The very best of New Zealand men’s golf are en route to the BMW Australian PGA Championship with two-time PGA Tour winner Ryan Fox to lead a resurgent Kiwi assault at Royal Queensland Golf Club.
It has been quite the journey for New Zealander Ryan Fox, whose career has played out on its own world tour, defined by victories on several continents in a variety of countries, on tours small and large.
Fox was sixth in strokes gained/approach the green, beating the field average by more than seven shots with his split set of Srixon irons. However it was his 15-degree Srixon ZXi 3-wood that struck the deciding blow.
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Adam Scott may no longer be “Scotty”, but at the PGA Championship on Sunday at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, he showed he’s still part of the conversation.
Alejandro Tosti staged a conspicuous protest against playing partner Min Woo Lee’s pace during the final round of the Texas Children’s Houston Open, deliberately slow-playing Lee at Memorial Park’s 12th hole.
DP World Tour winner Ryan Fox has praised superstar Rory McIlroy for travelling Down Under on a mates trip to play Tara Iti and Te Arai Links, saying the Northern Irishman’s journey puts New Zealand golf “on the map.”
Ryan Fox from New Zealand, Gavin Green from Malaysia, C.T. Pan from Chinese Taipei and Fabrizio Zanotti from Paraguay are all making their third straight appearance in the Olympics, the only male golfers to appear in all three Games since golf was reinstated in 2016.
Unlike previous Olympic golf courses, Le Golf National is very much a known quantity, especially for those in the 60-man field who’ve played the DP World Tour.
At four-over par and in a tie for 25th, Lee is the best of the three Aussies who made the cut, his third round of two-over 72 comprised of five bogeys and three birdies.
Australian Golf Digest
