Hillier, Fox narrowly miss cut at The Open
- Dave Worsley
- Jul 19
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 19
It will be a quiet weekend for New Zealand golfers Daniel Hillier and Ryan Fox at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland after they missed the cut.
Both Hillier and Fox toyed with the cut line in the second round as Hillier looked certain but suffered from a late bogey in his round while Fox put on a late charge, but needed one more shot to compete in the final two rounds.
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Hillier dropped two shots over to sit at two-over after a birdies at the second and 10th holes but bogeys on the sixth, ninth, 16th and 18th holes for a round of 73.
Fox made a late charge to stay in the tournament with a birdie on the first hole before a bogey at the seventh
He continued with a string of pars before an eagle three on the par five at 12 and bogey on the 13th.
He then birdied the 18th for a two-under round 69.
The tournament leader is American Scottie Scheffler at 10-under one shot ahead of England's Matt Fitzpatrick
