The Open

An NZ punter had $1500 on Foxy at $151 before the start of the tournament. They cashed out after round 2 when Fox was 52nd or whatever, for a measly $200...

@smudge said in The Open:

An NZ punter had $1500 on Foxy at $151 before the start of the tournament. They cashed out after round 2 when Fox was 52nd or whatever, for a measly $200...

Oh, that would make you sick wouldn't it!

Couple of others kept the faith with their $200 and $400 wagers respectively, collecting $30k and $60k.

@1kiwi said in The Open:

@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

Not the best maths I've ever seen

I think Fox drifted to $2001 with some bookmakers after Round 1 or 2, but not $22,001...

It's the largest 36 hole comeback by position in major history.

Incredible. His back 9 was just epic from top to tail. Just grabbed it on the 18th where there had barely been a birdie all week.

What a legend.

So where does this win rank for Kiwi fans?

Gotta be odds on for the supreme Halberg?

well

surprisingly, i am not overly surprised with the Fox win
dont follow the golf that much, but i do watch a particular american comedic-informative sports show regularly
their golf expert (Mark Schlabach ESPN) was asked to nominate the winner in an Open preview
he named three players for the win, and Fox was one of them
said fox's game suited the course, or something like that

mad gamblers on that show, schlabach will hammer them if they didn't get on

@taniwharugby said in The Open:

So where does this win rank for Kiwi fans?

Gotta be odds on for the supreme Halberg?

Even if the ABs win the SA series, Foxy has to be a lock for the supreme award

Just watched the highlights of the final round. Fox had a pretty tough front nine, but that second nine he was ice cold. Shades of Lyds winning Olympic gold. Just showed no fear

Has to be a supreme Halberg in my view.

@JK said in The Open:

Has to be a supreme Halberg in my view.

Hang on, the All Whites drew one of their games at the World Cup. Let's not rule them out.

@JK said in The Open:

Has to be a supreme Halberg in my view.

Without a doubt. Nothing else really comes close that I can think of anyway.

Foxy up to 22 in the men's world rankings

@Smudge said in The Open:

@JK said in The Open:

Has to be a supreme Halberg in my view.

Hang on, the All Whites drew one of their games at the World Cup. Let's not rule them out.

I was listening to the Chipping Forecast podcast this morning, a short one straight after the Open was concluded. They are all big fans of Ryan Fox and they mentioned that a while back, they did a study on the speed of play to see what was a reasonable time to allow - they determined an average speed for each player on the European Tour (DP World Tour?) and Foxy was the fastest at 26 seconds. Andrew Cotter (commentator for his winning putt) was all ready to build up the moment as Foxy came to his final putt (they were frantically trying to work out if the final putt of a major had ever been a birdie to win the whole thing) and he said he had no time to say much as Foxy just walked up to the putt and stroked it in.

Earlier in his round on 9 or 11, he'd had a chip from off the green almost make the putting surface but then rolled back down to his feet. The comments guy was all "take a deep breath, compose yourself" as the ball trickled down the slope. Foxy just walked up to the ball with no delay and played the perfect chip.

Cambo sent this text to Foxy before the final round

Very cool

@kiwimurph

they do a good interview, some dumb ass shit, but some pretty good questions too

grant got some play as well, and granpaw!!!

interesting what he said about his speed of play

reckons it was because he insisted on playing at dads celebrity golf events when he was young

played quick so no one would get the shits with him, and has just kept it going

Where in the sporting achievements of Kiwis does this rank? He's been popping up everywhere

@kirwan globally I think it is a bigger deal than it is probably seen in NZ, although I cant really recall how bigger deal was made of Cambo, as Lydia wouldnt have had as much interest due to it being womens golf.

IMO, it is up there with a RWC win, obviously only 3 others having done this prior to Foxy, in additon, IMO the way he went at it, particularly those final few holes (taking his medicine on the par 3 from the bunker and then going for the win, rather than the playoff) showed a mental strength and self belief up there with the likes of Ko, Carrington, Meads & McCaw etc

It is a great Kiwi achievement and will be a travesty if he doesnt win the supreme Halberg this year.

Surely there is no competition for that! That's cool, thanks for the context, know sweet FA about Golf.

@kirwan said in The Open:

Where in the sporting achievements of Kiwis does this rank? He's been popping up everywhere

It's right up there isn't it? Third Kiwi man to win a major ever? Fourth Kiwi person to win. That's a pretty small number. Google says only 236 men have won at least one major in the history of golf. That's exclusive