Tommy Fleetwood waited 22 months for a win, and when it came it was big. The Englishman won the richest first-place cheque on the European Tour this week of $2.5m (R36.7m) with his playoff victory in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City on Sunday.

He did so with a final round of 65 including three eagles, and then beat Sweden’s Marcus Kinhult on the first extra hole of a playoff after both finished tied for the lead on 12-under par...

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