| Ryan Fox | |||||||||
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.jpg) Fox at the 2025Travelers Championship | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Nickname | Foxy | ||||||||
| Born | (1987-01-22)22 January 1987 (age 39) | ||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  New Zealand | ||||||||
| Residence | London, England Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||
| Career | |||||||||
| Turned professional | 2012 | ||||||||
| Current tours | PGA Tour European Tour | ||||||||
| Former tours | PGA Tour of Australasia Challenge Tour OneAsia Tour | ||||||||
| Professional wins | 19 | ||||||||
| Highestranking | 23 (9 October 2022)[2] (as of 8 February 2026) | ||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
| PGA Tour | 2 | ||||||||
| European Tour | 4 | ||||||||
| Asian Tour | 1 | ||||||||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 3 | ||||||||
| Challenge Tour | 2 | ||||||||
| Other | 9 | ||||||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||||||
| Masters Tournament | T26: 2023 | ||||||||
| PGA Championship | T23: 2023 | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | T19: 2025 | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | T16: 2019 | ||||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||||
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Ryan Fox (born 22 January 1987) is a New Zealandprofessional golfer who plays on theEuropean Tour,PGA Tour andPGA Tour of Australasia.
Fox turned professional in 2012, starting on the2012 PGA Tour of Australasia. He had two 4th-place finishes, in theNew Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship and theNew South Wales PGA Championship. He was runner-up in the 2014Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship and later in the year won theWestern Australian Open.[3] In early 2015, he had his second win on the PGA Tour of Australasia, theQueensland PGA Championship.[4]
Fox was joint runner-up in the 2015Maekyung Open in South Korea and later in the year began playing on the2015 Challenge Tour, winning theLe Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in July.[5] He qualified for the2015 Open Championship through final qualifying, made the cut and finished tied for 49th place.[6]
Fox played on the2016 Challenge Tour, winning theTayto Northern Ireland Open as well as being twice a runner-up, and finished 4th in the Order of Merit, earning his card for the2017 European Tour.
In 2017, Fox finished 5th in theHNA Open de France and tied 4th in both theDubai Duty Free Irish Open and theAberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. His finish in the Irish Open gained him an entry into the2017 Open Championship, although he missed the cut. His run of form lifted him in the world top-100 and he received an entry to the2017 PGA Championship when he finished tied for 54th.
Another timely run of Rolex Series form from late May 2018 resulted in a 43rd in theBMW PGA Championship at theWentworth Club, an 8th in theItalian Open and subsequent qualification atWalton Heath for the2018 U.S. Open the following day.
In February 2019, Fox won his first European Tour event, at the co-sanctionedISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth, beatingAdrián Otaegui 3 and 2 in the final. He was the first New Zealander to win on the European Tour in 10 years sinceDanny Lee.
Fox won his second European Tour event in February 2022 at theRas Al Khaimah Classic. He shot 22-under-par for four rounds, beatingRoss Fisher by five shots.[7] In May, Fox finished tied-for-second place at theSoudal Open, two shots behind winnerSam Horsfield.[8] Two weeks later, he was defeated in a playoff byVictor Perez at theDutch Open.[9] In July, Fox finished runner-up at theHorizon Irish Open, three shots behindAdrian Meronk.[10] In October, he won theAlfred Dunhill Links Championship, shooting a final-round 68 to win by one shot ahead ofAlex Norén andCallum Shinkwin.[11] In November, he finished runner-up at theNedbank Golf Challenge, one shot behindTommy Fleetwood.[12] Having recorded 10 Top-10s during the2022 season, Fox found himself lying in second position in the DP World Tour Rankings heading into the final event; theDP World Tour Championship.[13] With a 19th-place finish at the season finale, it was good enough to see Fox maintain his second place in the rankings, finishing only behindRory McIlroy.[14] With his performances across the 2022 European Tour season, he was awarded with theSeve Ballesteros Award.[15]
In May 2023, Fox earned special temporary membership on thePGA Tour.[16] In September 2023, Fox won theBMW PGA Championship atWentworth. He shot a final-round 67, including an up-and-down birdie on the final hole to win by one shot overTyrrell Hatton andAaron Rai. It was also his firstRolex Series title.[17]
In May 2025, Fox won his first PGA Tour event, theOneflight Myrtle Beach Classic, after chipping in for birdie from just outside 50 feet on the first playoff hole to beatMackenzie Hughes andHarry Higgs.[18] One month later, Fox won theRBC Canadian Open with a birdie on the fourth playoff hole to defeatSam Burns.[19]
Fox is the son of formerrugby union playerGrant Fox,[3] and grandson of cricketerMerv Wallace.[20]
On 9 March 2019, Fox married Anneke Ryff onRakino Island in theHauraki Gulf.[21] The couple have two daughters.[22][23]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 May2025 | Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic | −15 (65-70-68-66=269) | Playoff |  Harry Higgs, Mackenzie Hughes |
| 2 | 8 Jun 2025 | RBC Canadian Open | −18 (66-66-64-66=262) | Playoff | Sam Burns |
PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic | Harry Higgs,Mackenzie Hughes | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2025 | RBC Canadian Open | Sam Burns | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole |
| Legend |
|---|
| Rolex Series (1) |
| Other European Tour (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Feb2019 | ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth1 | 3 and 2 |  Adrián Otaegui | |
| 2 | 13 Feb2022 | Ras Al Khaimah Classic | −22 (63-69-65-69=266) | 5 strokes |  Ross Fisher |
| 3 | 2 Oct 2022 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | −15 (66-74-65-68=273) | 1 stroke |  Alex Norén,Callum Shinkwin |
| 4 | 17 Sep2023 | BMW PGA Championship | −18 (69-68-66-67=270) | 1 stroke | Tyrrell Hatton,Aaron Rai |
1Co-sanctioned by theAsian Tour and thePGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018 | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open |  Russell Knox | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2022 | Dutch Open |  Victor Perez | Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Oct2014 | John Hughes/Nexus Risk Services WA Open | −23 (64-66-68-67=265) | 6 strokes |  Stephen Dartnall |
| 2 | 22 Feb2015 | Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship | −17 (72-64-65-62=263) | 1 stroke | Matthew Millar,Cameron Smith |
| 3 | 17 Feb2019 | ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth1 | 3 and 2 | Adrián Otaegui | |
1Co-sanctioned by theEuropean Tour and theAsian Tour
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Jul2015 | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | −14 (62-67-68-73=270) | 1 stroke | Thomas Linard |
| 2 | 31 Jul2016 | Tayto Northern Ireland Open | −19 (66-68-69-62=265) | 4 strokes |  Dominic Foos, Dylan Frittelli,Max Orrin,Bernd Ritthammer |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 May2014 | Ask Metro Muriwai Open | −20 (68-64-67-69=268) | 3 strokes | Kieran Muir |
| 2 | 4 Apr2021 | Clubroom Gulf Harbour Open | −23 (67-70-66-62=265) | 7 strokes | Josh Geary,James Hydes (a) |
| 3 | 11 Apr 2021 | Autex Muriwai Open (2) | −25 (65-66-68-64=263) | 3 strokes | Daniel Hillier |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Jun 2012 | Fiji Open | −15 (66-67-68=201) | 6 strokes | Nick Gillespie, Tomasi Tuivuna |
| 2 | 8 Jul 2012 | Tahiti Open | −23 (66-69-62-68=265) | 1 stroke | Terry Pilkadaris |
| 3 | 9 Jun 2013 | Fiji Open (2) | −20 (67-72-64-65=268) | 9 strokes | Nick Gillespie |
| 4 | 8 Jun 2014 | Tahiti Open (2) | −20 (66-66-67-69=268) | 1 stroke | Kieran Muir |
| 5 | 13 Jun 2020 | Briscoes Wairakei Pro-Am Invitational | −24 (63-66-63=192) | 13 strokes | Gareth Paddison |
| 6 | 22 Apr 2021 | Briscoes Wairakei Pro-Am Invitational (2) | −12 (63-71-70=204) | 1 stroke | Josh Geary |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||
| U.S. Open | T41 | |||
| The Open Championship | T49 | CUT | T39 | |
| PGA Championship | T54 | T27 |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T26 | T38 | |||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | 54 | T23 | 75 | T28 | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | T43 | T56 | T19 | |
| The Open Championship | T16 | NT | T67 | CUT | T52 | T25 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = no tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 18 |
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T27 | CUT | T20 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T67 | T29 | |||||
| Match Play | NT1 | T17 | |||||
| Invitational | |||||||
| Champions | T46 | T30 | NT1 | NT1 | NT1 | ||
1Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.
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