Ryan Fox in action this week – photo DP World Tour Tour Getty Images
New Zealand’s Ryan Fox’s final round of 74 at the Mallorca Open this morning cost him the opportunity of a third European Tour title in 2022 but his share of 4th place has seen the 35 year old move to number 2 in the DP World Tour rankings behind only Rory McIlroy after moving past Matthew Fitzpatrick this weekend.
Fox began the final round in a share of the lead with Germany’s Yannik Paul but after a double bogey at his first hole of round four followed by two more dropped shots by the 6th hole, he was behind the eightball and although he moved back into contention when he birdied the 10th and 11th holes the damage had essentially been done.
It was however Fox’s 7th top five finish of the season and adds another €94500 to his already substantial earnings this season.
Fox now has DP World Tour earnings in the 2021/2022 season of more than €2.6 million.
Australia’s Scott Hend recorded his best finish of what has been a tough season for the Queenslander when sharing 11th place. Hend’s fellow Queenslander, Maverick Antcliff, was the only other Australian to make the cut and finished 70th.
The tournament was won by Yannik Paul who won for the first time in his short DP World Tour career.
