Donald lands US PGA Tour award

Luke Donald has added the US PGA Tour Player of the Year award to the string of titles he won in 2011.

The World Number One, who on Sunday completed his double of Money List titles on both sides of the Atlantic by winning The Race to Dubai, became the first Englishman to be voted the US PGA Tour’s Player of the Year since the award’s inception in 1990.

The 34 year old finished ahead of Keegan Bradley, Bill Haas, Webb Simpson and Nick Watney in the player poll.

Bradley, who took the US PGA Championship in his first Major appearance, was named US PGA Tour Rookie of the Year ahead of Masters Tournament champion Charl Schwartzel, Chris Kirk, Scott Stallings, Brendan Steele and Jhonattan Vegas.

Donald said: “This is a great honour to cap off what has obviously been an amazing year for me. It’s not easy to be a member of both Tours and do what I’ve done. To be the first is very special, and I think it’s probably my greatest achievement this year.

“I left it up to the players to try and make the right decision. I felt like I deserved it, even though Keegan obviously had a good opportunity and Webb had a great year. I think there were just a few things that separated myself from the other players in terms of the overall consistency, obviously winning the Money List and winning the stroke average. It looks like the players were on my side, and I’m grateful for their support.”