Ryan Fox (golfer)

Ryan Fox
Personal information
Born (1987-01-22) 22 January 1987
Auckland, New Zealand[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb; 15.4 st)
Nationality  New Zealand
Residence London, England;
Auckland, New Zealand
Career
Turned professional 2012
Current tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia 2
Challenge Tour 2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open T41: 2018
The Open Championship T39: 2018
PGA Championship T27: 2018

Ryan Fox (born 22 January 1987) is a New Zealand professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia.

Professional career

Fox turned professional in 2012 and played on the 2012 PGA Tour of Australasia. He had two 4th place finishes, in the New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship and the New South Wales PGA Championship. He was runner-up in the 2014 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship and later in the year won the Western Australian Open.[2] In early 2015, he had his second win on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Queensland PGA Championship.[3]

Fox was joint runner-up in the 2015 Maekyung Open in South Korea and later in the year began playing on the 2015 Challenge Tour, winning the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in July.[4] He qualified for the 2015 Open Championship through final qualifying, made the cut and finished tied for 49th place.[5]

Fox played on the 2016 Challenge Tour, winning the Tayto Northern Ireland Open as well as being twice a runner-up, and finished 4th in the Order of Merit, earning his card for the 2017 European Tour.

In 2017 Fox had a run of success in the important summer Rolex Series events, finishing 5th in the HNA Open de France and tied 4th in both the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. His finish in the Irish Open gained him an entry into the 2017 Open Championship, although he missed the cut. His run of form lifted him in the world top-100 and he received an entry to the 2017 PGA Championship when he finished tied for 54th.

Another timely run of Rolex Series form from late May 2018 resulted in a 43rd in the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club, an 8th in the Italian Open and subsequent qualification at Walton Heath for the 2018 U.S. Open the following day.

Personal life

Fox is the son of former rugby union player Grant Fox,[2] and grandson of cricketer Merv Wallace.[6]

Professional wins (4)

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2018 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Scotland Russell Knox Lost to birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 19 Oct 2014 John Hughes/Nexus Risk Services WA Open Championship –23 (64-66-68-67=265) 6 strokes Australia Stephen Dartnall
2 22 Feb 2015 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship –17 (72-64-65-62=263) 1 stroke Australia Matthew Millar, Australia Cameron Smith

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 26 Jul 2015 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge −14 (62-67-68-73=270) 1 stroke France Thomas Linard
2 31 Jul 2016 Tayto Northern Ireland Open −19 (66-68-69-62=265) 4 strokes Germany Dominic Foos, South Africa Dylan Frittelli,
England Max Orrin, Germany Bernd Ritthammer

Results in major championships

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T41
The Open Championship T49 CUT T39
PGA Championship T54 T27
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ryan Fox". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Fox secures an emphatic victory at WA Open". PGA Australia. 19 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Woodcock, Fred (22 February 2015). "Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox wins Queensland PGA title with back-to-back eagles". Stuff.co.nz.
  4. ↑ "Golf: Fox wins maiden title in France". The New Zealand Herald. 27 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Fox holds nerve to make British Open cut". NZCity. 19 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Jackson, Glenn (7 December 2012). "Fox happy to follow in son's footsteps". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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