Ryan Fox (golfer)

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

Ryan Fox
Personal information
Born (1987-01-22) 22 January 1987
Auckland, New Zealand[1]
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb; 15.4 st)
Nationality New Zealand
ResidenceLondon, England;
Auckland, New Zealand
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Professional wins10
Highest ranking66 (17 February 2019)[2]
(as of 31 January 2021)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia3
Challenge Tour2
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT27: 2018
U.S. OpenT41: 2018
The Open ChampionshipT16: 2019
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner		2019

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.[3] In early 2015, he had his second win on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Queensland PGA Championship.[4]

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.[5] He qualified for the 2015 Open Championship through final qualifying, made the cut and finished tied for 49th place.[6]

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.

In February 2019, Fox won his first European Tour event, at the co-sanctioned ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth, beating Adrián Otaegui 3 & 2 in the final. He was the first New Zealander to win on the European Tour in 10 years since Danny Lee.

Personal life

Fox is the son of former rugby union player Grant Fox,[3] and grandson of cricketer Merv Wallace.[7]

Professional wins (10)

European Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 17 Feb 2019 ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth1 3 & 2 Adrián Otaegui

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

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

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)
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 Stephen Dartnall
2 22 Feb 2015 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship −17 (72-64-65-62=263) 1 stroke Matthew Millar, Cameron Smith
3 17 Feb 2019 ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth1 3 & 2 Adrián Otaegui

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour

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 Thomas Linard
2 31 Jul 2016 Tayto Northern Ireland Open −19 (66-68-69-62=265) 4 strokes Dominic Foos, Dylan Frittelli,
Max Orrin, Bernd Ritthammer

Charles Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 4 May 2014 Ask Metro Muriwai Open −20 (68-64-67-69=268) 3 strokes Kieran Muir

Other wins (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 11 Jun 2012 Fiji Open −15 (201) 6 strokes Nick Gillespie, Tomasi Tuivuna
2 8 Jul 2012 Tahiti Open −23 (66-69-62-68=265) 1 stroke Terry Pilkadaris
3 9 Jun 2013 Fiji Open (2) −20 (268) 9 strokes Nick Gillespie
4 8 Jun 2014 Tahiti Open (2) −20 (66-66-67-69=268) 1 stroke Kieran Muir

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T41
The Open Championship T49 CUT T39
PGA Championship T54 T27
Tournament 20192020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship T16 NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2017201820192020
Championship T67 T29
Match Play NT1
Invitational
Champions T46 T30 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Ryan Fox". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. "Week 7 2019 Ending 17 Feb 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. "Fox secures an emphatic victory at WA Open". PGA Australia. 19 October 2014.
  4. Woodcock, Fred (22 February 2015). "Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox wins Queensland PGA title with back-to-back eagles". Stuff.co.nz.
  5. "Golf: Fox wins maiden title in France". The New Zealand Herald. 27 July 2015.
  6. "Fox holds nerve to make British Open cut". NZCity. 19 July 2015.
  7. Jackson, Glenn (7 December 2012). "Fox happy to follow in son's footsteps". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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