Welsh golfing ace will be retire from ever again using a chainsaw after being so lucky not to severe his left hand.
Donaldson suffered the injury a week ago cutting down trees on his property and with the good news he will have the stitches removed tomorrow (WED).
Jamie Donaldson lucky not to lose his hand in chainsaw mishap. (Photo – PA wire)
It was first thought the 2014 Ryder Cup winning hero could be out for some weeks but there is news today from his manager he could very well compete in next fortnight’s Dubai Desert Classic.
On Twitter, Donaldson posted a candid photograph of his injury, and said: “So folks in my time off [I] decided to have a fight with a chainsaw and lost!
“Oops!! C u in Dubai.”
In addition to missing the Abu Dhabi championship, which he won in 2013, Donaldson will also miss the Singapore Open while he recovers.
Jamie Donaldson will be back in action in approximately a month
He was ranked among the top 10 golfers in the world in 2015 and was part of the 2014 Ryder Cup team that defeated the United States at Gleneagles, with Donaldson himself winning the decisive winning point.
Donaldson’s chainsaw accident is not dissimilar to that which saw fellow golfer Greg Norman suffer much more serious injuries in 2014.
Greg Norman injured in chainshaw accident – ‘I’m lucky to still have my left hand’
Norman, a two-time winner of The Open, very nearly lost his left hand to the chainsaw.
He tweeted at the time: “Working with a chainsaw ALWAYS be respectful of the unexpected.”
The 40-year-old won the Thailand Golf Championship in December and is thus already qualified to enter the Masters and The Open in 2016.
