Golf - Former number one Donald in hospital after heart scare

Donald was scheduled to play 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.

(Reuters)

"Well that wasn't quite the finish to my year I had in mind!!" he wrote.

"Had some chest pain last night and into this morning & it kept getting worse. After some medical advice, I had to withdraw & was shipped off to the hospital to get my heart looked at. After 7 hours of tests all looks good with my heart thankfully."

Donald, 39, a four-times European Ryder Cup member, has won 13 times globally. He topped the world rankings for a total of 56 weeks between 2011 and 2012.

(Reporting by Andrew Both in Tokyo; Editing by John O'Brien)