Ryan Fox goes low at the PGA Championship to shoot up the leaderboard

Name: Ryan Fox completes low-round 66 with par on No. 18
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NZ Herald

11 Aug, 2017 07:44 PM3 mins to read

Source: PGA

Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox has carded one the lowest rounds of the US PGA Championship, recording a five-under 66 to put himself among the challengers on day two.

And how does he feel about that?

"Pretty bloody happy, to be honest," he tweeted, soon after signing off on six birdies and lone bogey around Quail Hollow in North Carolina, good for one under par overall and tied for 11th heading into the weekend.

Ryan Fox, getting to the heart of the matter after being asked how he felt about shooting a 66: "Pretty bloody happy, to be honest."
— Mike O'Malley (@GD_MikeO) August 11, 2017

He's seven shots behind joint leaders American Kevin Kisner and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama. His score was one of the best of the day, behind a pair of 64s from Matsuyama and Francesco Molinari.

Fox, 30, got off to a great start in yesterday's opening round, with two birdies in the first nine holes, before unravelling with four bogies and a double bogey down the stretch to sit 80th overnight.

He had no such problems today, birdying the seventh hole that had cost him so dearly a day earlier, along with the third, seventh, ninth and 10th holes.

But his improvement can actually be traced back to that first-round collapse, where he learnt from taking a different approach late in the day.

"I really struggled off the tee most of yesterday and missed everything right, not bad, but bad enough to not have too many shots at the greens.

"I had a little bit of grip change on the eighth tee - my second to last hole - and hit one dead straight down there and a pretty decent one down nine, even though it ended up in the rough. I took that into today and it seemed to work pretty well."

This is Fox's third Major appearance - he played the last two British Open Championships - and his first in the US.

"I'd like to [play more in the US], but if every golf course was this difficult, I think you'd burn out pretty quickly. I've really enjoyed it so far."

Meanwhile, in America... 🇺🇸

Reigning #NIOpen champion Ryan Fox just fired an outstanding round of 66 - the low round of the week 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Gpo38clymv
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) August 11, 2017