Many golf fans will now remember Luke Donald as a two-time Ryder Cup-winning captain.

Donald led the European team to victory in Rome two years ago and at Bethpage Black last month.

However, the Englishman was also an incredible player in his prime, spending over a year as the world number one.

His individual game took a backseat while he focused on the Ryder Cup captaincy, but he can now take it seriously again.

Donald has explained whether he still believes he can win tournaments ahead of the DP World Tour India Championship.

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Luke Donald thinks he has ‘a chance to win’ another DP World Tour event

Luke Donald became the highest-ranked golfer in the world four times between 2011 and 2012.

He has five victories on the PGA Tour and seven on the DP World Tour, but the most recent was over 13 years ago

Even though it’s unlikely that he will win another event at 47 years old, Donald has not given up hope yet.

“Yeah, I always still believe in the back of my mind that I can put four rounds together and have a chance to win,” Donald said.

“I think in the last few years, looking at my results, my expectations have definitely changed. But I still like to work at it. I like to see if I can improve.

“I like to put myself in those situations where you have good rounds and you feel those tensions, the energy flowing again, and it’s just nice to kind of experience that.

“Yeah, it’s always going to be hard for me to win. I certainly haven’t put enough time into my game individually in the last six months, especially leading up to New York.

“But yeah, I still feel like there’s some good stuff in there, and you never know, especially around a course like this.

Luke Donald comments on the golf course at the DP World Tour India Championship

Donald has a better chance of winning the DP World Tour India Championship this week than in most other professional events.

That’s because the golf course in New Delhi is shorter and suits his game as an accurate iron player rather than a big hitter.

Donald has been told to be wary of the rough this week because it is more penal than in typical modern golf tournaments.

“Yeah, I think in modern-day golf, you don’t think about course management too much these days. You’re just trying to hit the ball as far as you can and hope you can get as close to the green as you can, and that gives you a better statistical option to make birdies,” he continued.

“Whereas this course, the penalty for missing the fairways… I haven’t been out there, but I’ve been told it’s quite severe. It really makes you think.

“So you’re having to dial back and hit clubs that will give you a better chance to hit the fairways, some long irons, rescues, and less than driver.

“I think it creates a little bit more thought process, a little bit more course management. You’ve got to plot your way around a course like this, and going back to my good days playing, those are the courses I really loved, the Hilton Heads, the places like that.”