First win in 6 years for Luke Donald in Madrid.

It was ecstasy for Luke Donald at the Madrid Masters as he bounced back from his Wentworth disappointment in style.

Donald, who missed out on the BMW PGA Championship by a shot after taking a double bogey seven on the penultimate hole, this time grabbed a brilliant eagle to settle his duel with Welshman Rhys Davies.

Level with three to play, the 32 year old hit a 252 yard fairway wood to 12 feet on the long 16th and with his third eagle of the week - "it's because I'm a big-hitter" he joked - struck the decisive blow.

Davies, already a winner in this his first full season on The European Tour, birdied the hole and still had a chance to force sudden death, but his 20 foot effort on the last was never on the right line.

The victory lifts Donald from 13th to ninth in the Official World Golf Rankings - and that makes it an incredible four English players in the world's top ten just nine years after Lee Westwood was the only one in the top 100.

Donald's last victory was the Honda Classic in America in March 2006 and his last in Europe came in Switzerland in September 2004.

Donald won with a closing 67 to Davies' 68 and with a 21 under par total of 267. It earned him €250,000 but he said: "The money is secondary.

Graeme McDowell put up a great challenge to the leaders when he hit a closing round of 65 to finish in 4th spot on 17 under par,only 4 shots behind the winner.This result takes him to 24th in the Race to Dubai table with a nice cheque for €75,000.

Peter Lawrie missed from 2 feet at the last for a round of 67.He finished in 6th place on -13 and won €45,000.
Damien McGrane got his year back on track when he shared 36th place on 7 under and collected €10,350.In joint 41st place was Shane Lowry and Paul McGinley on -6.They picked up cheques of €8,700.

With the cut coming at -1 it was another missed cut for Gary Murphy who shot 73/73 +2 to miss by 3,and Simon Thornton gave himself a mountain to climb after opening with a 77.He improved by 6 shots with a 71 but was still 5 shots too many.