Ryan Fox: Life as a Pro Golfer, Best Tiger Woods Stories & Friendship with Shane Warne

Ryan Fox is New Zealand’s top golfer - and he is currently ranked 28th in the world. Coming off the best season of his career, where he bagged over $5.5 million on the DP World Tour - Ryan recently qualified for his first PGA Tour Card. In this episode was recorded in early 2022, we talked to Ryan about his experiences playing a hole with Tiger Woods, his friendship with Shane Warne, winning $500k at the Ras Al Kaimah classic, and so much more. #nzsport #golfpodcast #nzathlete 0:00 Back in the ACC studios, a Covid test fail from Seamus, and Ryan tells us about fishing and golfing at The Fox with Eric Murray, Neil Wagner, and Wayne Smith 6:01 Ryan Fox on Shane Warne 15:59 Pro-am golf: friendly bets, banter, being outdriven by Martin Guptill, running it close with Tim Henman 20:18 Sleeping on a six-shot lead at the Ras Al Khaimah Classic 28:26 The aftermath of the win at the Ras al Khaimah Classic 40:04 A breakdown of costs on the golf tour 45:41 Learning from Steve Williams and stories on Tiger Woods 53:36 A practice hole with Tiger in 2019 1:00:46 The difference between the top 10 in the world and the rest: 1:01:21 Riding the wave of a win and chats with Steve Hansen and Sir John Kirwan 1:06:16 Rubbing shoulders with ex-All Blacks and ex-pro golfers and getting recognised in public 1:09:42 Memories of Grant Fox the All Black and Merv Wallace the cricketer 1:18:42 Falling in love with golf and turning it into a professional career 1:24:50 Are golfers weird guys? 1:26:56 The Saudi Arabia project with Greg Norman 1:29:14 Some long drive chat 1:34:08 Ryan’s relationship with golf in New Zealand 1:37:49 Quick fire golf chat: double Albatross, meltdowns, a hole-in-three, hardest shots, best foursome 1:43:15 Last words from Steven, Seamus and Ryan