{"id":895008,"date":"2026-09-17T06:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895008\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T06:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:42:14","slug":"ryan-fox-discloses-what-justin-thomas-texted-him-after-he-won-the-open-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895008\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Fox discloses what Justin Thomas texted him after he won The Open Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ryan Fox has revealed that Justin Thomas told him to remember all of the details from his Open Championship victory in the hope that it could benefit him later in his career. <\/p>\n

Fox became one of the most popular winners in a long time with his dramatic victory at Royal Birkdale back in July. The New Zealander produced a superb performance on Sunday in Southport \u2013 including making an amazing birdie on the 72nd hole \u2013 to secure his first major title. <\/p>\n

The 39-year-old had never even registered a top-10 finish in a major before his triumph at The Open. With that, he is set to make his first appearance for the International Team at the Presidents Cup later this month. <\/p>\n

What Justin Thomas told Ryan Fox after his Open Championship victory<\/p>\n

There is no question that Fox is one of the most well-liked players on tour, so it is no surprise that he received a raft of messages from many of his peers after lifting the Claret Jug. <\/p>\n

And speaking to the media ahead of the BMW PGA Championship \u2013 an event he won back in 2023 \u2013 Fox spoke about some of those who reached out after his victory. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of cool messages come through. Adam Scott sent me a great one but I\u2019m not going to repeat it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI had a really good message from Justin Thomas<\/a> about remembering all the little things because you never know when you are going to need it down the road. I thought that was a great nugget of advice.<\/p>\n

\u201cGot a message from Kelly Slater which is pretty cool. I met Kelly once eight or nine years ago at a Dunhill. For him to reach out like that was cool. I had a lot of people do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ryan Fox lauds fellow major champion Aaron Rai<\/p>\n

Fox\u2019s victory at The Open was not the only surprise win for one of the game\u2019s most likeable figures this year, with Aaron Rai<\/a> lifting the PGA Championship after a brilliant final round at Aronimink. <\/p>\n

Rai appears to have absolutely no interest in putting himself in the spotlight, so it was extremely satisfying to watch the way so many players on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour lauded him in the wake of his win in Philadelphia. <\/p>\n

And Fox has now added to the plaudits coming Rai\u2019s way. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think Aaron is genuinely one of the most pleasant and nicest people you\u2019ll ever meet. First time I played with Aaron was an Open Qualifying at Woburn in I want to say like 2015 maybe,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, feels like he hasn\u2019t changed at all to this day, even though he\u2019s accomplished a lot. He always gives everyone his time. I love the fact that he\u2019s just himself. He doesn\u2019t worry about anything else. He\u2019s got his sort of quirks and some other people would have maybe changed a little bit over the years. But he\u2019s always kept his manners.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the other thing I would say about him is I think he\u2019s one of the hardest workers anywhere, I would argue in any sport but definitely in golf. Everyone was very happy for him at the PGA Championship, and you see how hard he works. You see he deserves it, and the way he did it was impressive. He\u2019s carried himself so well since that achievement, and he\u2019s the same person he was before the PGA Championship. It\u2019s a testament to him and his family, the way he was brought up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s genuinely one of the nicest, most pleasant people you\u2019ll ever meet and he\u2019s got time for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rai was one of the players who finished one shot adrift of Fox at Wentworth back in 2023, so both players will fancy their chances of a second notable victory this season over the coming days. <\/p>\n

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