Two years ago, Donald won the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) event with a 3&2 victory over Germany's Martin Kaymer in the final after the day had started with an inch of snow on Dove Mountain.
The Englishman then went on to enjoy the most
successful year of his career, winning four times and becoming the first player to clinch the
money titles on both sides of the Atlantic after spending much of 2011 as world
number one.
"Obviously I have very fond memories from a couple
of years ago," Donald told reporters at Dove Mountain's Ritz-Carlton Golf
Club on Tuesday. "That was kind of a springboard for what was my best year
out on tour.
"Winning here gave me a huge amount of confidence.
I went on to become No. 1 in the world and won a bunch of tournaments, and a
lot of that was the result of winning here against a great field."
Donald, is now ranked third in the world and has been
drawn to play Germany's Marcel Siem in
the opening round and he smiled when told that chilly conditions, with a chance
of snow showers, had been forecast for Wednesday.
"If it snows, I think we'll be in the
clubhouse," the 35-year-old grinned. "When bad weather is expected,
the thing that gives me a gleam in my eyes is when I hear people worrying about
it, complaining about it.
"As a player, the best approach is to try and
embrace it, just know that it's going to be tough, work your way through it.
It's going to be the same for my opponent. Just keep smiling through that tough
weather.
"It's not going to be easy. This is a very long
golf course and it's going to make it extremely long. But you've just got to go
out there, embrace the conditions and not let it affect your attitude."
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