Luke Donald has received good news about the wrist problem which forced him out of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, Arizona.
The fear was that Donald had suffered a recurrence of the injury which led to surgery last year and kept him out of action for five months.
Dr Andrew Weiland, of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, examined Donald on Friday night and determined that the discomfort was limited to the scar tissue, not the tendon repaired last year.
Weiland was pleased that there was minimal swelling in the wrist and believes that treatment with anti-inflammatory medication would allow Donald to resume practising in the next few days and perhaps even play in next week's Honda Classic in Florida.
That is an event Donald won in 2006, and he said: "I'm obviously very pleased with Dr Weiland's diagnosis and while I was disappointed to have to withdraw from the Accenture Match Play Championship, I wanted to make sure I was doing what was best for my long-term health.
"I will consult with him over the coming days and certainly would love to be able to play in the Honda Classic next week, an event that means a great deal to me."
Donald first suffered the injury to the wrist during the final round of the 2008 US Open and was subsequently diagnosed with a subluxation of the Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) tendon.
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