{"id":608835,"date":"2026-09-23T04:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T04:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/608835\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T04:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T04:16:10","slug":"ryan-fox-says-internationals-have-gelled-ahead-of-presidents-cup-title-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/608835\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Fox says Internationals have gelled ahead of Presidents Cup title bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cGetting involved with the team has been great. I\u2019ve got a lot of guys I know really, really well on the team. It\u2019s been really easy to fit in both with the captains and the players. We\u2019ve had a lot of dinners and a lot of team meetings and stuff like that. It feels really organic this week that we\u2019ve got this collective goal we all want to achieve and everyone\u2019s buying into it. It feels like you\u2019re playing with your mates, and it\u2019s a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

On their arrival to Chicago the team were given a massive selection of International-branded merchandise, which Fox shared on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\"RyanRyan Fox’s haul of Team International kit ahead of the President’s Cup. Photo \/ @ryanfoxgolfer<\/p>\n

Despite being one of the quicker players on the PGA Tour, Fox doesn\u2019t think it will affect the rhythm of his teammates but is wary the Americans may try to slow him down to get in his head.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think so. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s too many guys who play at my pace on Tour, and that\u2019s fine. I know Geoff [International captain Ogilvy] and all the assistants spent a lot of time getting the pairings sorted, and I don\u2019t think pace of play came into it at all. It was kind of how the games fit and how the personalities fit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would imagine on the US side they might try to slow-play me a little bit, but that\u2019s probably no different than what it\u2019s like every day on Tour. Hopefully I can find a way to deal with that pretty easily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox is coming off a strong showing at the BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth where he briefly held the lead on the final day before finishing sixth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said he was looking forward to the match play though he hasn\u2019t played the format much in recent years. His maiden European Tour title in 2019 was in a match-play event called the World Super 6 in Perth<\/a> while he grew up playing Interprovincial in New Zealand, which was match-play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t played a lot of match play as a pro, but I would say the majority of guys now probably say that. Scotty [Adam Scott] might be one that has played a fair bit, playing the match play so many years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes a great match player? It\u2019s someone that\u2019s just really competitive. I think it\u2019s a different format, right? You\u2019re not trying to beat the golf course like you are every week in a professional event, like it\u2019s \u2013 you\u2019re just trying to beat your man. If 74 beats 75 or 64 beats 65, like it really doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a long golf course, and it looks like we\u2019re going to get some wind this week. I enjoy playing in hard conditions, so I\u2019m kind of looking forward to that, like having to hit a lot of tough shots.<\/p>\n

\u201cGenerally length, I\u2019m not as long as I used to be, but generally length is not an issue for me. Hopefully that puts me in good stead round here. Yeah, I putted great last week at Wentworth as well. Hopefully I can take that into this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously holing putts is fairly important in match play. It was nice to feel \u2013 nice to see a few go in last week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teammate Tom Kim, ranked 31st in the world and a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, said having Fox as a major winner in the side gave them all a boost.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him after he was on the team … man, really can\u2019t believe this is your first one. He\u2019s been around for a long time. But I think for the Internationals to have a major champion, I think momentum-wise it\u2019s a pretty big thing to know we have a major winner,\u201d Kim said. <\/p>\n

\u201cGives me personally confidence to go out there and know that these guys have my back. And I think I can kind of speak for the rest of my team, having him as the champion, we all feed off that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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