Helen Williamson and Yusuke Imaizumi will tee off at the Make Time Play 9 final during the New Zealand Open in March. Photos: Supplied.
Said Imaizumi: “I feel a bit like Ryan Fox. The final in England will feature 42 nine-hole players from 21 countries. . .
Ryan Fox has won the 2022 Seve Ballesteros Award after being voted Player of the Year for last season by his fellow professionals on the DP World Tour.
Keith Pelley, chief executive of the DP World Tour, said: "Ryan's form throughout 2022 was nothing short of outstanding. "To have your peers vote for you makes it that extra bit special. So when Keith Pelley told me I was pretty shocked and obviously pretty chuffed as well.
New Zealander Ryan Fox has won the Seve Ballesteros Award after being voted the 2022 Player of the Year by his fellow professionals on the DP World Tour.
The Player of the Year award is named after the late five-times major champion Ballesteros of Spain. to have your peers vote for you makes it that extra bit special." "It's not something that I expected ever in my career.
Ryan Fox has picked up the Seve Ballesteros Award after the New Zealander was chosen by his fellow European Tour pros as their player of the year.
To have your peers vote for you makes it that extra bit special." "It's not something that I expected ever in my career. New Zealander Ryan Fox has won the Seve Ballesteros Award after being voted the 2022 Player of the Year by his fellow professionals on the European Tour.
Past winners include Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els and Colin Montgomerie.
It’s cool to hear the stories from some of the older guys that played with him, but to have my name on the Seve Ballesteros Award, it’s kind of surreal. “Obviously Dunhill Links was a big highlight for me last year, to win around the Home of Golf, it doesn’t really get any better. “Last year I thought I had a chance but a few other guys played pretty well, Rory, Matt, Jon Rahm, especially at the end of the year.
Storms caused the second round to be suspended, with play to resume this afternoon and the tournament to be extended another day.
Weather delays have prevented Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox from building on his solid start to the latest DP World Tour event in Dubai 28 January 2023 Weather delays have prevented Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox from building on his solid start to the latest DP World Tour event in Dubai
Top Kiwi golfer's stunning 2022 capped off by winning the Seve Ballesteros Award after being voted Player of the Year by his fellow pros.
Fox will resume on Saturday in a tie for 22nd, at three-under, while fellow Kiwi Daniel Hillier is at one-under, tied for 59th. An absolute honour to win the Seve Award for 2022. “And I just started to feel more comfortable out there as well. “That was always my Achilles heel,” Fox admitted. And it always seems easier to beat the golf course than it does to beat Rory [McIlroy], for instance.” “It’s a bit surreal,” he said.
Fox enjoyed a career year during 2022, finishing runner-up on the European Tour and climbing to world No. 23.