1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,387 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:13,067 Speaker 1: from newstalk z'b Keep. 3 00:00:12,867 --> 00:00:14,667 Speaker 2: We Golf for Ryan Fox has held his nerve to 4 00:00:14,667 --> 00:00:17,827 Speaker 2: finish strongly in the second round of the PGA Championship 5 00:00:17,827 --> 00:00:21,867 Speaker 2: at Quail Hollow. After starting the second round two over 6 00:00:21,947 --> 00:00:25,267 Speaker 2: through three holes, Ryan Fox bounced back with three birdies 7 00:00:25,307 --> 00:00:27,787 Speaker 2: on the back nine to cart an even par round 8 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:30,467 Speaker 2: and stay four under for the tournament. That has him 9 00:00:30,467 --> 00:00:33,987 Speaker 2: in a share of seventh, just four shots behind leader 10 00:00:34,027 --> 00:00:36,867 Speaker 2: Jonathan Vegas. This, of course, a week after he became 11 00:00:37,107 --> 00:00:40,747 Speaker 2: just the ninth Kiwi mail to win a USPGA Tour 12 00:00:40,747 --> 00:00:44,467 Speaker 2: event at the Myrtle Beach Classic. Another member of that 13 00:00:44,667 --> 00:00:47,627 Speaker 2: very exclusive club is Philed tato Angy, who joins us 14 00:00:47,667 --> 00:00:50,987 Speaker 2: now now a golf analyst with Sky Sport and other platforms. 15 00:00:51,827 --> 00:00:54,307 Speaker 2: Ryan Fox wouldn't even be at the PGA Championship, Phil 16 00:00:54,307 --> 00:00:56,587 Speaker 2: if he had one last weekend. Would the way he 17 00:00:56,667 --> 00:01:00,627 Speaker 2: played at Myrtle Beach have flowed onto this weekend or 18 00:01:00,667 --> 00:01:01,827 Speaker 2: does it not work that way? 19 00:01:02,707 --> 00:01:06,987 Speaker 3: Well, I certainly can. It's not an automatic. You don't 20 00:01:06,987 --> 00:01:10,067 Speaker 3: start the week with a couple of birdies already in 21 00:01:10,107 --> 00:01:12,347 Speaker 3: the bag just because you won last week, you've got 22 00:01:12,347 --> 00:01:15,987 Speaker 3: to earn it all over again, Piney. But nothing quite 23 00:01:16,027 --> 00:01:17,387 Speaker 3: like having a little bit of form and a bit 24 00:01:17,427 --> 00:01:21,267 Speaker 3: of confidence coming in, albeit probably with the batteries running 25 00:01:21,307 --> 00:01:23,987 Speaker 3: a little bit low, with just all of the coming 26 00:01:23,987 --> 00:01:27,827 Speaker 3: down off of the high So although hey, look you 27 00:01:27,907 --> 00:01:30,027 Speaker 3: might have had that little bit of extra belief and 28 00:01:30,187 --> 00:01:34,027 Speaker 3: a little bit of extra confidence as are saying that 29 00:01:34,067 --> 00:01:37,907 Speaker 3: the ball's going where I want it to go. The 30 00:01:37,987 --> 00:01:42,987 Speaker 3: performance through the first couple of days here is being outstanding, 31 00:01:43,387 --> 00:01:46,427 Speaker 3: I think from Ryan, not just because of the golf 32 00:01:46,427 --> 00:01:50,107 Speaker 3: course and the tournament, but it can be energy setting 33 00:01:50,947 --> 00:01:53,587 Speaker 3: when you're in contention and then you end up getting 34 00:01:53,627 --> 00:01:56,467 Speaker 3: over the over the line you achieve a career goal 35 00:01:57,627 --> 00:02:00,587 Speaker 3: just being able to reset and recharge the batteries and 36 00:02:00,627 --> 00:02:03,627 Speaker 3: refocus and do that in one of the four biggest 37 00:02:03,627 --> 00:02:07,787 Speaker 3: tournaments in the world and really position himself nicely here 38 00:02:07,787 --> 00:02:10,547 Speaker 3: for the last two days. He's done exceptionally well. 39 00:02:10,587 --> 00:02:12,827 Speaker 2: What has he done well in these two rounds. He 40 00:02:12,867 --> 00:02:14,827 Speaker 2: brings the confidence, as you say, those sorts of things, 41 00:02:14,867 --> 00:02:16,987 Speaker 2: but in terms of the way he's played his golf 42 00:02:17,027 --> 00:02:19,907 Speaker 2: to cut a four hunder par first round and an 43 00:02:19,907 --> 00:02:22,427 Speaker 2: even past second round, what's he done particularly well. 44 00:02:23,387 --> 00:02:26,627 Speaker 3: I think if anything, the intangible here is managers energy 45 00:02:28,227 --> 00:02:30,907 Speaker 3: and I was quite happy just to see today that 46 00:02:31,347 --> 00:02:35,747 Speaker 3: after a tough start and look plenty you win last week. 47 00:02:35,787 --> 00:02:37,947 Speaker 3: You get all of the distractions with the pets on 48 00:02:37,987 --> 00:02:42,187 Speaker 3: the back and just mentally, just even in yourself, when 49 00:02:42,227 --> 00:02:45,707 Speaker 3: you achieve something that you've been striving for for years, 50 00:02:47,827 --> 00:02:50,227 Speaker 3: it can take up your time and your energy. And 51 00:02:50,987 --> 00:02:52,987 Speaker 3: this is on the back of already playing the last 52 00:02:53,307 --> 00:02:57,867 Speaker 3: four weeks in a row and so managing his practice 53 00:02:57,907 --> 00:03:02,907 Speaker 3: coming into the first round and not using too much 54 00:03:03,027 --> 00:03:06,907 Speaker 3: energy on course major championship, the golf course times you 55 00:03:06,947 --> 00:03:08,907 Speaker 3: can just drain the battery a little bit. He's done 56 00:03:08,987 --> 00:03:14,187 Speaker 3: really nice job of that. And look he's for me 57 00:03:14,227 --> 00:03:18,027 Speaker 3: and Brian's always had the game to excel in the US. 58 00:03:18,227 --> 00:03:20,587 Speaker 3: Hits the ball a long way and if he can 59 00:03:20,627 --> 00:03:22,867 Speaker 3: get the flat stick to work, then the rest of 60 00:03:22,907 --> 00:03:25,387 Speaker 3: his game is capable enough. He's hit a lot of 61 00:03:25,387 --> 00:03:30,067 Speaker 3: greens in regulation and has scrambled nicely through the first 62 00:03:30,107 --> 00:03:33,387 Speaker 3: two days of the tournament. And that's a pretty good combination, 63 00:03:34,787 --> 00:03:37,507 Speaker 3: especially on a golf course like Quail Hollow's third longest 64 00:03:37,987 --> 00:03:42,467 Speaker 3: course on the PGA Tour this year, so all parts 65 00:03:42,507 --> 00:03:44,747 Speaker 3: of his game are tidy. You know that we can 66 00:03:44,827 --> 00:03:46,507 Speaker 3: hit it a long way, but if you can get 67 00:03:46,507 --> 00:03:49,747 Speaker 3: the scoring clubs to work, then he probably will be 68 00:03:50,427 --> 00:03:52,107 Speaker 3: you know, right at the point the end of it, 69 00:03:52,147 --> 00:03:52,987 Speaker 3: come Monday morning. 70 00:03:53,147 --> 00:03:55,587 Speaker 2: Exciting stuff. Just on your experience, and you've alluded to 71 00:03:55,587 --> 00:03:57,387 Speaker 2: it a couple of times. They're about, you know, coming 72 00:03:57,427 --> 00:04:01,027 Speaker 2: down off the high of achieving something historic, something very 73 00:04:01,107 --> 00:04:04,467 Speaker 2: few KEYWI players have ever done. After you won your 74 00:04:04,587 --> 00:04:08,467 Speaker 2: PGA Tour event Vegas in two thousand and two, what 75 00:04:08,547 --> 00:04:09,547 Speaker 2: was the aftermath of that? 76 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:09,747 Speaker 1: Like? 77 00:04:09,787 --> 00:04:10,507 Speaker 3: What mean you? 78 00:04:10,627 --> 00:04:12,187 Speaker 2: Were you terrible in your next tournament? 79 00:04:12,187 --> 00:04:16,467 Speaker 3: I can tell us about it. I won in Vegas, Piney, 80 00:04:17,347 --> 00:04:21,267 Speaker 3: but sadly, sadly, already had the flight book to come home, 81 00:04:21,827 --> 00:04:25,627 Speaker 3: and so it was straight to the airport and didn't 82 00:04:25,667 --> 00:04:27,747 Speaker 3: even change my clothes. And so when you walked through 83 00:04:27,747 --> 00:04:32,947 Speaker 3: the airport, the customs officer says, you've got some golf 84 00:04:32,987 --> 00:04:34,627 Speaker 3: shoes here? I said, yeah, I look down here there 85 00:04:34,627 --> 00:04:38,107 Speaker 3: they are right there. So, although we had a comfortable 86 00:04:38,147 --> 00:04:41,107 Speaker 3: seat on the way home, didn't ever change of clothes, 87 00:04:41,227 --> 00:04:44,427 Speaker 3: and so it was a it was a bit of 88 00:04:44,427 --> 00:04:45,867 Speaker 3: a bend there. It was a bit of a celebration, 89 00:04:45,987 --> 00:04:47,707 Speaker 3: but it was back here in New Zealand for a 90 00:04:47,747 --> 00:04:51,307 Speaker 3: few days afterwards and didn't have to play for another 91 00:04:51,347 --> 00:04:55,707 Speaker 3: month after that. But with other tournaments, and maybe it's 92 00:04:55,747 --> 00:04:57,747 Speaker 3: not even just winning, to be fair, even just being 93 00:04:57,787 --> 00:05:01,827 Speaker 3: in contention and having that the engine running just a 94 00:05:01,867 --> 00:05:05,187 Speaker 3: little bit with a few more reds in it, you know, 95 00:05:05,307 --> 00:05:07,107 Speaker 3: just you know, you take that aim last night with 96 00:05:07,187 --> 00:05:11,187 Speaker 3: the Canes in the Highlanders. There's a lot of anticipation 97 00:05:11,467 --> 00:05:14,467 Speaker 3: for getting to that, you know, the final few minutes, 98 00:05:14,467 --> 00:05:17,907 Speaker 3: the final few holes of a tournament, and you're not 99 00:05:17,947 --> 00:05:19,827 Speaker 3: too sure which way the result is going to go. 100 00:05:20,027 --> 00:05:24,307 Speaker 3: So you've got to have some tools and strategies to decompress, 101 00:05:24,427 --> 00:05:26,107 Speaker 3: to be able to put that behind you and to 102 00:05:26,107 --> 00:05:29,267 Speaker 3: be able to reset. And that's not always that easy 103 00:05:29,667 --> 00:05:34,067 Speaker 3: when you continually get reinforced in the locker room on 104 00:05:34,107 --> 00:05:39,747 Speaker 3: the range, you know, the all of your playing partners, 105 00:05:41,147 --> 00:05:45,347 Speaker 3: that just reinforcing that you've achieved something that not only 106 00:05:45,467 --> 00:05:47,547 Speaker 3: very few do, but that a lot of other people 107 00:05:47,587 --> 00:05:50,667 Speaker 3: have expected you to or thought you had had the 108 00:05:50,707 --> 00:05:53,547 Speaker 3: belief that you could for a long while. So being 109 00:05:53,547 --> 00:05:57,067 Speaker 3: able to just put that aside and then tear it 110 00:05:57,147 --> 00:05:58,907 Speaker 3: up in one of the four major tournaments of the 111 00:05:58,947 --> 00:06:03,307 Speaker 3: work of the season is bloody hard. It's hard to 112 00:06:03,307 --> 00:06:07,867 Speaker 3: put it behind you. And so I'm impressed by Foxy's 113 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:10,747 Speaker 3: ability through this first couple of days. Usually it's the 114 00:06:10,747 --> 00:06:14,387 Speaker 3: second round. The first round you're writing that adrenaline and 115 00:06:14,387 --> 00:06:16,907 Speaker 3: you're writing, you know, you've only just had a couple 116 00:06:16,907 --> 00:06:19,987 Speaker 3: of days from losting a trophy, and so you get 117 00:06:19,987 --> 00:06:23,107 Speaker 3: through the first round okay. But that second round today 118 00:06:23,387 --> 00:06:25,947 Speaker 3: was the real test for him. He gets a bit 119 00:06:25,987 --> 00:06:27,947 Speaker 3: of a rest, he gets a late tea time tomorrow, 120 00:06:28,147 --> 00:06:32,827 Speaker 3: and now he's in absolutely in competitive made over the 121 00:06:32,827 --> 00:06:35,467 Speaker 3: next couple of days trying to pick off one of 122 00:06:35,507 --> 00:06:36,747 Speaker 3: the biggest tournaments in the world. 123 00:06:36,907 --> 00:06:39,427 Speaker 2: Indeed, well it's finished with what might happen over the 124 00:06:39,507 --> 00:06:41,467 Speaker 2: next two days. You talk about it being a very 125 00:06:41,507 --> 00:06:45,307 Speaker 2: long course. The leader Jonathan Vegas at eight under after 126 00:06:45,387 --> 00:06:48,507 Speaker 2: two rounds. What does a long course due to a 127 00:06:48,587 --> 00:06:50,947 Speaker 2: four round score? So, I mean, what will win this 128 00:06:51,027 --> 00:06:53,187 Speaker 2: fourteen under fifteen under or will it be less than that? 129 00:06:53,907 --> 00:06:58,787 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's about the weather. Unfortunately, in North Carolina at 130 00:06:58,787 --> 00:07:01,667 Speaker 3: this time of the year, they are prone to some 131 00:07:01,747 --> 00:07:04,427 Speaker 3: of the spring storms, and so that was part of 132 00:07:04,427 --> 00:07:07,867 Speaker 3: the preparation here course was took a lot of water 133 00:07:07,987 --> 00:07:11,627 Speaker 3: through the first couple of days, and we look at 134 00:07:11,667 --> 00:07:15,227 Speaker 3: the full cast for tomorrow and there's a chance for 135 00:07:15,267 --> 00:07:17,467 Speaker 3: some more storms to come through. So that's going to 136 00:07:17,547 --> 00:07:20,307 Speaker 3: dictate things a little bit. It could be disruptive with 137 00:07:20,427 --> 00:07:25,627 Speaker 3: tea times, that could be disruptive with getting getting play stopped. 138 00:07:26,307 --> 00:07:31,907 Speaker 3: And so again that's about kind of managing your energy, 139 00:07:31,987 --> 00:07:35,227 Speaker 3: managing the things that you can't control, and your approach 140 00:07:35,267 --> 00:07:40,267 Speaker 3: to that. I'm not expecting the scores to go that 141 00:07:40,347 --> 00:07:42,747 Speaker 3: low yet, maybe twelve under it might get to but 142 00:07:43,987 --> 00:07:46,227 Speaker 3: this is a beast of a golf course and saw 143 00:07:46,227 --> 00:07:49,947 Speaker 3: with mclroy a couple of late bogies today. They will 144 00:07:50,267 --> 00:07:53,187 Speaker 3: they'll start tightening the screws for the last couple of 145 00:07:53,267 --> 00:07:57,187 Speaker 3: rounds with the setup I expect, and I think, if Ryan, 146 00:07:57,187 --> 00:08:00,667 Speaker 3: what are the four behind right now? If he can 147 00:08:00,667 --> 00:08:03,787 Speaker 3: shoot a couple of rounds underpar over the next couple 148 00:08:03,827 --> 00:08:06,667 Speaker 3: of days, he will be in with a shout. I think. 149 00:08:06,787 --> 00:08:08,227 Speaker 3: Come come Monday morning. 150 00:08:08,387 --> 00:08:12,107 Speaker 2: Exciting times. Another excellent weekend of golf viewing coming up. 151 00:08:12,107 --> 00:08:13,827 Speaker 2: Fill always love chatting golf with you, mate, Thanks for 152 00:08:13,867 --> 00:08:14,707 Speaker 2: joining us on the show. 153 00:08:15,387 --> 00:08:16,387 Speaker 3: Thanks Finie, enjoyed it. 154 00:08:16,387 --> 00:08:18,387 Speaker 2: Man all the best, mate, Phil, I thought, ang you there, 155 00:08:18,707 --> 00:08:22,187 Speaker 2: went on the PGA to himself one of only nine 156 00:08:22,267 --> 00:08:24,827 Speaker 2: key weis to do so in golf analysts. You can 157 00:08:24,827 --> 00:08:26,907 Speaker 2: watch Ryan Fox in action in the third round of 158 00:08:26,907 --> 00:08:30,547 Speaker 2: the PGA Championship live on sky Sport one and stream 159 00:08:30,547 --> 00:08:33,667 Speaker 2: it on Skysport Now from five o'clock tomorrow morning. 160 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:37,547 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 161 00:08:37,627 --> 00:08:40,947 Speaker 1: to News Talk sed B weekends from midday or follow 162 00:08:40,947 --> 00:08:42,587 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio