Donald makes history in Dubai

[Kilroy]

Luke Donald's historic year ended in style Sunday with three straight birdies, 46 bogey-free holes and a sterling six-under 66.

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[Swerve]

Great for Donald but didn't Tiger do this 2007?

[LobWedge]

Great for Donald but didn't Tiger do this 2007?

Uh... no.

[gbower]

Justin Rose was the European Tour money leader in 2007

[Swerve]

hmmm...

2007 pgatour earnings: $10.9M (1st obviously)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_European_Tour

Note that Tiger Woods earned more money in European Tour events in 2007 than any other golfer, but was not a member of the European Tour so is not eligible for the Order of Merit

[goochy]

Wooods has never been a member of the European Tour. His 2007 winnings that were "European Tour" winnings were in the PGA/European Tour co-sanctioned events (The Majors and the WGC events)....7 events in total.

For Donald to be a full time member of both tours with all the playing committments that entails (minimum of 15 events per tour I believe) and then to top the money list is amazing testimony to his consistancy and committment to both tours. He should be applauded its a great feat

[Swerve]

I know, I like Donald, I think its great, hence the with my Tiger comment.

But, we are just talking money, and Tiger has done it a few times. Donald's money - and the minimum events he has to play in - also includes WGC, majors, etc...

Anyways, good for Donald - definitely #1 in the World right now and a pretty dominating year overall (4 wins, a boatload of top 10s, etc...)

[adam]

Its a cool thing for Donald to do for sure. Tiger has done this 7 times (1999-2002 and 2005-2007) but of course has never been a member of the European tour (would have had to play 11-13 events in those years and only played 8-10) so it has never been recognized officially. I would say that the 7 times Tiger accomplished the feat are more impressive than Donald's (from a mathematical standpoint at least) seeing as he played less events.
I do like that Donald played both tours this year and hope to see more of the European stars do this as opposed to strictly playing on the Euro tour so that we can see more of them in regular PGA tour events.

[jvincent]

Given the extra grind of the extra travel required to maintain official status on both tours, who is to say that Tiger would have won as much in those years?

This is just like the Tiger-slam nonsense. Tiger has never won both money titles just like he has never won the Grand Slam.

[DecoyOctopus]

Given the extra grind of the extra travel required to maintain official status on both tours, who is to say that Tiger would have won as much in those years?

This is just like the Tiger-slam nonsense. Tiger has never won both money titles just like he has never won the Grand Slam.

Luke Donald has never won a major so your argument in moot.

[Wilster]

LOL .... gotta love the Tiger fans

Well done Luke , great achievement , but if Tiger was playing in his prime ....

[quinner]

Luke Donald has never won a major so your argument in moot.

What does Luke Donald not winning a major have anything to do with his comment?

[jeffc]

Given the extra grind of the extra travel required to maintain official status on both tours, who is to say that Tiger would have won as much in those years?

This is just like the Tiger-slam nonsense. Tiger has never won both money titles just like he has never won the Grand Slam.

and whose to say he wouldn't have? Not defending things either way but to play fewer tournaments and win more $ than those with a full schedule is a bigger achievement than a few extra trips across the pond on a private jet.

Congrats to Luke on being the first person to officially do it. One of my favourite golfers for sure.

[jvincent]

I'm not saying he wouldn't have either. The point is that he DID NOT win both money titles because he didn't meet the requirements.

He could have gotten sick or injured playing the required extra golf for all we know. After all, we know how fragile Tiger is now.

[Kilroy]

I would have made a hole in one... but I didn't.