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Urge golf club to close early (5)

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I believe the answer is:

drive

'urge' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'golf club to close early' is the wordplay.
'golf club' becomes 'driver' (type of golf club).
'to close early' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'closing early' mean this).
'driver' with its last letter removed is 'DRIVE'.

(Other definitions for drive that I've seen before include "Motor < car storage space" , "gear" , "long golf shot" , "Urge - herd - road to house" , "Road leading to a house" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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