US Open top-20 for Fox; Garvey third in Belgium
- Dave Worsley
- Jun 16
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 5
New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox has finished in a tied 19th at the US Open after carding a one-under final round 69 at a wet Oakmont course in Pennsylvania.
Fox's fourth round was his best of the tournament and had him finish alongside Rory McIlroy, Victor Perez and Emiliano Grillo.
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Fox, who won the recent Canadian Open, was one of only six players to shoot under par for the final round as the heavy rain, which caused a lengthy delay, fell on an already wet course.
He hit three birdies an only one bogey on the front nine but had only one birdie and two bogeys on the back nine.
American J.J. Spaun won the tournament with two stunning shots that carried him to his first major championship.
He used his driver on the 314-yard 17th hole on to the green for a birdie that gave him the lead. Needing two putts from 65 feet on the 18th to win, he finished this storybook week by holing the longest putt all week for birdie and a 2-over 72.
That made him the only player to finish under par at 1-under 279. It gave him a two-shot victory over Robert MacIntyre of Scotland.
It made Spaun, the 36-year-old Californian a major champion in only his second US Open.
The rain that put Oakmont on the edge of being unplayable might have saved Spaun. One shot behind at the start of the day, he opened with five bogeys in six holes. And then came a rain delay of 1 hour, 37 minutes. Spaun recovered as so many others fell apart.
Meanwhile on the Ladies European Tour Amelia Garvey finished third at the Hulencourt Open in Belgium.
She carded a final round 66 to finish nine-under to finish four shots behind the leader Darcey Harry of Wales.
