Up and down US Open first round for Fox
- NZ Sports Wire
- Jun 13
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 15
A double bogey on the back nine have taken New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox from a top-10 to top 40 at the US Open in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
Fox won his place in the field with victoery in the Canadian Open in a play-off victory on Monday, played a steady front nine to eventually finish two-over par.
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He started well with a birdie on the par-4 second hole, but then bogeyed the next hole.
He was succesful with a long putt to birdie the par-three sixth. But he bogeyed the 11th and then hit trouble on the 14th
The double bogey on the 14th hole, a par-four which dropped him back to two-over.and out of reach of the leaders.
The final four holes of the round were all pars to see Fox tied 34th, sixth shots behind the leader., American JJ Spaun.
Meanwhile, Amelia Garvey has continued her good form on the Ladies European Tour, tied for 14th after the opening round of the Hulencourt Women's Open in Belgium on Thursday (Friday NZT).
Garvey carded a one-under 71, which included three birdies and two bogeys at the Golf Club D'Hulencourt to sit four shots off the lead.
Compatriots Momoka Kobori and Wenyung Keh were further back. Kobori managed a one-over 73, featuring a birdie and two bogeys, to be tied for 43rd and Keh a four-over 76, with three birdies, five bogeys and a double-bogey, to sit in a share of 88th.
On the Legends Tour, Michael Campbell and Michael Long are both in a share of 34th after the first round of the Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy tournament in Greece on Thursday (Friday NZT).
Both signed for one-over 73s at the International Olympic Academy Golf Course - Campbell with two birdies and three bogeys, and Long with one birdie and two bogeys - to be six strokes off the pace.
At the Japan LPGA's Suntory Ladies Open in Hyogo, Eunseo Choi is tied for 48th after a first round even-par 72 on Thursday, which included two birdies and two bogeys.
