Happy with my weekends work in Portugal |
Hi All I’m still down here in Portugal chilling out with Kat after another top 10 and blistering weekend of -10. What a shame Day 1 and 2 didn’t quite get going. My game is in great shape and I am now inside the top 30 on the Race to Dubai and up to 80th in the World Rankings. This week I’ll play no Golf and I would like to thank Paul Quiligotti, a director of my management group Georgia Golf for the use of his villa here in the Algarve for the week, its very kind of him. So Valderrama next week, then home for a bit before the Asia swing....happy days! See you soon |
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Jamie Donaldson Golf Monthly iPad interview |
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Loved the week, shame about the last day |
Hi All, greetings from a rainy Sunningdale, I arrived here late last night following my home Open at the Celtic Manor resort. At the start of the week to be honest I was dreading it. It’s not a place I generally play well. However, this week something changed for me and it was the 2011 season form rolling into the Usk Valley. I played great, struck the ball well and really enjoyed playing with Graeme and Peter. Sadly I fell back on Sunday, just a couple of mistakes and bamm! I was 8th Not to worry I am still confident of winning and I can’t wait for this week in Italy following today at Open Quals. Then its a home for a couple of weeks off...well not really...I’m playing in Corporate Golf days and opening an Academy at Prestbury Golf Club on June 15th. All good stuff and very important particularly the development of young players in our game of Golf. All the best, |
PB at Wentworth! |
Wow!! What a week, the PGA, Seve Friday, Seve Memories to inspire us all, record crowds and I came home -1 to finish T7 my best ever finish in the PGA. The game was in good shape all week and I was a little loose down the stretch on Sunday which is not like me! That said my tour card is secured for next year and I can now concentrate on winning! Thanks to my friends that came to watch and now it's Wales! But before that I'm playing in the US Open Qualifying. Wales is special to me, my home Open and I can't wait to crack on down there....hope you can pop down and watch the golf All the best |
Here we go....the big one...Wentworth |
Hi everybody, It’s that time of the year I and every other Tour Pro loves....the PGA.....it’s incredible. This tournament means so much to us all and as my stable mate Simon Khan showed last year anybody good enough on the day can win this. Yes, the top boys are in town, but golf is game that often turns up the unexpected...all you have to do is give it everything and what else happens is well, just golf. So a big week and my game is good. This week I went to Walton Heath with my great friend Robert Rock for a practice. We played 36 holes in 4.5 hrs ahead of the US Open Qualifying on May 30th. After that its onto my home Open, the Saab Wales Open at Celtic Manor. Another great week and one in which I hope to serve Wales with a great result. So enjoy the golf, enjoy your own golf and get those handicaps down now the greens are growing and rolling! All the best |
Back from the Far East |
Hi All, I’m back, very jetlagged, very very tired but very happy with my game. I made all three cuts in the Far East and finished in the top 25 in all events. I was leading in China at the half way stage after my 11 under par 61 in the second round which was just great fun! Played some great golf but just came up short ....I guess that’s golf! All in all 3 good weeks, but now I need to rest up and get ready for Wentworth in a few weeks. I can’t wait but for now I’m delighted to be back home in Cheshire. See you all at Wentworth! |
Hot weather and High humidity for me ... |
Hi All, I’ve just arrived in KL to prepare for the Maybank Malaysian Open. I can’t wait to get going as I love playing out here in the Far East. I’ve got three tournaments back to back here in KL, then China and then Korea. It’s a stretch that will certainly test my golf and my caddie’s stamina!!... with 35C plus and 90% humidity facing us!! My game is in good shape and I was pleased to take the money of my manager Johnny at Prestbury on Tuesday! This is when my season really starts for me, I hope to deliver a strong set of results and then head back home full of confidence as we start the main European section of the season. I hear the weather is great back home so get out there on the course and get those handicaps down. |
Sicily and Andalucia completed ... |
Well folks I’ve just finished two more tournaments and made the cut in them both with 14th and 23rd finish respectively. Sicily was emotional...not the golf...but the two hour drive to a course and clubhouse in the middle of nowhere. However, what a stunning place Sicily is, a truly beautiful part of Italy and one I thoroughly recommend you travelling too. My golf was solid there with some great golf mixed in. Again I challenged for the title but couldn’t quite bring out my very best and came 14th. I then flew onto Malaga for Miguel Angel Jiminez’s tournament, The Andalucían Open presented by Turkish Airlines. The Parador Golf Club is open to the public to play and is always a good test of golf. The 11th particular as it has a nudist beach behind it! Here I played well again but some silly bogies let me down. I was pleased with my final back 9 of 4 under par but sadly 3 bogies on the front 9 meant I finished 23rd instead of a top 10. I was delighted to see my friend Paul Lawrie win though, what a great guy! So back home now for 10 days to rest and practice before I go off and acclimatise for Malaysia which is promising 35C and 95% humidity....nice!...then onto China and South Korea before coming back to Europe at the end of April. |
Best ever start to a season |
Jamie has made an impressive start to 2011 playing in 4 tournaments recording his best finishes ever in three of those events. He made the cut in all four events in South Africa, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Dubai. He now has returned home and will spend the next few weeks preparing for the three Southern Europe opening events in Sicily and Spain and then its China, Korea and Malaysia.....all go. |
Solid start to 2011 for Jamie |
Jamie flies home to the UK for a short break after completing the JoBurg Open and the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship. He played well in both events and with a 27th and 11th placed finish respectively. This week he has some sponsor commitments and practice before flying out to Qatar for the Qatar Masters and a golf day for Air Energi. He then heads down to Dubai for the Desert Classic, then onto India for the Aventha Masters. |
Jamie Donaldson looks to the year ahead |
Macclesfield’s Jamie Donaldson made the Race to Dubai final after finishing in the top 60 of the Tour rankings... Continue to read the full article on the Manchester Evening News website. |
Very.co.uk become main sponsor for Donaldson |
On line retailer Very.co.uk who sponsor the X Factor are becoming Main Sponsor for Jamie Donaldson in 2011. The agreement covers the use of the hat and promotional days where Jamie will play Golf with key suppliers. As one of the UK’s most prominent brands on line Jamie is delighted to be working with Very. |
Jamie heads to JoBurg to start 2011 |
The 2011 season kicks off for Jamie on January 13th at the Johannesburg Open. From South Africa its two tournaments in the UAE, Qatar and India and then home late February. |
Jamie Donaldson aiming to end season on a high |
Jamie Donaldson believes he has a good chance of competing with the best at the Dubai World Championships. Continue to read the full article on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/9213923.stm |
A message from the Far East |
Wow what a week for me at the Barclays Singapore Open. I finished 6th tied with Ian Poulter and made some huge strides up the Race to Dubai rankings. My management group kindly secured an invite for me and I was relishing the chance to play in this prestigious event. The course was tough for the final 3 days and the weather was unbelievably hot and humid. My caddie Bakes certainly earned his money, it was so so hot. My game is good and I am now in Hong Kong preparing for the UBS Hong Kong Open, I'm raring to go!!. Two more tournaments and I can get back home to Macclesfield....not before some more success on the course, I hope. |
2010....the final push...... |
Jamie has just returned from a much need rest overseas following an exhaustive series of Tournaments. He is rested and relaxed and shortly heads up to Scotland to compete in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. This is a Pro Am format and he hopefully will be playing with one of his Sponsors, Duane Sutherland of Tetra. Jamie is really looking forward to playing with his great pal Duane, good look to them both! Following the Scotland trip Jamie leaves these shores for a staggering and high pressured run off 6 tournaments in 7 weeks across, Europe, the Middle and the Far East. Hopefully, this will end with him playing in Dubai at the World Championship where the top 60 European Tour players battle it out for a massive $7,500,00 prize fund. Following Dubai Jamie then heads back to Cheshire for a well earned rest. |
