Golf: Donald pulls out from Shanghai event

The Englishman conceded that family had to take precedence over the tournament.

SHANGHAI: World number one Luke Donald has pulled out of next week’s HSBC Champions competition in Shanghai to be at his wife’s side for the birth of their second child. The Englishman, bidding to become the first player in history to top the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic, conceded that family had to take precedence over the tournament. “My job is very important but the family out-trumps everything,” said Donald.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 30^th, 2011.