Foxy had an insane round last night. His putter was hot and rewarded him for playing some pretty aggressive golf.
Let’s also not forget Kazuma Kobori. He’s T11 after shooting 3 under last night. Doesn’t hit the ball far but very accurate in to greens and it’s been paying off for him.
Go well lads!
Fox drops a shot on 15th. One off the lead in joint 2nd with 3 tough holes to play. Set for his best ever Majors finish.
Cam Young's club house lead of -9 might be enough to win this.
Fox birdies the 16th to have a share of the lead with 2 to play in the 154th edition of The Open!
Ryan Fox shares the lead with one hole to play.
A birdie on the 18th and he's the champion.
Huge flash backs to his Dad lining up that kick at Lancaster Park to tame the Lions in 1993.
@BerniesCorner said in The Open:
Ryan needs his father's composure now
So proud of him whatever though. What a guy!
One of the great New Zealand sporting moments.
Ryan Fox hits 10 under to win The Open.
The first Kiwi to win the Auld Claret Jug since Bob Charles in 1963.
I love the modesty of his celebrations.
No arrogance about him as you would expect from someone who grew up around All Blacks legends.
Top-notch ready golf, draining that final putt. I have spent more time looking at shorter putts being the difference between shooting 89 and 90. He hit some ballsy shots over the last four days.
That was quite a finish - the way he played 18 will go down in Kiwi sporting legend. He was really unlucky on 15 when he was inches off the perfect line, went into the bunker and ended up under the lip so had to hit out backwards - just dropping one shot was very solid. And he plays so fast, just plays the shots, wonderful
Grab an extra seat on the podium. Fox becomes the fourth Kiwi major winner after Charles, Campbell, and Ko. That's elite company
What an achievement this morning. Not only does Ryan receive the biggest payday of his career he also receives a 5 year exemption into all of the other majors plus automatic exemption into The Open until he turns 55.
He also gets a 5 year exemption on the PGA Tour
@bayimports said in The Open:
500-1 wtf how did I not get on that lol. Well done Foxy!
Some guy did. He had $5 on Foxy to win after Round 1 and came away with $110,000