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Rory McIlroy has made a last-minute decision to tee it up at the British Masters at Close House next week. 
The four-time Major champion has added the European Tour tournament to his schedule after being eliminated from the FedExCup series, the final of which, the Tour Championship, takes place in Atlanta this week. Playing the two events would have been difficult, given the close scheduling, although Masters champion Sergo Garcia had already committed to playing in both.
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Kent teenager Jacob Kelso won a four-hole play-off to capture the weather-hit English Boys’ County Champion of Champions tournament at Woodhall Spa.
The tournament was reduced to 18 holes after torrential rain flooded the greens on the Hotchkin course, leaving Kelso and Staffordshire’s Ollie Read tied on three under par.
They returned to the course after the rain delay for the sudden-death shootout, up and down the 1st and 18th – and for three holes there was nothing to separat

Anna Nordqvist became the first European player to win a women’s major championship since 2013, after the Swede won a play-off against Brittany Altomare to win the Evian Championship in France.
With matching final rounds of 66, Nordqvist and Altomare came from five strokes behind the overnight leader Moriya Jutanugarn to tie for the lead on nine under par, but it was Nordqvist who triumphed on the par-four 18th. Altomare made a double-bogey, only moments after greens staff had been using s

America’s Clark Dennis secured his first European Senior Tour title as he beat Peter Fowler in a play-off after the third round of the Senior Italian Open was abandoned due to a flooded course.
Dennis and Fowler shared the lead on seven under par after Saturday’s second round, and reached the fourth fairway at Udine Golf Club on Sunday before play was suspended, and then abandoned, due to severe rain and the threat of thunderstorms later in the afternoon.
The pair then went to the 18

Romain Wattel landed his first European Tour title after a dramatic finish at the KLM Open in Spijk.
The Frenchman, who had recorded 25 top-ten finishes in his previous 186 events without tasting victory, was in control for much of the final round at the Dutch venue, but survived a late scare when he missed the green with his approach to the last. He successfully got up and down for par and a closing 69, which gave him a 15 under total.
That was one ahead of fast-finishing Canadian Austin Connel

WINTER IS COMING AT REDLIBBETS GOLF CLUBRedlibbets Golf Course is arguably one of the best playing winter courses in the UK. The grounds are based on 150 acres of undulating woodland situated between Brands Hatch and Bluewater, designed and created by Jonathan Gaunt.
The club offer a range of top class facilities that encompass everything about the game of golf. The course is a fantastic all year round challenge, being built on chalk and sand means no restrictions, no winter greens, no closures

Redlibbets Golf Course is arguably one of the best playing winter courses in the UK. The grounds are based on 150 acres of undulating woodland situated between Brands Hatch and Bluewater, designed and created by Jonathan Gaunt.
The club offer a range of top class facilities that encompass everything about the game of golf. The course is a fantastic all year round challenge, being built on chalk and sand means no restrictions, no winter greens, no closures or alterations – keeping golfers o

Following the conclusion of the third leg of this year’s 2017 FedExCup, there are now just five players left with a chance of lifting golf’s biggest prize – in financial terms.
With Australia’s Marc Leishman taking the spoils at the BMW Championship at Conway Farms, all eyes are turning to East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, where the top five in the FedEx Cup rankings – Jordan Speith, Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Leishman and Jon Rahm – all have a shot at glory

Marc Leishman held off a final-round charge from Justin Rose before completing a wire-to-wire victory at the BMW Championship in Chicago.
The 33-year-old Australian led by five shots after 54 holes. and looked in complete control until his advantage was suddenly cut to two shots when he bogeyed the 13th, shortly after Rose had made his sixth birdie of the day at the same hole.
But the leader got back on track with a birdie at 15, and he then matched Rose’s three at the next and, after

Marc Leishman held off a final-round charge from Justin Rose before completing a wire-to-wire victory at the BMW Championship in Chicago.
The 33-year-old Australian led by five shots after 54 holes. and looked in complete control until his advantage was suddenly cut to two shots when he bogeyed the 13th, shortly after Rose had made his sixth birdie of the day at the same hole.
But the leader got back on track with a birdie at 15, and he then matched Rose’s three at the next and, after

Great Britain & Ireland retained the PGA Cup after defeating USA 16-10 at Foxhills Resort in Surrey.
Victory for the home side marked the first back-to-back win since 1984, and ensured that at least one of the transatlantic team trophies stayed in Europe, following recent defeats in the Ryder, Solheim and Walker Cups
Scotland’s Greig Hutcheon holed the match-winning putt after fellow countryman Chris Currie had halved his match to retain the Llandudno Trophy, while masterminding the tr