Luke Donald is to sit out the rest of the year after suffering a heart scare on the eve of the RSM Classic in Georgia, USA.
The 39 year old was admitted to hospital on Thursday, November 16 after complaining of feeling pains in his chest.
Donald was scheduled to play in the PGA Tour’s RSM Classic, but pulled out before the first round in Sea Island, and later used Instagram to post a picture of himself wearing a hospital gown after undergoing a series of tests.
“Well, that wasn’t quite the finish to my year I had in mind!” he wrote on the social media channel. “Had some chest pain last night and into this morning, and it kept getting worse. After some medical advice, I had to withdraw and was shipped off to the hospital to get my heart looked at. After seven hours of tests all looks good with my heart, thankfully.”
Donald subsequently pulled out of his remaining golf commitments for the year, and won’t be competing again until early 2018.
The former world no.1 has slipped down to 125th in the world rankings following a season that has included just two top-10 finishes and nine missed cuts.