Ryan Fox reveals exactly how he managed to carry the claret jug onto his flight, and what it was really like discussing his win with Cameron Young sitting right in front of him.
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.
Among the flood of congratulatory messages after his Open Championship win, one text from Justin Thomas stood out to Ryan Fox, and it had nothing to do with celebrating.
From Ryan Fox’s remarkable mental game and lightning-fast pace to Bryson DeChambeau’s rules controversy and Cameron Young’s brutal near-miss, here’s everything worth remembering from a wild week at Royal Birkdale.
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.
Hours after Ryan Fox broke his heart on the 72nd hole, Cameron Young found himself sitting right in front of the new Open champion on a flight out of Manchester. Talk about an awkward encounter.
Steve Williams never did watch much golf. While caddieing for Tiger Woods from 1999 until 2011, he was famous within golf circles for flying home to New Zealand when Woods had two weeks off from competition.
Kiwi Ryan Fox will carry the hopes of the entire Australasian region after the Aussie contingent created an unwanted slice of history at the US Open in New York.
Ryan Fox, World No. 44, has withdrawn from the Players Championship after dealing with kidney stones and undergoing surgery, ending his week at TPC Sawgrass prematurely.
In the week leading up to Rory McIlroy’s emotional green jacket victory at Augusta National in April, the Northern Irishman was wearing another green garment—an ancient and sacred stone gifted to him in New Zealand late last year.
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