Live updates of the closing holes of the Myrtle Beach Classic.

Playoff

Mackenzie Hughes - parRyan Fox - birdie
Harry Higgs - par

Leaderboard

-15 Mackenzie Hughes (F)-15 Ryan Fox (F)
-15 Harry Higgs (F)
-14 Kevin Yu (F)
-13 Niklas Norgaard (F)
-13 Alex Smalley (F)

09:03 am

What a win means for Ryan Fox

Ryan Fox wins US$720,000 ($1.2m) for first place.

300 FedEx Cup points and 27.9 Official World Golf Ranking points.

A two-year PGA Tour exemption, an invite to the 2025 PGA Championship, as well as the 2026 Sentry.

10:28 am

Ryan Fox on making this week's PGA Championship

"I played all of them the last two years and I was pretty gutted to miss the Masters this year. There was one spot going this week and you to get it you had to win. I love Quail Hollow as a golf course. This changes the plans a little bit. Might have a little bit of a hangover tomorrow."

10:26 am

Ryan Fox on what the win means

"It means a lot. Probably been a tough couple of seasons out here, just getting my card last year. Haven't had a great start this year so far. I always felt like my game was good enough to compete with the best in the world and got to show it a little bit today and hopefully it kickstart things for the rest of the year for me."

10:24 am

Ryan Fox on the winning chip

"Both of those guys had makeable chances. I thought I had to give it a go. When it landed I thought this has got a chance and honestly within six to eight feet out I thought it was in. I don't really know what to think right now."

10:21 am

Ryan Fox is a PGA Tour winner

Amazing scenes! The Kiwi claims his maiden PGA Tour in stunning fashion

10:20 am

RYAN FOX WINS

10:20 am

Mackenzie Hughes for birdie...

He misses.

10:19 am

Fox now in the box seat. What a chip.

Carding six bogeys in a round isn’t generally best practice for getting yourself into contention to win a golf tournament.

But when you’re also counting nine birdies, things level out in your favour.

It was unconventional, but that’s how Ryan Fox played himself into a tie for fourth in his third round at the Myrtle Beach Classic in South Carolina, setting himself up to challenge for the win in his final round.

A three-under-par 68 day saw Fox jump five places up the leaderboard to sit at 10-under for the tournament and three shots back from American leader Carson Young.

Fox started the day with five birdies and a bogey through six holes, before a par on the seventh and a run of three straight bogeys.

Through his final eight holes, Fox carded four birdies and two bogeys before closing out the round with just his second and third pars of the day.

“I’m not sure I would have believed you, to be honest. Sixty-eight I would have taken. It was obviously a tricky day out there. The wind was up early and we got rain [on] probably the last eight holes,” Fox said.

“To be honest, I felt bipolar on the greens today. If I had a birdie putt, it looked like it had a chance of going in, and if I had a par putt, I was straight out of it and walking to tap the next one in.

“Yeah, it was a strange, strange day. But happy I didn’t play my way out of the tournament making six bogeys.”

Fox goes into the final day of a tournament in contention for the second time this season and a win would see him secure a late spot in next week’s PGA Championship, the second major of the season.

As it stands, Fox has not qualified to compete in that tournament, but two spots are held for the winners of this week’s events – one for Myrtle Beach and another for the Truist Championship signature event in Pennsylvania.

It’s the second year in a row that Fox has found some success at Myrtle Beach. In 2024, he finished the tournament in a tie for fourth with a tournament score of 15-under.

“I’ve got a chance tomorrow, so that’s all you can hope for going into Sunday [local time],” he said.

“I think it’s probably a little weather-dependent. I know we’re going to get some in the morning. This golf course definitely gives up some birdies when conditions allow it, but if the wind gets up, the greens firm up a little bit. It gets tricky pretty quickly.

“I think tomorrow, it’s kind of pick your moments to be aggressive. You do have lots of wedges in here. The par-fives are all gettable. But if you’re out of position, you’ve got to take your medicine and try to scramble a par. That’s the theory tomorrow; just sort of take it on for the most part.”

On the LPGA Tour, Dame Lydia Ko is in line for a top-10 finish at the Mizuho Americas Open, finishing with a two-under 70 to improve to seven-under for the tournament with a round to play.

Not quite as eventful as day as Fox’s round, Ko mixed five birdies and three bogeys to card a 70 for the second round in a row.

Christopher Reive joined the Herald sports team in 2017, bringing the same versatility to his coverage as he does to his sports viewing habits.