Bubba Watson waves to the gallery on the first hole during the final round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson will get to be part of the US Ryder Cup team after all, even though the seventh-ranked star was not selected as a captain’s pick.

US captain Davis Love named Watson an assistant captain on Tuesday, four days before the Americans face holders Europe in the 41st edition of the biennial men’s golf team matches at Hazeltine.

Watson was among the final selections for the last US captain’s selection that was given Sunday to first-time Cup starter Ryan Moore hours after he finished second in a playoff to Rory McIlroy at the Tour Championship.

Love said that just after he told Watson that he was not selecting him to play, Watson volunteered to help the cause in order to be part of the group they hope will win back the trophy after three losses in a row.

“He said, ‘I still want to be a part of this team if you’ll have me,'” Love said of Watson. “We’re still in disbelief. It was an incredible gesture.”

While some critics worried Watson could be a disruptive figure on the US squad, Love said nothing of the sort was true.

“He adds a lot of fun, a different personality,” Love said. “He brings a great heart. We’re thrilled to have him on this team.”

Watson joins a US assistant captain lineup that includes Tiger Woods, two weeks shy of his planned return after more than a year off following back surgery, Jim Furyk, Tom Lehman and Steve Stricker.

“We’ve got quite an interesting group,” Love said. “We felt like we needed some experience. Obviously Bubba rounds that out major championship experience, Ryder Cup experience on our side.”

In three Ryder Cup appearances as a player in 2010, 2012 and 2014, Watson went 3-8, winless in three singles matches and two alternate shot foursomes matches but 3-3 in four-ball.

Love had made a point of telling Watson, who narrowly missed out on an automatic berth, after the first three picks were made early this month that he had one more selection remaining, then gave that to Moore.

“We had a lot of guys that were really close,” Love said. “It was a tough decision. We waited until the last minute to catch a hot player. Ryan week after week was the hottest player since the PGA Championship. He has just been right there at the forefront for us.”

In addition to his battle with McIlroy on Sunday, Moore won last month’s John Deere Classic. Watson won the most recent of his nine US PGA titles, including the 2012 and 2014 Masters, last February at Riviera. nike air max ladies nike air max ladies

Albert Musasia follows his tee shot during the event at Kitale Golf Club.

By DANIELLA APIYO

John Muhanji from Nyanza Golf Club was in an excellent form at the weekend, beating a field of 100 players at the par-73 Kitale Golf Club course to claim top honours in the inaugural Betway tournament.

The handicap 28 player fired a total of 5 under par 68 nett to walk away with the overall title.

The event drew amateur golfers from Nandi Bears Kitale and Nyanza.

Speaking afterwards, Muhanji attributed good luck for his victory. “Sometimes when you wake up on the good side of the bed you just find yourself doing well. Today was one of those days. Furthermore, I played with some jolly players and this encouraged me a lot. It is an honor to have won this tournament and I want to thank Betway for supporting this event,” Muhanji said.

The runners-up honors went to handicap 13 Collins Kebenei of Nandi bears who shot 3 under par 70 nett while home player John Thuo came in third with a score of 2 under par 71 nett.

Thuo beat club mate Jacob Tum (handicap 26) on count back.

Ruth Kae was the lady winner. She collected 76 points to finish ahead of Zainabbu Rutto.

The first nine winners was Patrice Tomno (32points) with Ezekiel Mutai (31 points) claiming second nine honors.

Longest Drive Men honours went to F. Barasa with Zainabbu Rutto winning the ladies longest drive. Neatest to the Pin honors went to Sandhya Shah.

Betway Kenya Chairman Kiprono Kittony urged for a positive attitude towards betting.

“There are many positive aspects of betting and as a company we are sponsoring many sporting events in the country to promote talent,” Kittony said.

Betway Kenya Country Manager Wanja Gikonyo announced during the event that the company has already launched talent search for footballers countrywide.

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