Stellar year for Kiwi trio

Estates in Dubai.

Fresh from his second placing behind Tommy Fleetwood in the Nedbank Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa, Fox is winding down what is arguably the best year of his career in the final DP event of the year.

Mathematically seven players can scoop the order of merit award but the other five – Matt Fitzpatrick, Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry and Adrian Meronk – all need to win or finish second and rely on McIlroy and Fox finishing down the leaderboard.

GETTY IMAGES It has been a blue-sky year for Steven Alker on the Champions Tour, the once battling Kiwi topping the money list ahead of some of the biggest names in the sport.