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# Luke Donald takes three weeks off to prepare for Masters
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## While some of his Ryder Cup colleagues, and adversaries, including Tiger
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Woods, headed north to Isleworth for the r&r that is the Tavistock Cup, Luke
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Donald opted instead for family time at Florida Keys.
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![Luke Donald takes three weeks off to be ready for Masters][1]
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On target: Luke Donald finished joint sixth in Doral, saying that four weeks
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on the road has started to catch up with him Photo: REUTERS
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[![Kevin Garside][2]][3]
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By [Kevin Garside][4] 7:19PM GMT 14 Mar 2011
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[Follow Kevin Garside on Twitter][5]
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[Comments][6]
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It is the start of a three-week period of tournament rest for Donald aimed at
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producing a precision return at the Masters on April 7-10. Rest should not be
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confused with down time in a schedule designed to bring Donald to a peak at
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least four times a year.
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The world No3 took 11 weeks off at the end of last year, six of which were
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spent without a club in hand. He returned to claim the first World Golf
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Championship event of the year at Tucson a fortnight ago. He followed that
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with two top-10 finishes at the Honda Classic and on Sunday at the Cadillac at
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Doral.
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Donald went to dinner on Saturday night in second place two shots off the
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lead. Also at the table at the Argentine restaurant was Nick Watney, who
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started the final day on the same 11-under-par score as Donald and converted
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that into the most prized victory of his career.
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Watney shot a five-under 67 to win by two shots. Donald could do no better
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than even par for a share of sixth. Though disappointed, Donald has learned to
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take the broader view, to place outcomes in context. The result, he said, was
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more to do with a body clock designed to deliver on the second weekend of
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April not the second in March.
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"I think four weeks on the road started to catch up on me. It was my best
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finish here. I don't think I have even sniffed a top 10. It's progress. I had
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a chance to win here. I didn't play that great in the end but it's been a good
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run over the last three weeks."
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## Related Articles
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* [Woods drives away poor form][7]
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13 Mar 2011
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* [Donald's 66 puts him in contention][8]
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12 Mar 2011
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* [Ishikawa's thoughts with quake victims][9]
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11 Mar 2011
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* [Woods still caught in eye of the storm][10]
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10 Mar 2011
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* [Westwood paired with Kaymer and Donald][11]
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10 Mar 2011
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* [Woods on the defensive][12]
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09 Mar 2011
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Donald has planed an early reconnaissance at Augusta a week before the Masters
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to plot the course and hone a more aggressive strategy. Concerns over his lack
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of comparative length off the tee were brushed aside over the past month.
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Donald showed at the Accenture Matchplay Championship that he is long enough
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to win. Far more important is the mental muscle required to contest four
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rounds at Augusta.
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"I've got a little bit of time off and then back at it. A good couple of weeks
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and I'll be ready," Donald said.
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Telegraph
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## [The Masters][18]
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* ### [Sport »][19]
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* ### [Kevin Garside »][3]
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* ### [Golf »][20]
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* ### [US Tour »][21]
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External Links
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* ### [PGA][22]
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* ### [Masters][23]
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* ### [Tiger Woods][24]
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In sport
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[![The Masters 2011: after the choke][25] ][26]
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### [After the choke][26]
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[![][27] ][28]
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### [The Masters: final round][28]
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[![The Masters 2011: Rory McIlroy is a carefree dreamer with the golf world at
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his feet][29] ][30]
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