Fox to miss New Zealand Open – Times

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’ve got 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” stated Glading.

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

However this loss, the New Zealand Open boasts a discipline 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 positive kind, makes me optimistic that come March 3, we will likely 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 robust resolution to overlook the New Zealand Open this yr. 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 so as to give myself the very best likelihood of doing that. Wishing everybody on the New Zealand Open a unbelievable week and I will likely be again sooner or later.”

The New Zealand Open tees off between February 29 and March 3 at Millbrook Resort in Queenstown. Stay protection will likely be obtainable on Sky Sport 6.

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