Ryan Fox (golfer)

Ryan Fox
 Golfer 
Personal information
Born (1987-01-22) 22 January 1987
Auckland, New Zealand[1]
Nationality  New Zealand
Career
Turned professional 2012
Current tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia (joined 2012)
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 DNP
The Open Championship T49: 2015
PGA Championship DNP

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

Fox won the 2014 Western Australian Open[2] and the 2015 Queensland PGA Championship[3] on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Fox began playing on the Challenge Tour in 2015 and won the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in July.[4]

Fox made the cut at the 2015 Open Championship[5] and finished T-49.

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

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-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

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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