{"id":534742,"date":"2026-07-20T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/534742\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T07:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:00:10","slug":"ryan-foxs-open-triumph-pays-out-2m-to-punters-backing-kiwi-golfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/534742\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Fox\u2019s Open triumph pays out $2m to punters backing Kiwi golfer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entain, the company that runs the TAB and Betcha, revealed millions of dollars were won by fans supporting Fox.<\/p>\n

\"RyanRyan Fox became the fourth Kiwi golfer to win a major. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

Those who bet on him across various markets, including outright winner, top 5, top 10, top 20, top 30, top 40 and more, won $2 million on TAB and Betcha combined.<\/p>\n

However, there were three big bets which stood out, including a $487 bet on him to win at $51 which netted the lucky punter $24,350 after it was placed midway through round three.<\/p>\n

The second-biggest win was for someone who wagered $200 at $151, which paid out $30,000.<\/p>\n

The biggest win on Fox was double that with $400 bet at the same price, securing winnings of $60,000.<\/p>\n

These big bets were placed before Fox teed off in the first round as he started the Championship at $151, but this grew to $501 after round one, according to Entain.<\/p>\n

He remained at that price after the second round, but then saw his odds shorten dramatically to $8 after shooting 62 in the third round.<\/p>\n

GAMBLING<\/p>\n

Getting help:<\/p>\n

If you, or someone you know, needs help with a gambling problem, the Gambling Helpline is available seven days a week at 0800 654 655 or by text at 8006.<\/p>\n

Other specialist contacts are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 M\u0101ori gambling helpline – 0800 654 656<\/p>\n

\u2022 Vai Lelei Pasifika gambling helpline – 0800 654 657<\/p>\n

\u2022 Youth gambling helpline \u201cIn Ya Face\u201d – 0800 654 659<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gambling debt helpline – 0800 654 658<\/p>\n

Or go to gamblinghelpline.co.nz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entain, the company that runs the TAB and Betcha, revealed millions of dollars were won by fans supporting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[116466,16891,23748,6932,81549,71,46612,6628,194,807,1132,111,139,69,5493,3111,20442,8480,5128,213,20420,1529,61,9087,3608,6123],"class_list":["post-534742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2m","tag-able","tag-backing","tag-cash","tag-foxs","tag-from","tag-golfer","tag-historic","tag-kiwi","tag-kiwis","tag-million","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-open","tag-out","tag-pays","tag-punters","tag-ryan","tag-sports","tag-supporters","tag-three","tag-to","tag-triumph","tag-were","tag-while"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}