Ryan Fox in top-10; Ko struggles at major
- NZ Sports Wire
- Jul 11
- 2 min read
New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox is in the top-10 after the opening round at the Scottish Open.
Fox fired an eagle, seven birdies and five bogeys in an eventful four-under 66 at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick on Thursday (Friday NZ Time), leaving him tied for ninth, two strokes back.
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Going off the first tee in the afternoon wave, Fox bogeyed the par-four second, before bombing a 47-foot putt for eagle at the par-five third.
The world No 29 made birdies at the sixth and ninth holes, along with bogeys at the seventh and eight to make the turn at one-under.
Birdies flowed on the back-nine - at the 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th - but bogeys also came at the 11th and 17th.
Fellow Kiwi Daniel Hillier sits tied for 49th after a more mundane one-under 69 on the opening day of the PGA Tour/DP World Tour co-sanctioned tournament.
Hillier got to three-under with birdies at the fourth, 10th and 14th holes, before late bogeys at the 15th and 18th.
Fox will tee off his second round on Friday from the 10th tee at 8.17am local time (7.17pm NZT), while Hillier starts at 1.32pm local time (12.32am Saturday NZT), also from the back-nine.
At the alternate-field event, the ISCO Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, Kazuma Kobori has plenty of work to do to make the cut, in a share of 105th after a three-over 73 in the opening round on Thursday (Friday NZT).
It is a similar story for Lydia Ko at the Evian Championship in France, the fourth women's major of the year, after a disappointing first round.
Ko carded a two-over 73 - featuring four birdies, four bogeys and a double-bogey - on Thursday (Friday NZT) to be tied for 76th, currently one stroke below the projected cut-line and eight strokes off the pace.
The world No 3 will tee off her second round on Friday from the first tee at 12.48pm local time (10.48pm NZT).
