Fresh off his historic Open Championship victory, Ryan Fox has returned home to New Zealand with the Claret Jug. The Kiwi star says it was important to celebrate with family and friends after becoming the first New Zealander since Bob Charles in 1963 to win golf’s oldest major.
From Alister MacKenzie’s early scepticism to Bob Charles, Michael Campbell and Lydia Ko, Ryan Fox’s Open Championship win is the latest chapter in a century-long story of New Zealand golf.
Nicklaus first saw the most historic course on the planet in 1964, when he finished runner-up behind the late Tony Lema in what was his third Open appearance. He loved it then and he loves it still.