\" title=\"PGA\" class=\"external external_icon\">PGA<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/2002\/20020708\/sports.htm\" alt=\"The Tribune\" title=\"The Tribune\" class=\"external external_icon\">The Tribune<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald now owns his first four-round PGA victory and Sorenstam defends her title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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