June 11, 2025 • 14 mins
New Zealand's number one golfer is ready to tee off at the US Open.
Ryan Fox will be looking to continue the amazing run of form he's had in the last month.
He spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildergrave
from News Talk z'd.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Be he Sune's number one golfer Ryan Fox that joins
us now after a phenomenal couple of weeks on the PGA. Ryan,
I gotta ask, have you spent any time sitting down
and caring and absorbing in what's happened to you over
the last few weeks.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
No, definitely, not at a week off after the PGA,
which kind of let a little bit of Myrtle beachs
can maybe, But yeah, the last week, I don't know,
I mean, it was it was crazy, especially the finishes
in both playoffs. Yeah, I don't know if I'll ever
quite figure out what happened. But yeah, it's been a
life changing month, to be honest, And that's probably the
(00:52):
only way I could describe it.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
In life changing because of where you sit, your position
in the world of golf, because of the money that's
turned up, or the opportunities that have opened for you.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Yeah, it's it's more the more the latter part of
that than anything else. I mean, it's it's having some
security over here for a few years now, you know,
getting into some the big events obviously I played my
way into two majors in the last month as last
minute Charlie, you know, playing some of the signature events now,
you know, looking really good for the for the playoffs
(01:26):
this year and into some some big events again for
next year if I can, you know Cement being in
that top fifty at the end of the year. So
it's yeah, it's changed everything PG tool wise. It's changed
our lives of family immensely. You know, having that security
and being able to make decisions on our future with
certainty is you know, a big change from what it's
(01:46):
been the last couple of years, that's for sure. So yeah,
it's life changing, as I said, was the best way
to describe it.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
What about the media, Ryan, I mean, you like your
old man Grant, you love a good yahn and you're
always very open to talking to the media. But i'd
suggest over the last few weeks a little harder to
deal with. It's getting pretty intense.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Yeah, look, I mean it's it's all I do, love
a chat like the old man, and you know the
New Zealand media always fantastic. And you know I've got
personal personal relationships with a lot of people, including yourself
which is great. There's certainly been a few extra requests
this this week that have come in and you know,
a couple via my manager and he's he's had to
play bad cop a couple of times, you know, kind
(02:30):
of staying foxy. You've got a major to prepare for.
You need to rest, chill out, and yeah, it's it's
been a bit crazy. Probably the craziest thing is trying
to apply to all the texts and everything else that
has come through. Didn't realize so many people had my
phone number, to be honest, So yeah, it's it's. Look,
they're all good problems to have, to be honest. It's
it can get pretty lonely when things are going there
(02:51):
the wrong way and you're struggling and no one really
thinks about your worries about you. But you know, when
you're getting a bunch of messages and interview requests and
all that stuff, it means you're doing something right.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Coping tools, Ryan, what have you got in your quiver
to deal with this? Because the more you advance up
the rankings, the more majors you compete in, the bigger
the pressure is going to be on you. This is
not golf, This is the the horsepower upstairs. This is
your headspace. What are you seeking in order to deal
(03:25):
with this.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
I've worked with a sports site for a long time
go called Carl Morris, and you know that's more on
the golf course stuff. But I've never really had an
off an issue with the off the golf course stuff,
you know, apart from maybe I've got to be a
bit better at saying no and being being a bit
selfish in a way. And you know, obviously I've got
a young family as well, and I've I've got to
give them a bunch of time, you know, and you know,
(03:48):
not be not be very selfish in that way. So yeah,
it's it's a learning curve, you know. I probably had
a little bit of it a couple of years ago
with that great run I had in Europe and then
winning it went Worth and stuff like that. So there
was a there was a pretty big uptick there, you know,
with with the off course responsibilities and sort of the
(04:10):
newfound fame, I guess a little bit, if you want
to put it that way. And I probably didn't realize
how big all of that was until like I got
home at the end of the year and there was
a whole lot more pressure on my time in that regard,
and I'm sure it's going to be be the same
this year. You know, when I when I eventually get
home at the end of the year, I'm going to
get pulled in a bunch of different directions. And I said,
(04:30):
as I said, I've just got to be a bit
better at saying no. And you know, it's it's just
a product of what it is.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Like.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
I'm a I'm a father and a husband first, and
I'm a goal for second. And you know it's uh,
as I said, they're good problems to have as well,
and I just got to find a nice balance with it.
And you know, if I do have to chat to someone,
I think probably someone in my family's got some pretty
good experience of of how to deal with that kind
of stuff as well, So I can lean on Dad
a little bit there. And yeah, so I'm sure I'll
(05:01):
figure it out going forward.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Family pressure, of course, Ryan is always there present. It's
not just you, it's your wife and your kids, your
direct family. So now knowing what your plan is over
the next two to three years, that must be a
huge source.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Of calm for your entire family.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah, it's you know, certainly for my wife more than anyone.
It's it's it's probably causing here a few problems about
around figuring out schooling and what we're going to do
with that kind of stuff. But we can we can
make those decisions with certainty now, as I said, and
it's you know, to have some security out here now
(05:40):
for three years. You know, we know we're going to
be based over here. We're going to look at buying
a house in America or all of that stuff that
goes with it. And yeah, there's there's still some tough
decisions to make, but you know a month ago, well,
you know, six weeks ago where you know, I always
kind of know we're on the FedEx Cup and you're going, well,
(06:00):
are we going to be living in the UK? Are
we're going to be living in America? Are we going
to be back in New Zealand? Like what's going to
happen next year? So it's a whole lot better knowing
you know, the certainty around the golf and that I've
got a job for a while, and you know, that
makes it a whole lot easier to make those decisions
and you know, can kind of can make an actual
(06:23):
plan for the next two or three years, which we
certainly couldn't as of six weeks ago. So it's been
huge for the family in that regard. You know, we
start becoming a bit acclimatized to America, getting used to it.
You know, it was it was tough last year traveling
around all over the place and having a base. This
year has been great. And you know, kids love Florida.
(06:43):
It's warm, they get to go for a swim every
day when we're home. It's you know, we've got some
friends there. Now it's you know, I wouldn't say it's
starting to feel like home, but you know, it's it's
starting to feel a little less like a foreign country
at least.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Nothing like a home away from home. Let's talk about
Marcus Wheelhouse. So here's your coach. He's turned up a
week before your first victory, and he did it again
a week.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Before your last PG victory.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
So plainly he's been instrumental in your rise and rise
in what you're doing out there on the track.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Yeah, it's some I think Whey came up. Obviously. I've
seen Weely at home a lot, and I haven't been
home this year since February and you know, Marcus stopped
traveling a couple of years ago through COVID, and we
decided this year that you know, he was up for
traveling a bit more and it's it's obviously worked.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
You know.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
He came up in Dallas the week before Myrtle Beach
with probably a much more positive attitude about where my
golf game was than where where I thought it was.
You know, I kind of felt like it was close,
but I was getting frustrated with it, with with things
a bit too much, and you know, we worked on
a couple of things. It was definitely a couple of
things to tweak and get right. But you know, Wheely
(08:06):
really came in and we found it really quickly earlier
in the week. And you know, it was pretty tough
on myself that week of Dallas and was a bit
but frustrated at my golf game, and you know, he's like, mate,
we're there, we're there, just be patient. It's going to come.
And I didn't quite think it was going to come
straight away, but it did. And then it came up
for a memorial and that was a really solid week.
(08:27):
I you know, I had I was two shots away,
you know from a top end that week, and you know,
it felt like I played really solid and then you know,
obviously we did some we carried on that good work
we've done a few weeks earlier, and then last week
happened and I played really good. It hit some amazing
shots down the stretch and pretty decent one in the
(08:49):
playoffs as well. So it was, yeah, it's it's it's been.
It's been good having him up and he's coming up
for Scottish in the Open, so I certainly hope it
works the same way again.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
You've played what you've described as the best golf shot
of your career up your victory last week. It was
an astonishing shot. I looked to that and also the
chip to win as well a couple of weeks earlier
and wonder how much of your internal confidence has bubbled
(09:22):
to the top which allows you to make decisions like
that and play shots like that. It's a huge amount
of bravery behind that, Ryan, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
I mean I think the one on Sunday, the three
what over the water, there was definitely some bravery in that,
and you know, I feel like I'm something at good.
I could see the shot pretty easy. It makes it
easy to pull the trigger on that shot. I'd say
the chippin, you know, in terms of hardness of shot
wasn't wasn't a tricky shot. But obviously the chippin under
(09:53):
the circumstances is pretty incredible. But you know that that
one on eighteen three over water from two hundred and
whatever meters it was to to sex foot, it's going
to pretty hard to beat for me going forward. You know,
there's there's no luck involved in that one. That's you know,
that's just getting up and sucking it up and hitting
(10:15):
a really good shot and to do it under that
that pressure, and you know, in the end it was
obviously to win tournament that it was, yeah, as pretty
sweet and one I certainly won't forget.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
I'd say you could have drained that part and one
as well, but maybe that thought went through your head
and you were nice and careful because you did have
two shots to win.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
One hundred percent. You know, it's just don't do anything silly.
I didn't want to hit it. Yeah, I obviously didn't
want to give myself any work coming back. I probably
gave myself six inches more than I really wanted to
with that part. I had to market. But you know,
I definitely wasn't worried about the next one, but yeah,
look it was just get it down there, don't do
(10:59):
anything silly, and you know, don't get like a high
side lip out and have three foot coming back, because
then you look really silly.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
I want to put the micros on you. But are
you aware that you've got the third best major cut
making streak at the moment behind Cheflin Schoffley, Like, you've
gone nine consecutive cuts now through majors.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Did you know that I knew i'd made a lot
in a row. I think in twenty three and twenty
four I made all the major cuts in a row,
which was pretty sweet, and made the PGA. So yeah,
it's a pretty good streak to have. I'd like to
have finished a bit higher and a couple of the
ones I've played, but yeah, I got there. I like
hard golf, and this week's going to be about as
(11:41):
hard as it gets. Hopefully you haven't put the commentators
curse on me there or anything. And I missed the
cut this week, but look, yeah, just go out and
see what happens. My prep's going to be relatively limited
after last week, just trying to recover and get to Thursday,
will cem energy again. But obviously I'm playing well as well,
so I kind of got nothing to lose this week.
Go out and give it a crack and see what happens.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
You better make the cut, bro, I couldn't carry that
for the rest of my career that I've cursed you. Ryan,
just finishing out, You've noticeably lost weight. You're looking very
very trim out there on the track. Took us through that.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Yeah, look, this year's I had a big push at
the end of last year, to be honest, you know,
with a hip and drew last year, and I was
really struggling golf swing wise, and it affected me a
lot more than I thought it was. I wasn't really painful,
it was just I couldn't move it properly. And I
basically got told you need to sort yourself out or
you're staring down the bowl of surgery. So it's obviously
(12:38):
a bit to make a change when you've got a
gun point into your head like that. And yeah, look,
I've tried my best to carry it on this year.
It's hard to keep up with the gym stuff during
during tournament weeks, especially when you played a bunch in
a role when you know, after a week late last week,
I've I wouldn't want to think about going to the
gym this week. It just kind of chill out. But
(12:59):
you know, trying to do things a little bit better.
It's kind of hard in America. I do like my
food they do. They generally do the fatty, sugary, good
kind of foods pretty well over here. So yeah, there's
been there, There's been a couple of week moments, but
you know, for the most part, I'm trying to do
a little bit better and obviously it's helped out on
(13:19):
the golf course this year massively.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
Yay Ryan alone, take much more of your time. But
tweety years since Michael Campbell did what Michael Campbell did
at Pinehurst in the US Open, it's kind of a
nice parallel moving into this twenty year anniversary.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Yeah, look, obviously would love to replicate Cambo. It's I
remember vividly watching that event twenty years ago and I
certainly love to do the same thing as what he did.
You know, I think felt like the whole of New
Zealand stopped on that Monday morning, and yeah, if I
could do the same this year, it'd be great, but
there's also one hundred and fifty other guys in the
(13:58):
field that are pretty damn good at golf trying to
do the same thing. So yeah, I'll be trying hard,
and you also be trying not to get beaten up
by Open this week. It is probably the hardest golf
course I've ever played, and I've only played nine to
holes so fast. So looking forward to seeing what the
back nine shows up tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
So have you talked to him?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
I got a message from Cambo after Canada, and he's
doing well from what I understand, and you know, playing
a bit of senior golf again, which is great to see.
You know, he retired relatively early there and I think
he was having some golf swing troubles and it's great
to see him back playing and enjoying golf again. And
you know, I'd love to catch up with him at
(14:39):
some stage down line. That's he's He's helped me out
a little bit of my career, give me some short
game lessons and a bit of been lucky enough to
sit down and have a chat with him a few
times about how we dealt with some pressure and stuff
like that. So yeah, I'd love to sit down and
share a glass of red wine with him and have
a bit of a yarn. He's He's great like that.
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
Be he Sune's number one golfer Ryan Fox that joins
us now after a phenomenal couple of weeks on the PGA. Ryan,
I gotta ask, have you spent any time sitting down
and caring and absorbing in what's happened to you over
the last few weeks.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
No, definitely, not at a week off after the PGA,
which kind of let a little bit of Myrtle beachs
can maybe, But yeah, the last week, I don't know,
I mean, it was it was crazy, especially the finishes
in both playoffs. Yeah, I don't know if I'll ever
quite figure out what happened. But yeah, it's been a
life changing month, to be honest, And that's probably the
(00:52):
only way I could describe it.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
In life changing because of where you sit, your position
in the world of golf, because of the money that's
turned up, or the opportunities that have opened for you.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Yeah, it's it's more the more the latter part of
that than anything else. I mean, it's it's having some
security over here for a few years now, you know,
getting into some the big events obviously I played my
way into two majors in the last month as last
minute Charlie, you know, playing some of the signature events now,
you know, looking really good for the for the playoffs
(01:26):
this year and into some some big events again for
next year if I can, you know Cement being in
that top fifty at the end of the year. So
it's yeah, it's changed everything PG tool wise. It's changed
our lives of family immensely. You know, having that security
and being able to make decisions on our future with
certainty is you know, a big change from what it's
(01:46):
been the last couple of years, that's for sure. So yeah,
it's life changing, as I said, was the best way
to describe it.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
What about the media, Ryan, I mean, you like your
old man Grant, you love a good yahn and you're
always very open to talking to the media. But i'd
suggest over the last few weeks a little harder to
deal with. It's getting pretty intense.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Yeah, look, I mean it's it's all I do, love
a chat like the old man, and you know the
New Zealand media always fantastic. And you know I've got
personal personal relationships with a lot of people, including yourself
which is great. There's certainly been a few extra requests
this this week that have come in and you know,
a couple via my manager and he's he's had to
play bad cop a couple of times, you know, kind
(02:30):
of staying foxy. You've got a major to prepare for.
You need to rest, chill out, and yeah, it's it's
been a bit crazy. Probably the craziest thing is trying
to apply to all the texts and everything else that
has come through. Didn't realize so many people had my
phone number, to be honest, So yeah, it's it's. Look,
they're all good problems to have, to be honest. It's
it can get pretty lonely when things are going there
(02:51):
the wrong way and you're struggling and no one really
thinks about your worries about you. But you know, when
you're getting a bunch of messages and interview requests and
all that stuff, it means you're doing something right.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Coping tools, Ryan, what have you got in your quiver
to deal with this? Because the more you advance up
the rankings, the more majors you compete in, the bigger
the pressure is going to be on you. This is
not golf, This is the the horsepower upstairs. This is
your headspace. What are you seeking in order to deal
(03:25):
with this.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
I've worked with a sports site for a long time
go called Carl Morris, and you know that's more on
the golf course stuff. But I've never really had an
off an issue with the off the golf course stuff,
you know, apart from maybe I've got to be a
bit better at saying no and being being a bit
selfish in a way. And you know, obviously I've got
a young family as well, and I've I've got to
give them a bunch of time, you know, and you know,
(03:48):
not be not be very selfish in that way. So yeah,
it's it's a learning curve, you know. I probably had
a little bit of it a couple of years ago
with that great run I had in Europe and then
winning it went Worth and stuff like that. So there
was a there was a pretty big uptick there, you know,
with with the off course responsibilities and sort of the
(04:10):
newfound fame, I guess a little bit, if you want
to put it that way. And I probably didn't realize
how big all of that was until like I got
home at the end of the year and there was
a whole lot more pressure on my time in that regard,
and I'm sure it's going to be be the same
this year. You know, when I when I eventually get
home at the end of the year, I'm going to
get pulled in a bunch of different directions. And I said,
(04:30):
as I said, I've just got to be a bit
better at saying no. And you know, it's it's just
a product of what it is.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Like.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
I'm a I'm a father and a husband first, and
I'm a goal for second. And you know it's uh,
as I said, they're good problems to have as well,
and I just got to find a nice balance with it.
And you know, if I do have to chat to someone,
I think probably someone in my family's got some pretty
good experience of of how to deal with that kind
of stuff as well, So I can lean on Dad
a little bit there. And yeah, so I'm sure I'll
(05:01):
figure it out going forward.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Family pressure, of course, Ryan is always there present. It's
not just you, it's your wife and your kids, your
direct family. So now knowing what your plan is over
the next two to three years, that must be a
huge source.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Of calm for your entire family.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah, it's you know, certainly for my wife more than anyone.
It's it's it's probably causing here a few problems about
around figuring out schooling and what we're going to do
with that kind of stuff. But we can we can
make those decisions with certainty now, as I said, and
it's you know, to have some security out here now
(05:40):
for three years. You know, we know we're going to
be based over here. We're going to look at buying
a house in America or all of that stuff that
goes with it. And yeah, there's there's still some tough
decisions to make, but you know a month ago, well,
you know, six weeks ago where you know, I always
kind of know we're on the FedEx Cup and you're going, well,
(06:00):
are we going to be living in the UK? Are
we're going to be living in America? Are we going
to be back in New Zealand? Like what's going to
happen next year? So it's a whole lot better knowing
you know, the certainty around the golf and that I've
got a job for a while, and you know, that
makes it a whole lot easier to make those decisions
and you know, can kind of can make an actual
(06:23):
plan for the next two or three years, which we
certainly couldn't as of six weeks ago. So it's been
huge for the family in that regard. You know, we
start becoming a bit acclimatized to America, getting used to it.
You know, it was it was tough last year traveling
around all over the place and having a base. This
year has been great. And you know, kids love Florida.
(06:43):
It's warm, they get to go for a swim every
day when we're home. It's you know, we've got some
friends there. Now it's you know, I wouldn't say it's
starting to feel like home, but you know, it's it's
starting to feel a little less like a foreign country
at least.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Nothing like a home away from home. Let's talk about
Marcus Wheelhouse. So here's your coach. He's turned up a
week before your first victory, and he did it again
a week.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Before your last PG victory.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
So plainly he's been instrumental in your rise and rise
in what you're doing out there on the track.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Yeah, it's some I think Whey came up. Obviously. I've
seen Weely at home a lot, and I haven't been
home this year since February and you know, Marcus stopped
traveling a couple of years ago through COVID, and we
decided this year that you know, he was up for
traveling a bit more and it's it's obviously worked.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
You know.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
He came up in Dallas the week before Myrtle Beach
with probably a much more positive attitude about where my
golf game was than where where I thought it was.
You know, I kind of felt like it was close,
but I was getting frustrated with it, with with things
a bit too much, and you know, we worked on
a couple of things. It was definitely a couple of
things to tweak and get right. But you know, Wheely
(08:06):
really came in and we found it really quickly earlier
in the week. And you know, it was pretty tough
on myself that week of Dallas and was a bit
but frustrated at my golf game, and you know, he's like, mate,
we're there, we're there, just be patient. It's going to come.
And I didn't quite think it was going to come
straight away, but it did. And then it came up
for a memorial and that was a really solid week.
(08:27):
I you know, I had I was two shots away,
you know from a top end that week, and you know,
it felt like I played really solid and then you know,
obviously we did some we carried on that good work
we've done a few weeks earlier, and then last week
happened and I played really good. It hit some amazing
shots down the stretch and pretty decent one in the
(08:49):
playoffs as well. So it was, yeah, it's it's it's been.
It's been good having him up and he's coming up
for Scottish in the Open, so I certainly hope it
works the same way again.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
You've played what you've described as the best golf shot
of your career up your victory last week. It was
an astonishing shot. I looked to that and also the
chip to win as well a couple of weeks earlier
and wonder how much of your internal confidence has bubbled
(09:22):
to the top which allows you to make decisions like
that and play shots like that. It's a huge amount
of bravery behind that, Ryan, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
I mean I think the one on Sunday, the three
what over the water, there was definitely some bravery in that,
and you know, I feel like I'm something at good.
I could see the shot pretty easy. It makes it
easy to pull the trigger on that shot. I'd say
the chippin, you know, in terms of hardness of shot
wasn't wasn't a tricky shot. But obviously the chippin under
(09:53):
the circumstances is pretty incredible. But you know that that
one on eighteen three over water from two hundred and
whatever meters it was to to sex foot, it's going
to pretty hard to beat for me going forward. You know,
there's there's no luck involved in that one. That's you know,
that's just getting up and sucking it up and hitting
(10:15):
a really good shot and to do it under that
that pressure, and you know, in the end it was
obviously to win tournament that it was, yeah, as pretty
sweet and one I certainly won't forget.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
I'd say you could have drained that part and one
as well, but maybe that thought went through your head
and you were nice and careful because you did have
two shots to win.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
One hundred percent. You know, it's just don't do anything silly.
I didn't want to hit it. Yeah, I obviously didn't
want to give myself any work coming back. I probably
gave myself six inches more than I really wanted to
with that part. I had to market. But you know,
I definitely wasn't worried about the next one, but yeah,
look it was just get it down there, don't do
(10:59):
anything silly, and you know, don't get like a high
side lip out and have three foot coming back, because
then you look really silly.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
I want to put the micros on you. But are
you aware that you've got the third best major cut
making streak at the moment behind Cheflin Schoffley, Like, you've
gone nine consecutive cuts now through majors.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Did you know that I knew i'd made a lot
in a row. I think in twenty three and twenty
four I made all the major cuts in a row,
which was pretty sweet, and made the PGA. So yeah,
it's a pretty good streak to have. I'd like to
have finished a bit higher and a couple of the
ones I've played, but yeah, I got there. I like
hard golf, and this week's going to be about as
(11:41):
hard as it gets. Hopefully you haven't put the commentators
curse on me there or anything. And I missed the
cut this week, but look, yeah, just go out and
see what happens. My prep's going to be relatively limited
after last week, just trying to recover and get to Thursday,
will cem energy again. But obviously I'm playing well as well,
so I kind of got nothing to lose this week.
Go out and give it a crack and see what happens.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
You better make the cut, bro, I couldn't carry that
for the rest of my career that I've cursed you. Ryan,
just finishing out, You've noticeably lost weight. You're looking very
very trim out there on the track. Took us through that.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Yeah, look, this year's I had a big push at
the end of last year, to be honest, you know,
with a hip and drew last year, and I was
really struggling golf swing wise, and it affected me a
lot more than I thought it was. I wasn't really painful,
it was just I couldn't move it properly. And I
basically got told you need to sort yourself out or
you're staring down the bowl of surgery. So it's obviously
(12:38):
a bit to make a change when you've got a
gun point into your head like that. And yeah, look,
I've tried my best to carry it on this year.
It's hard to keep up with the gym stuff during
during tournament weeks, especially when you played a bunch in
a role when you know, after a week late last week,
I've I wouldn't want to think about going to the
gym this week. It just kind of chill out. But
(12:59):
you know, trying to do things a little bit better.
It's kind of hard in America. I do like my
food they do. They generally do the fatty, sugary, good
kind of foods pretty well over here. So yeah, there's
been there, There's been a couple of week moments, but
you know, for the most part, I'm trying to do
a little bit better and obviously it's helped out on
(13:19):
the golf course this year massively.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
Yay Ryan alone, take much more of your time. But
tweety years since Michael Campbell did what Michael Campbell did
at Pinehurst in the US Open, it's kind of a
nice parallel moving into this twenty year anniversary.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Yeah, look, obviously would love to replicate Cambo. It's I
remember vividly watching that event twenty years ago and I
certainly love to do the same thing as what he did.
You know, I think felt like the whole of New
Zealand stopped on that Monday morning, and yeah, if I
could do the same this year, it'd be great, but
there's also one hundred and fifty other guys in the
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field that are pretty damn good at golf trying to
do the same thing. So yeah, I'll be trying hard,
and you also be trying not to get beaten up
by Open this week. It is probably the hardest golf
course I've ever played, and I've only played nine to
holes so fast. So looking forward to seeing what the
back nine shows up tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
So have you talked to him?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
I got a message from Cambo after Canada, and he's
doing well from what I understand, and you know, playing
a bit of senior golf again, which is great to see.
You know, he retired relatively early there and I think
he was having some golf swing troubles and it's great
to see him back playing and enjoying golf again. And
you know, I'd love to catch up with him at
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some stage down line. That's he's He's helped me out
a little bit of my career, give me some short
game lessons and a bit of been lucky enough to
sit down and have a chat with him a few
times about how we dealt with some pressure and stuff
like that. So yeah, I'd love to sit down and
share a glass of red wine with him and have
a bit of a yarn. He's He's great like that.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
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