Sunday, August 31, 2008

Donald has surgery on left wrist, knocking him out for rest of season

Luke Donald has undergone surgery on his left wrist and will miss the remainder of the season, officially ending any hopes of playing on the Ryder Cup team for Europe.

Donald was forced to miss the final two majors of the year. He had surgery Monday in New York to repair a tendon injury in his wrist. He had hoped that rest would allow it to strengthen, but there was little progress.

The 30-year-old from England has played on the last two European Ryder Cup teams and has a 5-1-1 record.

"While there is never a good time for an injury the timing of this was especially disappointing considering it forced me to miss the British Open and it comes in a Ryder Cup year," Donald told the European Tour's official Web site.

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