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Just a week after winning the 2023 BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth, Ryan Fox failed to maintain his good form at the Open de France Championship. The 36-year-old Kiwi golfer failed to cut the event on Friday, September 22. He has one stroke outside the projected cut of even par.
Ryan Fox struggled with his form on the first day of the tournament when he settled for a score of 75. However, he bounced back in the second round by scoring 68 but still, it was not enough to qualify for the third round.
The Kiwi golfer won his fourth DP World Tour event last week at the BMW PGA Championship after finishing one stroke ahead of Aaron Rai and Tyrrell Hatton.
Speaking about his incredible win at the last week's event, Ryan Fox said (via European Tour):
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"Obviously, it was an amazing feeling on Sunday and then everything's just been crazy the last sort of 48 hours basically. Having the family there at the end was pretty amazing."
He was happy with his performance at the BMW PGA Championship and celebrated the victory with his family.
"I won't lie. The highlights have been on a couple of times on TV at home in the background and we watched some of the highlights on Sunday night, had a few drinks in, that was pretty cool," Fox added.
Following the second round of the 2023 Cazoo Open de France, Jordan Smith topped the leaderboard with a score of under 12. He will enter the third round with a three-stroke lead over Ewen Ferguson.
Julien Brun settled in for third place in a six-way tie with Yannik Paul, Zander Lombard, Rasmus Hojgaard, Ryo Hisatsune and Richard Mansell.
The tournament will have its third round on Saturday followed by the final on Sunday.
Ryan Fox's performance at the 2023 Cazoo Open de France Championship
Ryan Fox's open-round performance at the 2023 Cazoo Open de France has affected his gameplay. He started the game on Thursday, September 21 with a bogey on the first hole and then added two birdies on the third and sixth holes before adding another bogey on the eighth hole.
He started the game on the back nine of the first round again with a bogey on the tenth followed by a birdie. He made the fourth bogey of the day on the 13th and then carded a double bogey on the 15th. After playing the first 18 holes of the tournament, Fox settled for a score of four-over par 75.
He started the second round again with a bogey on the first hole. But then birdies the next three holes. He made four birdies and two bogeys on the front nine of the first round and two birdies and one bogey on the back nine to settle for a score of 3-under par 68.
Having turned professional in 2012, Ryan Fox has won 17 golf tournaments in his career. He has won four events on the European Tour, three on the PGA Tour of Australasia and one on the Asian Tour.
