Olympic and World Cup of Golf team-mates Danny Lee and Ryan Fox will bid for individual glory at next week’s Australian PGA Championship.
Lee, the World Number 64, grew up playing golf across the Tasman in New Zealand and made a huge debut on the world stage when he won the 2009 Johnnie Walker Classic on the European Tour as an amateur.
Since then, the Kiwi’s career has gone from strength to strength, highlighted by his victory on the US PGA Tour in 2015 which helped him qualify for both the International Team at The Presidents Cup and New Zealand at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Next week, Lee will make his debut in the Australian PGA Championship, which will be co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia.
“I’m excited to play my first Australian PGA Championship. I have heard lots of great things about the tournament, and am happy to be able to experience it myself for the first time,” said Lee.
“This has been an incredible year for me, playing at both the Olympics and the World Cup, and I am looking forward to finishing my season on the Gold Coast.”
Before teeing it up in Queensland, Lee will represent New Zealand alongside Fox at the World Cup of Golf.
Fox has been a regular at the Australian PGA Championship in previous years, recording a best of finish of tied 11that RACV Royal Pines Resort in 2014.
After a strong season on the European Challenge Tour, which saw him finish fourth in the Road to Oman Rankings, Fox has graduated to the European Tour and will tee off his season on familiar territory.
It’s pretty great that the Australian PGA Championship will be my first European Tour event since gaining my card.
Ryan Fox
“I know the Royal Pines layout well and I always enjoy playing in Australia, because it is where I started my career, so I am hoping it turns out to be a successful week for me.
“Having Danny there is going to make sure it’s a fun week. We are good mates and he has a good sense of humour. I think he is going to love the Gold Coast, the Aussie crowds and the festival feel of the Australian PGA Championship.”
Lee and Fox join World Number 7 Adam Scott, Englishman Ian Poulter, World Number 54 Marc Leishman, Scott Hend, Marcus Fraser, American Harold Varner III and defending champion Nathan Holman at RACV Royal Pines Resort next week.
