Ryder Cup star admits hes had sleepless nights | Golf News

Luke Donald has returned to aggressive play after his captaincy duties, but admits he is experiencing stressed nights stuffed with goals about Europe’s triumph in New York.

Donald is competing in India for the first time in his profession at the DP World India Championship, revealing that shifting his focus away from the Ryder Cup victory has confirmed difficult. Donald led Team Europe to a slim victory at Bethpage Black, having stormed into the lead early only for the U.S. to put together an unsuccessful comeback attempt.

“The captaincy really does — the lead-up to the Ryder Cup, you’re spending five or six weeks just thinking about all kinds of different things, partnerships, pairings, the golf course, the gifting. There’s just so much that goes into it that your mind is kind of clogged.

“I’ve had many nights where I’ve woken up with Ryder Cup goals and issues where I had forgotten my radio one evening and there’s still one recreation out on the course and I used to be panicking and I used to be making an attempt to get to the sport. Just issues like that. It just takes a little bit of time for you to settle down,” Donald explained. “I feel really coming right here, enjoying a event will really help. It will get my thoughts more back on what I need to do this week.

“It’s a fun problem to have after a win in the Ryder Cup, but I’m excited to get back to playing.”, reviews the Mirror US.

While Donald has never captured a major championship, he did obtain the top of world rankings. He first reached World No. 1 in May 2011, defeating Lee Westwood in a playoff to declare the BMW PGA Championship. “Obviously I worked very hard in my career to try and win majors. Again, I came very close quite a few times, many top 10s and had some chances but never got it done. Yeah, certainly disappointing.

“Also to give you the chance to say that I used to be one of the best golfers — the best golfer in the world for over a 12 months — I feel being World No. 1 there’s an quantity of consistency needed to get there.

“It’s a body of work for two or three years of really consistent results, and I think yes, disappointed not to have won a major, but to get to World No. 1, that’s a high level of consistency, and I think a lot of players value consistency as well. Certainly it’s something I’m very proud of,” said Donald.

When questioned about whether or not he is moved past the part in his profession where he genuinely cares about securing victories, Donald responded candidly.

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“Yeah, I always still believe in the back of my mind that I can put four rounds together and have a chance to win. I think in the last few years, looking at my results, my expectations have definitely changed. But I still like to work at it. I like to see if I can improve,” said Donald.

Donald boasts 5 victories on the PGA Tour, and admits that he hasn’t devoted as a lot effort as he would have most popular due to his demanding Ryder Cup commitments. “Yeah, it’s always going to be hard for me to win. I certainly haven’t put enough time individually in my game in the last six months, especially leading up to New York. But yeah, I still feel like there’s some good stuff in there, and you never know, especially around a course like this,” Donald admitted.