Ryan Fox has capped off a remarkable past 12 months by receiving the Seve Ballesteros Award, after being voted the DP World Tour’s Player of the Year for 2022.
It was a banner year for Fox, with wins at the Ras al Khaimah Classic and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, nine top-10 finishes and a career-high ranking of No 23 in the world.
In with a chance of claiming overall first place on the tour in its final event in Dubai, a 19th-paced finish at Jumeirah Golf Estates saw Fox finish the season second in the rankings behind world No 1 Rory McIlroy.
Despite the runner-up status, he was still voted by his peers on the DP World Tour as their player of the year, the 36-year-old becoming the first New Zealander to win the prestigious award since Michael Campbell received the honour in 2005.
Past winners include McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Colin Montgomerie, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo and Ballesteros.