Heading into the Zurich Classic of New Orleans this weekend, Ryan Fox noted that of the two formats featured in the tournament, one was much more friendly than the other.
In odd rounds, the teams of two play four-ball – where both players on a team play their own ball and just take the better of the two scores. In even rounds, they play foursomes, where the pair take turns playing the same ball.
“Foursomes is always the interesting one. The scores tend to vary a lot in that and it can be a really hard format to play,” he told the Herald before the tournament.
“Four-ball’s really fun to play; you just kind of go at everything for the most part and hope one of you is going to make par and the other is going to have a chance to birdie or you both get a really good chance to birdie and there can be some really low score shots, and then it’s kind of hold on for dear life in foursomes.”
After carding an opening-round nine-under-par 63 playing four-ball, Fox and teammate Garrick Higgo scrapped through to an even-par 72 in their first foray into foursomes for the week. It saw them sitting at nine-under for the tournament halfway through, which was good enough to be in a tie for 26th and two shots above the cut line.
