May 29 (Reuters) - Factbox on Britain’s Luke Donald who will became world number one on Monday after winning the PGA Championship on Sunday:
* Born Dec. 7, 1977 in Hemel Hempstead, England * Turned professional in 2001. Won the Southern Farm Bureau Classic the following year, becoming the 11th PGA Tour rookie to earn more than $1 million in his first season.
* Won the European Masters and Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour in 2004.
* Member of the victorious European Ryder Cup teams in 2004, 2006 and 2010.
* Won the WGC-World Cup for England in partnership with Paul Casey in 2004.
* Moved into the world top 20 in 2006 and later in the year made the top 10 after winning the Honda Classic.
* Won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February, beating Martin Kaymer 3&2 in the final. It was his third PGA Tour victory but his first in an elite World Golf Championships event.
* Finished tied for fourth at the 2011 US Masters after winning the par-3 tournament at Augusta.
* Beat compatriot Lee Westwood in a playoff at the PGA Championship at Wentworth in May to clinch his seventh title and replace his countryman as world number one.
* Donald is a keen amateur artist who earned a degree in art theory and practice at Northwestern University in the US.
* Born Dec. 7, 1977 in Hemel Hempstead, England * Turned professional in 2001. Won the Southern Farm Bureau Classic the following year, becoming the 11th PGA Tour rookie to earn more than $1 million in his first season.
* Won the European Masters and Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour in 2004.
* Member of the victorious European Ryder Cup teams in 2004, 2006 and 2010.
* Won the WGC-World Cup for England in partnership with Paul Casey in 2004.
* Moved into the world top 20 in 2006 and later in the year made the top 10 after winning the Honda Classic.
* Won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February, beating Martin Kaymer 3&2 in the final. It was his third PGA Tour victory but his first in an elite World Golf Championships event.
* Finished tied for fourth at the 2011 US Masters after winning the par-3 tournament at Augusta.
* Beat compatriot Lee Westwood in a playoff at the PGA Championship at Wentworth in May to clinch his seventh title and replace his countryman as world number one.
* Donald is a keen amateur artist who earned a degree in art theory and practice at Northwestern University in the US.
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