Els prompts Tour review into Final Series

The European Tour has announced a comprehensive review into the Final Series after Ernie Els strongly criticised the demands on players.

Former British Open champion Els was annoyed at the regulation which requires players to compete in two of the first three events to be eligible for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.

The South African did not fulfil that criteria — along with Sergio Garcia and Charl Schwartzel — and was therefore not in Dubai yesterday as European Tour chief executive George O’Grady admitted that the Tour had “underestimated” the amount of golf played by its star names.