Ryan Fox, born January 22, 1987, in Auckland, was passionate about playing cricket from a young age. His grandfather, Merv Wallace, represented New Zealand cricket (1937-1953), while his father, Grant Fox, was the All Blacks’ fly-half. He was also a rugby World Cup hero from the age of 3. Wallace bowled spin deliveries in their backyard, honing Ryan’s early hand-eye coordination. Fox used plastic clubs to whack balls around the yard and tried rugby, tennis, table tennis, darts, and snooker.
However, Fox began golf quite early, around age 9 or 10, hitting 7-irons off the lawn into paddocks, and joined the Auckland golf club around age 14. At age 12, Fox officially joined a local club and by his mid-teens favoured golf, passing up weekend parties to play rounds with friends.
Halfway through his first year studying law at Auckland University, Ryan Fox entered his first amateur event. At age 20, Fox earned national squad membership, winning the New Zealand stroke play championship at 24. Additionally, Fox turned pro in late 2011 with his dad, Grant, as his caddie.
Grant Fox caddied Ryan through his early pro days. Moving forward, Fox was coached by Marcus Wheelhouse. He started playing professional golf in 2012, starting on the Australian and Challenge tours. Ryan Fox claimed his first professional wins in 2014, before breaking through on the European Tour in February 2019, winning the ISPS Honda World Super 6 Perth.
It marked Fox’s first Kiwi European tour win since 2009. In 2022, Ryan Fox earned three more European titles, and in May 2025, he secured his maiden PGA Tour win at the Myrtle Beach Classic, featuring a 50-foot playoff chip-in. Recently, Ryan Fox is leading the RBC Canadian Open after the third round.
Ryan Fox surges to joint lead at 2025 RBC Canadian Open after third round
Ryan Fox delivered a remarkable 6-under 64 on Saturday to lead the 2025 RBC Canadian Open alongside Italy’s Matteo Manassero. Both golfers are holding a 14-under par total heading into the final round. Ryan Fox and Matteo Manassero are now aiming to remain in contention for the $9.8 million purse.
Just one stroke behind, Lee Hodges and Kevin Yu made jumps on Saturday with a round of 7-under 63. They were joined by Matt McCarty in third place at 13-under overall. Cameron Champ, who started the day as the leader, is now tied for ninth at 11-under par, along with six others. Here’s a look at the leaderboard at the 2025 RBC Canadian Open heading into the final round (via PGA Tour):
- T1 – Matteo Mannassero (-14)
- T1 – Ryan Fox (-14)
- T3 – Lee Hodges (-13)
- T3 – Kevin Yu (-13)
- T3 – Matt McCarty (-13)
- T6 – Mackenzie Hughes (-12)
- T6 – Jake Knapp (-12)
- T6 – Andrew Putnam (-12)
- T9 – Rico Hoey (-11)
- T9 – Byeong Hun An (-11)
- T9 – David Skinns (-11)
- T9 – Cameron Young (-11)
- T9 – Cristobal Del Solar (-11)
- T9 – Victor Perez (-11)
- T9 – Cameron Champ (-11)
- T16 – Alex Smalley (-10)
- T16 – Antoine Rozner (-10)
- T16 – Kevin Roy (-10)
- T16 – Adam Hadwin (-10)
- T16 – Taylor Pendrith (-10)
- T16 – Danny Willett (-10)
- T16 – Sam Burns (-10)
- T16 – Shane Lowry (-10)
- T16 – Nick Taylor (-10)
- T25 – Ludvig Aberg (-9)
- T25 – Thomas Detry (-9)
- T25 – John Pak (-9)
- T25 – Richard Lee (-9)
- T29 – Ben Silverman (-8)
- T29 – Taylor Montgomery (-8)
- T29 – Corey Conners (-8)
- T29 – Keith Mitchell (-8)
- T29 – Trey Mullinax (-8)
- T29 – Peter Malnati (-8)
- T29 – Thorbjorn Olesen (-8)
- T36 – Paul Waring (-7)
- T36 – Trevor Cone (-7)
- T36 – Harry Hall (-7)
- T36 – Matthew Anderson (-7)
- T36 – Jeremy Paul (-7)
- T36 – Jackson Suber (-7)
- T36 – Jesper Svensson (-7)
- T36 – Rasmus Hojgaard (-7)
- T44 – Ryo Hisatsune (-6)
- T44 – Noah Goodwin (-6)
- T44 – Nate Lashley (-6)
- T44 – Emiliano Grillo (-6)
- T44 – Henrik Norlander (-6)
- T49 – Max McGreevy (-5)
- T49 – Paul Peterson (-5)
- T49 – Adam Schenk (-5)
- T52 – Mark Hubbard (-4)
- T52 – Robert MacIntyre (-4)
- T52 – Charley Hoffman (-4)
- T52 – Davis Riley (-4)
- T52 – Dylan Wu (-4)
- T52 – Patrick Fishburn (-4)
- T52 – Beau Hossler (-4)
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