Ernie Els was presented with his Race to Dubai Golfer of the Month Award on the first tee at Wentworth Club ahead of his BMW PGA Championship Pro-Am.
European Tour Chief Executive George O’Grady joined Els and his Pro-Am partners John Magnier, JP McManus and Johann Rupert on the first tee to present the South African with a jeroboam of Moët & Chandon champagne and an engraved alms dish in recognition of his achievement
Els won The Race to Dubai Golfer of the Month for March following his back-to-back victories in the WGC – CA Championship on The European Tour and the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard on the US PGA Tour.
Those back to back victories ended two years without a win in superb style, with his WGC victory ensuring he became The European Tour's all-time leading money winner.
Els’s four shot win over his fellow South African Charl Schwartzel at Doral was the 63rd of his professional career and moved him back into the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking. It did not take long for him to add title number 64 to his CV, just 14 days in fact, as he strode to a two shot win over Edoardo Molinari and Kevin Na at Bay Hill to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
“I’m delighted and honoured to have won The Race to Dubai Golfer of the Month,” said Els. “It has been too long since I last won this award and it is a great indication of how well I played to win the events at Doral and Bay Hill. Those two wins were definitely special and it was an amazing feeling.”
