Luke Donald says he does not believe in jinxes - and it is a good job.
He went into The Masters at Augusta needing to break one if he is claim his first major title on Sunday and with it complete an unprecedented clean sweep of the majors for European Tour players.
The world number four won the curtain-raising nine-hole par three event last night and since it started in 1960 nobody has ever gone on to be Masters champion four days later.
After scoring a five under par 22 - only two outside the record - to beat Angel Cabrera and Raymond Floyd by one Donald told Press Association Sport: ‘If I believed in jinxes I wouldn't play in it.
‘I see it more as a challenge. Somebody is going to break that record and hopefully it's me.
‘Nobody thought a 63 was possible here until Nick Price did it - and I see it as good preparation. You're holing putts, controlling the spin of your shots.
‘I'm not really superstitious. I played with Tim Clark, who's a former winner of it, and he was asking when I was going to start hitting it in the water.’
