Fox to miss New Zealand Open

New Zealand Open event director Michael Glading has confirmed that main Kiwi golf skilled Ryan Fox will miss the 103rd New Zealand Open starting on the finish of the month as a result of his PGA tour commitments.

“We now have been in fixed dialogue with Ryan and that is no shock to us. I can’t communicate extremely sufficient of how nice his communication has been and his real efforts to make this work” mentioned Glading.

“Naturally, at this level in his profession, he must deal with his PGA tour card and the brand new restricted area tournaments have made his scheduling extraordinarily troublesome. There was actually no lack of effort on Ryan’s half to try to attend the New Zealand Open.”

However this loss, the New Zealand Open boasts a area of excellent New Zealand professionals together with PGA Tour Champions multi-winner Steven Alker, Asian Tour winner Ben Campbell, DP World Tour participant Daniel Hillier and, arguably one of many world’s rising stars, Kazuma Kobori contemporary off three wins on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia.

They’re joined by former New Zealand Open Champion Michael Hendry and winner of final week’s Jennian Properties Charles Tour Race to Tieke occasion, US-based Kiwi Harry Hillier.

“To have this many top-quality Kiwi gamers, all of whom are in advantageous kind, makes me optimistic that come March 3, we will probably be celebrating one other New Zealander holding the Broadie Breeze trophy aloft.”

In the meantime, Fox – from Beachlands – posted on Fb yesterday: “Sadly, I’ve made the powerful choice to overlook the New Zealand Open this 12 months. While it’s disappointing to overlook considered one of my favorite occasions, my precedence is on succeeding on the PGA Tour and I’ll be staying within the US for the foreseeable future to be able to give myself the most effective probability of doing that. Wishing everybody on the New Zealand Open a unbelievable week and I will probably be again sooner or later.”

The New Zealand Open tees off between February 29 and March 3 at Millbrook Resort in Queenstown. Dwell protection will probably be out there on Sky Sport 6.

For extra details about the New Zealand Open go to nzopen.com