The Open review: Ryan Fox is the Champion Golfer of the Year!
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He's finally done it. Rory's Grand Slam is complete. Champion golfer of the year, Ryan Fox. He retained the right of gap in the most dramatic afternoon here in the De Gap.
Hello and welcome to the Sky Sports Golf Podcast brought to you by Callaway. What an extraordinary Open Championship for so many reasons which we're going to get into. It is the morning after the night before. Delighted to say I'm joined by our very own Wayne Riley and Ewan Murray to reflect on the week and all the wonderful storylines. Those of you watching the podcast today can see that I'm wearing all black in honour of New Zealand's Third major champion and what an incredibly popular winner he is. Ewan, I'll come to you first. Just your reflections on Ryan Fox.
Well, first of all, it couldn't happen to announce a human being. Wonderful man, loved by all his peers, both in the United States on the PGA Tour and also on the DP World Tour. It was an astonishing finish when you think there was only four birdies on that 18th when he came onto the tee yesterday and he hit two shots that you can only dream about. Yeah. And then you have the dream after that, this for the Open. Brilliant. I wouldn't think there's anyone anywhere disappointed that he's not the Open champion this morning.
It's just extraordinary. And, you know, Radar, you had the honour of following him all the way around yesterday. And he just, he stayed in it, he stayed in it, he stayed in it. And then those last six holes, four birdies in his last six holes. And there could have been another birdie at the 17th. Just from that tee shot at 13 onwards, how impressive was it?
Yeah, great question. I mean, actually, the up and down at 12 out of that cavernous bunker short right was incredible to keep him in it. I thought he was gone. I really did. I thought out of my group, Burns and him, I thought Burns might be the one to propel himself forward. But the tee shot, obviously, he stood on the 13th tee. One day I will ask him. not in the too distant future, but he took it on. Yeah. And most players were laying back and hitting a six or five ironing there and just being happy with a four. And why wouldn't you be just happy with a four? But to drive it down there, and we had a chat going down that fairway. He came over to me, he says, did the commentary box have a go at me for hitting driver off that tee?
I said, what's that got to do with the price of fish? I mean, you just, and he wedged it on there to 20 feet. And he said, I said, well, just get it done. And this is what happened. And he said, I'm trying, right? I'm trying. He was clearly nervous. He says, it's hard enough to win any golf tournament.
Yeah.
than to win a major. I've never been in contention in a major before. And I looked at him and said, well, neither have I. And we actually had a laugh about it and binned it. And that was the turning point. And it's amazing right now that we look at 13 when Spieth won last time, turning point. This year, turning point. So 13, unlucky 13? I don't think so.
The up and down from that wispy lie at 14 was crucial as well, Ewan. And then at 15, I mean, how extraordinary unlucky to end up where he did after that tee shot. Then has the presence of mind to say, you know what, I'm going to play backwards towards the tee. And that up and down for bogey was massive.
There's always turning points and Wayne's mentioned the first one at 13. Nick Faldo in the commentary box said that the hallmark of his victory was the four at 15. It's not often you say the drop shot was the foundation of your victory, but I think it was the way he held everything together. A lot of players in his situation at 15 would have panicked. He didn't. He takes every shot. At his time. And that time is very short. He doesn't waste too many seconds standing over the ball. But the four there, I think he walked off feeling that was like a birdie. Because a five there and he's virtually finished.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:17
2
How did Ryan Fox secure his dramatic final six holes to win The Open?
6:17–7:15
3
Which turning points on holes 12–17 kept Fox in contention?
7:15–21:21
4
How did Ryan Fox’s weekend 62 influence his final-round position?
21:21–25:38
5
What is Ryan Fox’s backstory and how did his late-bloomer career shape this victory?
25:38–47:17
6
Which other players stood out (Cam Young, Sam Burns, Tommy Fleetwood, Scotty Scheffler) and what were their key moments?
47:17–53:12
Speakers
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