Luke Donald of England has won The European Tour Shot of the Month Award for May for the stroke of excellence which helped him to victory in the Madrid Masters.
The 32 year old Ryder Cup player drilled a fairway wood 252 yards to 12 feet and converted the putt for an eagle three at the 16th hole on the final day at Royal Sociedad Hipica Española Club de Campo. That brilliant shot helped Donald to capture his first European Tour title in six years, finishing one shot ahead of Welshman Rhys Davies.
Second place went to another Englishman in Simon Khan, whose 20 foot birdie putt on the final green at Wentworth Club brought him the biggest success of his career in the BMW PGA Championship. Third went to Spain’sAlejandro Cañizares for a fine approach to the par four seventh in the final round of the Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca.
The Shot of the Month is awarded to the Tour Member for the shot judged to be the best played each month on The European Tour International Schedule.
At the end of the season, the winning shot from each month will be nominated for The European Tour Shot of the Year Award.
The monthly winners to date in 2010 have been Martin Kaymer of Germany (January), England’s Ian Poulter (February), Noh Seung-yul of Korea (March) and Lee Westwood of England (April).
