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Golf: 'It's going to be a beat-up' - Ryan Fox on US Open
Ryan Fox of New Zealand lifts the championship trophy after winning the Canadian Open, 2025. Photo: Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire In-form Auckland golfer Ryan Fox is on his way to Pennsylvania for the US Open, hoping to have a bit of fun in the third major of the year. For the second time this season Fox has qualified for a major by winning the week before . The 38-year-old won the Canadian Open in Toronto on Monday (NZT) in a four hole play-off. He became the second New Zealand winner of the tournament following Sir Bob Charles in 1968, and will now be hoping to become the second New Zealander to win the US Open following Michael Campbell in 2005. A month ago Fox won the Myrtle Beach Classic to qualify him for the US PGA Championship. Having never played there, Fox has heard the Oakmont course is going to be challenging. "I've seen enough stuff on social media and talked to a couple of guys that went early this week and it sounds like it's going to be a beat-up, which will be fun." The 2016 U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Photo: Koji Aoki / PHOTOSPORT Fox travelled south to the United States on Monday and was planning on having two practice rounds on the course before the start of the tournament. "I've heard it is a fantastic golf course, it's hard, the greens are tricky and they're going to be running scary fast. From what it looks like the rough is straight hack-out. "It's going to be a little different from [the Canadian Open]. I don't think 18-under is going to be needed. I like that style of golf, maybe not every week, but it is fun to play every now and again and you know that par is a good score." Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania was hosting the US Open for the 10th time, known as being one of the toughest tests in golf. It had the longest par-three in major golf at 275 metres, while the two par-fives were 558 and 577 metres. The last time the US Open was played at Oakmont in 2016, Dustin Johnson won with a four-under par score, with just four players finishing under par. Fox has played the US Open six times, missing the cut three times, with his best result a tie for 41st in 2018. While Fox had won twice in the last month, American world number one Scottie Scheffler had won three of his past four starts and was the favourite for this week's tournament. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
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12-05-2025
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Ryan Fox 'absolutely chuffed' after PGA Tour win
Ryan Fox poses with the trophy after winning the final round of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic 2025 at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 11, 2025 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Photo: AFP / Getty Images / Andy Lyons New Zealand's top male golfer, Ryan Fox, earned a breakthrough win on the PGA Tour yesterday when he chipped in during a playoff hole to win the Myrtle Beach Classic in South Carolina. He became the ninth New Zealander to win on the PGA Tour, joining six time winner Sir Bob Charles, and a long list of one-time winners featuring Frank Nobilo, Phil Tataurangi, Michael Campbell, Danny Lee, John Lister, Grant Waite and Craig Perks. Not only did the win come with a healthy $1.2 million payday, but it also came with qualification for this weekend's PGA Championship - one of the four majors in golf. Fox told Morning Report he was "absolutely chuffed" to be a PGA Tour winner. "Luckily for me, I hit the chip exactly how I wanted to, it landed on the spot and about 10 foot out I kind of thought it was going nowhere else," Fox said. "Obviously, had to dodge a couple of good guys putting after me but was very happy to have some luck go my way in a play off." Fox, whose young family currently lives in the US, said one of the biggest things to come out of his win was some job security. The victory gives him a two-year extension on the PGA Tour and entry to this week's PGA Championship, the second major of the year. "To have two years out on the PGA Tour and no stress about keeping a card for a little while, and some certainty about what we're doing as a family, where we're going to be based - that's huge," Fox said. "... The biggest thing is having job security in the game because we don't get a lot of it." Ryan Fox celebrates with his family after winning the Myrtle Beach Classic in South Carolina. Photo: AFP Fox will play in PGA Championship which starts on Thursday.
