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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