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• Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin wins first DP World Tour title after fine finish

  Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin produced a stunning approach to the final hole to seal his maiden DP World Tour title in style in the Porsche European Open.

  McKibbin carded a final round of 70 in Hamburg to finish nine under par, two shots ahead of home favourites Marcel Siem and Max Kieffer and France’s Julien Guerrier.

  The 20-year-old, who learned the game at the same club as four-time major winner Rory McIlroy, began the day in a six-way tie for the lead but birdied the fourth, seventh and ninth to move two shots clear.

  Bogeys on the 11th and 13th, coupled with Kieffer’s birdie on the 16th, saw the pair tied at the top of the leaderboard, but McKibbin edged back in front with a birdie on the 15th and set up another on the par-five 18th with a nerveless second shot from 203 yards.

  McKibbin, who graduated from the Challenge Tour last year and was making just his 26th start on the DP World Tour, told Sky Sports: “It’s pretty amazing.

  “It was just nice to go out there and put a really, really nice round together. I always thought I was good enough to win but to prove it today was pretty special.

  “I’ve learned a lot from failures, missing cuts by a shot, missing things very slightly so to take all those things I’ve learned and put them into play today was really nice.

  “It probably won’t sink in until tomorrow but to have my dad here – he comes most weeks – is pretty special. To win in front of him is amazing.”

  Asked about his second shot to the 18th, McKibbin added: “It’s probably one of the best shots I’ve hit.

  “It was sort of tricky and it wasn’t. I was trying to hit just at the right edge of the green and if it turned over I knew the water wasn’t in play because if I turned it over it would have went further.

  “It looked really good on camera I’m sure, but it was an easier shot than laying up and hitting over the water I thought.”

• Rory McIlroy soars to lead on third day of Ohio Memorial

  Rory McIlroy has moved to the lead in the Memorial despite going five holes without hitting a green, finishing the third day tied in first place with Si Woo Kim and David Lipsky at Muirfield Village on Saturday.

  McIlroy did what he had to do while players around him struggled, finishing the day with two under par with four birdies and two bogeys.

  “That’s what happens when conditions are like this,” McIlroy said after the day’s play. “You just have to hang on.

  “I was really happy with how I scored out there, and how I just sort of hung in there for most of the day.”

  The birdies came in good time for McIlroy, picking up three on the last seven holes, and finishing the day with a par, unlike he did on day one, when he hit a triple bogey on the 18th hole.

  “It would mean a ton to me to win this tournament, I’ve played pretty well here over the years without really having a realistic chance to win,” McIlroy said.

  “So to be able to walk up that hill from 18 and get that handshake from Jack (Nicklaus) would be pretty nice.”

  McIlroy, now on six under par, will need to maintain his form into the last day with a log-jam of talent at the top of the leaderboard, with thirteen players separated by just two shots and nine others within three shots.

  Friday’s leader and former Memorial winner, Hideki Matsuyama dropped dramatically in consistency, putting him in tied ninth place.

  Matsuyama had five bogeys during the day and a triple bogey on the 12th hole.

  Englishmen Danny Willet and Matt Fitzpatrick both had solid days with 69 and 70 respectively, finishing tied in 23rd place on two under par.

• Ryan Lue & Jodi Munn-Barrow take early lead in JGA National Senior Trials

  Sixteen-year-old Ryan Lue and Jodi Munn-Barrow are the early leaders at the National Senior Trials which teed off on Friday at the Half Moon Golf Course in St. James. The trials will be used to select Jamaica’s team for the 66th Caribbean Amateur Golf Championship.

  Lue posted two under-par 70 to be the only golfer to post an under-par score at the end of the first round.

  His scorecard showed three birdies on the front nine on holes two, eight and nine for a three under- par 33.

  He then started the back nine positively with a birdie on hole number ten and was four under par at that point but was pegged back by two bogeys on holes fifteen and seventeen, to close the round with a three-stroke lead over Zandre Roye. 

  Roye scored one over par 73 for his second place at the end of the round. 

  Former national golf champion, Sean Morris, was a close third on two over-par 74 but four strokes off the lead. 

  The 2022 national golf champion, Oshae Haye, was not far off on 75. 

  The current national golf champion, William Knibbs, and Dr. Mark Newnham were holding down the fifth spot on four over par 76 each. 

  The top two ladies on the course were closely bunched together and are within one shot of each other. The Jamaica Golf Association president Jodi Munn-Barrow was on nine over par 81 while Mattea Issa was in second place on ten over par 82. 

  "Conditions were very difficult today. A lot of rain has fallen in Montego Bay so the course was extremely wet. While we were playing there was rain so it was very, very hard condition to play under but overall happy with the outcome. Did leave some on the course but look forward to tomorrow" said Munn-Barrow. 

  The other female in the field was Anoushka Khatri who posted 93 for third place. 

  The golfers are set to tee off at 9:30 am Saturday for the second round.