Rory McIlroy has a promise to keep to Ernie Els.
After Els played in the McIlroy-hosted Irish Open last year, Els made McIlroy promise to play in the Els-hosted BMW South African Open.
“I thought I’ll leave him this year, but definitely next year we’ll get him down here, maybe put him up in Cape Town, have a good new year down there, and get him to come and play here,” said Els. “I gave him two years to do his thing, and he’s such a great friend of ours and a great supporter of our charity and stuff like that, and we might not even stop there.