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Speaker 5: It has been a phenomenal year for Key we Go

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Speaker 5: for Ryan Fox's twenty twenty five season included two PGA

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Speaker 5: two wins and again record how Good. He also closed

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Speaker 5: out the year winning the incredibly popular Chasing the Fox events.

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Speaker 5: Ryan Fox joins us now is part of our Christmas

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Speaker 5: catch Up with kick Ass kiwi's series Get Hey Ryan,

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Speaker 5: How you doing?

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Speaker 3: Hey guys, how you're doing? I'm good?

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Speaker 6: There's an obvious answer to this question, or maybe not

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Speaker 6: which one or which tournament or performance means the most

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Speaker 6: of you?

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Speaker 3: And why?

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Speaker 7: Right?

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Speaker 3: Hum? I mean, I've got to say the Canadian Naps,

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Speaker 3: you know, the first one at middle each was obviously

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Speaker 3: pretty special, being you know, my first PJA tool when

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Speaker 3: but you know, I think the satisfaction of doing it twice,

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Speaker 3: you know, feels like it's not not a fluke and

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Speaker 3: you know, the Canadian Open has such a a storied history.

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Speaker 3: I think it's one of the oldest golf tournaments in

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Speaker 3: the world. There's some pretty awesome names on that trophy.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, to join them and do it the way

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Speaker 3: I did it, Yeah, that means that means a lot.

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Speaker 3: The one on last ride out Jason the Fox is

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Speaker 3: pretty cool to to be able to. You know, obviously

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Speaker 3: it's a different style of event, but you know, to

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Speaker 3: do it at home, to play with Dan Hilliers on

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Speaker 3: my good mates, I feel like there was a little

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Speaker 3: bit of pressure on us to actually get it done,

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Speaker 3: and yet to get it done was was definitely satisfying too.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, you know, both those were stopped the

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Speaker 6: nation moments, you know, and at work here every everyone

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Speaker 6: was talking about it and it's they literally stopped the nation.

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Speaker 6: But going to Chasing the Fox, it must be satisfying

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Speaker 6: to to win the trophy back off the show Pony

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Speaker 6: media team, some of the some of the worst people

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Speaker 4: It was big talk.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I've got to give them credit. I mean,

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Speaker 3: they were great ambassadors for the event last year. You know,

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Speaker 3: Mark Richardson just played out of a skin. By all accounts,

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Speaker 3: you know, was very impressive, and you know, Jerry and

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Speaker 3: Gerry and Die were the cheerleaders. From what I was told, Yes, but.

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Speaker 6: The particularly I was watching some of the footage, I

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Speaker 3: It's cool. It's it's a format that works for that

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Speaker 3: and it's great to see that they had a lot

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Speaker 6: I mean I've heard of virtually nothing else from from

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Speaker 5: Good phenomenal events. So what part of your game do

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Speaker 3: Right, To be honest, it was probably the fitness side

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Speaker 6: You seem so calm in tournaments. You certainly don't piss

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Speaker 6: Do you feel the pressure like other humans or is

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Speaker 3: No, I mean you always feel pressure. You know. If

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Speaker 3: But it's under pressure, it just like all the other stuff,

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Speaker 6: Do you now you've achieved you know, this year particularly

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's definitely a couple of things. I'd love obviously

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Speaker 3: But I also feel like, you know, I know my

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Speaker 3: I really want for next year is that President's Cup team.

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Speaker 3: I've missed out the last couple in twenty two and

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Speaker 6: That's an interesting thing about golf, isn't it Because you

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Speaker 3: I think for most people it's the second one, you know.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, just rolling back to the Canadian Open. A lovely,

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Speaker 5: I mean, one, it must be amazing to have your

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Speaker 3: Definitely saving the video. But it's kind of cool how

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Speaker 3: It makes the travel hard, but it makes the dealing

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Speaker 4: Thank you very much again for your time.

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Speaker 3: No problem. I don't know how you keep saying that.

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Speaker 6: Well, this is probably a reasonbly annoying and difficult question

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Speaker 3: Just I think selfishly having some certainty going forward. I'm

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Speaker 6: And finally, potentially the most punishing question of our Christmas

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Speaker 6: You as your favorite Christmas song of all time?

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Speaker 3: Right, I'm going to apologize for anyone that has to

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Speaker 6: That's a great classic, absolutely classic, and I hate that

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Speaker 6: you for bringing that back. Great story, raw guds.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, love it. Right, Very Christmas, my friend.

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Speaker 5: We're going to play it song for you now. But mate,

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Speaker 5: have a very merry Christmas and a great breakover summer

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Speaker 3: Yes, guys, have a good one, no problem at all. Yeah, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: that's number works all year around. Apologies again for having

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Speaker 5: Yeah that is Ryan Fox is part of our Christmas

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Speaker 4: You listen to the Newstalks He'd beat.

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Speaker 8: The news had come out in the First World War.

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Speaker 8: Bundy red barn is flying once more. All I command

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Speaker 8: to ignore all of his men and calling on stoopid

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Speaker 2: Was it night for Christmas?

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Speaker 8: Ford and Budo with stupid enough concerns His follow up

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