{"id":93995,"date":"2025-05-12T00:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T00:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93995\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T00:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T00:19:09","slug":"ryan-fox-bags-first-pga-tour-win-in-three-way-playoff-at-myrtle-beach-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93995\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Fox bags first PGA Tour win in three-way playoff at Myrtle Beach Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a playoff<\/a> against Mackenzie Hughes and Harry Higgs, Fox started<\/a> the 18th hole for the fifth time with a drive that went a shade too far to the left and sat in the rough to leave him plenty of work to do. <\/p>\n

Hughes sprayed his drive further left, but got an incredibly fortunate kick off the trees to land on the fairway, while Higgs laced his drive down the middle. <\/p>\n

Fox<\/a> put his second shot off the edge of the back of the green, but his chip looked good as soon as it left his club. <\/p>\n

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Fox watched it all the way, throwing his arm up in celebration as the ball fell into the cup. <\/p>\n

That put the pressure on Higgs and Hughes, who both missed putts for birdie to hand Fox the title. It\u2019s the first time a Kiwi has won on the PGA Tour since 2015, when Danny Lee won the Greenbrier Classic. <\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I had a pretty similar line in regulation. I knew it didn\u2019t really break much – I felt like I had two pretty good shots to get there, to be honest. I don\u2019t think the drive quite deserved where it ended up \u2013 but it was just hit it down the slope,” he said of his chip to win it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth those guys had makeable chances so I knew I had to give it a go. When it landed and thought this has got a chance, then about six or eight foot out, I thought it was in. I don\u2019t really know what to think right now.\u201d <\/p>\n

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It was a return to form at a venue that Fox has excelled at on the PGA Tour. Last year\u2019s tournament in Myrtle Beach was the catalyst in his turning his year around as he bagged a T4 finish at 15-under-par. <\/p>\n

Early indications were that Fox would again be a contender when it came to the final day as he set the tone with a six-under-par opening round \u2013 getting around without dropping a shot. <\/p>\n

Mixing form through his second and third rounds \u2013 the latter featuring six bogeys and nine birdies \u2013 Fox went into the final round in a tie for fourth and three shots off the lead. <\/p>\n

\"RyanRyan Fox of New Zealand celebrates with the trophy after winning the Myrtle Beach Classic in a playoff. Photo \/ AFP\"RyanRyan Fox reacts after chipping in on the 18th green. Photo \/ Jonathan Bachman \/ Getty Images via AFP<\/p>\n

Chasing his first PGA Tour title, Fox was one-under through nine holes, still three shots back and in a share of ninth. <\/p>\n

His charge towards the top of the leaderboard began when he drove the green at the par-four 10th and his attempt at eagle pulled up just short of the hole, though the birdie moved him one shot closer. <\/p>\n

He picked up another shot at the par-five 13th to move two off the lead, which quickly became just one back when co-leaders Harry Higgs and Mackenzie Hughes both bogeyed the same hole. <\/p>\n

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That left a three-way tie at 14-under between Higgs, Hughes and Kevin Yu. Fox joined them with a birdie on the par five 15th, before he, Hughes and Higgs moved to 15-under soon after \u2013 Fox confidently sinking a seven-foot putt on the par-three 17th. <\/p>\n

Spraying his tee shot on 18 into the right rough, Fox did well to scramble for par to finish five-under for the day, leaving a nervous wait as Hughes had pulled a shot ahead. <\/p>\n

That left a nervous wait for the Kiwi with Higgs (-15) and Hughes (-16) still to play 18, but after Hughes put his tee shot into the trees to the left, things started to look up for Fox. <\/p>\n

It went how he needed it to; Higgs with a par and Hughes with a bogey to force a three-way playoff. <\/p>\n

That gave Fox his opportunity, and true to his form from the week, he rode the rollercoaster to the win. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a tough couple of seasons out here. I just kept my card last year, [and] haven\u2019t had a great start this year so far. I always felt like my game was good enough to compete with the best in the world and I got to show it a bit today. <\/p>\n

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\u201cHopefully, it kickstarts things for the rest of the year for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kiwis who have won on the PGA Tour<\/p>\n

Ryan Fox becomes the ninth New Zealander to win on the PGA Tour. Sir Bob Charles is the only Kiwi to win multiple titles on the tour, with six victories.<\/p>\n

Sir Bob Charles<\/b> <\/p>\n

Houston Classic, 1963<\/p>\n

The Open Championship, 1963<\/p>\n

Tucson Open Invitational, 1965<\/p>\n

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Atlanta Classic, 1967<\/p>\n

Canadian Open, 1968<\/p>\n

Greater Greensboro Open, 1974<\/p>\n

John Lister<\/b> <\/p>\n

Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open, 1976<\/p>\n

Grant Waite <\/b><\/p>\n

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Kemper Open, 1993<\/p>\n

Frank Nobilo<\/b> <\/p>\n

Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic, 1997<\/p>\n

Phil Tataurangi<\/b><\/p>\n

Invensys Classic at Las Vegas, 2002<\/p>\n

Craig Perks<\/b> <\/p>\n

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Players Championship, 2002<\/p>\n

Michael Campbell<\/b><\/p>\n

U.S. Open, 2005<\/p>\n

Danny Lee<\/b> <\/p>\n

Greenbrier Classic, 2015<\/p>\n

Ryan Fox<\/b> <\/p>\n

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Myrtle Beach Classic, 2025<\/p>\n

Christopher Reive<\/b><\/a> joined the Herald sports team in 2017, bringing the same versatility to his coverage as he does to his sports viewing habits.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a playoff against Mackenzie Hughes and Harry Higgs, Fox started the 18th hole for the fifth time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[7747,44227,1425,44230,4923,9382,2826,256,44229,10524,2959,23362,79,44228,15973,16,15,9356,14118],"class_list":{"0":"post-93995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-at","9":"tag-bags","10":"tag-beach","11":"tag-classic","12":"tag-first","13":"tag-fox","14":"tag-golf","15":"tag-in","16":"tag-myrtle","17":"tag-pga","18":"tag-playoff","19":"tag-ryan","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-threeway","22":"tag-tour","23":"tag-uk","24":"tag-united-kingdom","25":"tag-win","26":"tag-winner"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114491999109253125","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}