Golf: Ryan Fox on the leaderboard at British Masters, Michael Campbell misses cut

Michael Campbell couldn't back up his strong start. Photo / Photosport

Michael Campbell's comeback has lasted just one round at the British Masters, missing the cut after being unable to follow up his bright start to the tournament.

Campbell was left "completely flabbergasted" after finding himself close to the top of the leaderboard, but came back down to earth this morning, firing a second-round nine-over par 80 to slump to a share of 125th, missing the cut by six strokes.

Campbell, who still hasn't made the cut on the European Tour since 2013, rolled back the years in his opening round but the 51-year-old carded eight bogies, a double bogey and a solitary birdie in his second round, in what was the worst round of the day and left him only ahead of four competitors on the leaderboard.

New Zealand still has a player in the hunt however, with Ryan Fox sitting in a share of eighth after carding consecutive 67s to be eight-under par - just three shots off the lead.

Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox. Photo / Photosport

Fox has made the most of post-lockdown golf so far at the tournament in Newcastle, having only arrived in the UK on Monday as the European Tour returned to full action this week, with the first of six tournaments to take place in Britain.

He said his results so far have made the travel worth it.

"I needed to make the trip a long one to make it worthwhile with the rules we have getting back into New Zealand, so it's certainly nice to get off to a good start," Fox said. "In April I didn't really think we had a chance of playing for the rest of the year.

"I've been playing really nice at home socially and I was nice to be able to bring that over here after all the travel and still feel like I'm hitting some decent golf shots."

For the second straight round, Fox shot five birdies and one bogey, to sit three shots behind Italy's Renato Paratore.