{"id":29002,"date":"2025-11-26T23:55:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T04:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/26\/ryan-fox-was-one-of-the-early-leaders-of-the-australian-pga-adam-scott-is-1-stroke-behind\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T23:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T04:55:35","slug":"ryan-fox-was-one-of-the-early-leaders-of-the-australian-pga-adam-scott-is-1-stroke-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/26\/ryan-fox-was-one-of-the-early-leaders-of-the-australian-pga-adam-scott-is-1-stroke-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Fox was one of the early leaders of the Australian PGA. Adam Scott is 1 stroke behind."},"content":{"rendered":"
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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) – Fresh off an eight-week break after winning his first two tournaments on the PGA Tour, Ryan Fox shot a 4-under 67 on Thursday to move into an early tie for the lead at the Australian PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old New Zealander made bogey on the par-4 second hole at Royal Queensland Golf Club but made five birdies the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

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The tournament is jointly sanctioned by Australia’s PGA Tour and the European Tour, which begins its 2025-26 season just two weeks after Rory McIlroy won the Race to Dubai title.<\/p>\n

Fox won this year’s PGA Tour’s Myrtle Beach Classic and Canadian Open.<\/p>\n

“It’s hard to top this year,” Fox said ahead of his first race in Brisbane. \u201cI checked all the boxes I wanted to check, except maybe to play in the (PGA) Tour Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox was tied with Australia’s Anthony Quayle and 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion Ding Wenyi in the four-under group. 2013 Masters champion Adam Scott and fellow Australian Min Woo Lee each shot 68s, leaving them one stroke behind the early leader.<\/p>\n

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Former British Open champion and LIV Tour regular Cameron Smith, who hasn’t won in over two years, also shot 69, as did defending champion Elvis Smiley.<\/p>\n

Smith, a three-time Australian PGA winner and runner-up last year, has recorded five top-10 finishes in 13 LIV Golf regular events this season. However, he failed to qualify for the Saudi international tournament held in Riyadh last week for the sixth consecutive tournament.<\/p>\n

Marco Penge, who won three times on this year’s European Tour and is ranked 30th, his highest ranking in the tournament, shot a 70.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the hard-hitting British player withdrew from the pro-am competition and said he was undergoing physical therapy due to neck tightness.<\/p>\n

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“No, it’s not great,” Penge, 27, said at Royal Queensland on Wednesday. “The physical therapists here are helping me. I think I’ve had five physical therapy sessions in the last 24 hours. So we’re doing everything we can to feel okay.”<\/p>\n

McIlroy will be in the spotlight at next week’s Australian Open, which begins December 4 at Royal Melbourne.<\/p>\n

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AP Golf: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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