{"id":788232,"date":"2026-07-27T23:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/788232\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T23:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:56:16","slug":"british-open-champ-ryan-fox-returns-to-new-zealand-hankering-for-sleep-and-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/788232\/","title":{"rendered":"British Open champ Ryan Fox returns to New Zealand, hankering for sleep and pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WELLINGTON, New Zealand \u2014 Ryan Fox arrived back in New Zealand on Friday after carrying The Open-winner\u2019s claret jug from one side of the world to the other, hankering for some sleep and a gourmet pie.<\/p>\n<p>Fox was embraced at Auckland airport by his father, former All Blacks rugby player Grant Fox, as he arrived with his wife Anneke and two children. Fox birdied the final hole at Royal Birkdale last Sunday for <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/pga-tour\/news\/ryan-fox-birdies-birdies-last-to-capture-open-championship-at-birkdale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his first major win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to be back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours later, media found the 39-year-old Fox at his local bakery, enjoying his favorite steak, bacon, jam and cheese pie. He hopes in coming days to able to show off his trophy to New Zealand, to get in some fishing and maybe a round of golf.<\/p>\n<p>But first, sleep. Fox has had a hectic schedule of travel and interviews since his win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a glass of wine, took a couple of sleeping pills and had more sleep last night than I\u2019ve had the last four nights. It\u2019s nice,\u201d Fox said. \u201cI\u2019m sure jetlag\u2019s going to get me and I feel like I\u2019m going to be pulled in every direction possible over the next 10 days or so we\u2019re home. It\u2019s definitely nice to be home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got the golf clubs. We\u2019ll see how it goes over the next couple of days. I\u2019d like to catch up and play with some mates. I\u2019ve had a look at the forecast and it doesn\u2019t look real good over the next little while. I don\u2019t want to play golf in the rain if I have to. But I\u2019d like to get out on the course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox hopes to be able to thank New Zealanders and others for their support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe support\u2019s been unbelievable, to be honest; I can\u2019t thank people enough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Two-time PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas \u201creached out and said, remember all the little things because they\u2019re great to draw back on when you really need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving someone who has gone through that \u2014 winning a major, accomplishing some dreams and then going through some down times as well,\u201d Fox added. \u201cI can imagine being able to draw on that is really important and a good nugget of advice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"The Open 2026 prize money: Ryan Fox nets $3.2 million, see how rest of purse pays out\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/pga-tour\/news\/british-open-2026-prize-money-full-payout-from-17-5-million-purse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"The 154th Open - Previews\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784492715_225_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Fox has won the year\u2019s final major and collects the biggest slice from The Open\u2019s $17,750,000 purse. Here\u2019s how the rest of the prize money will be paid out Sunday at Royal Birkdale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WELLINGTON, New Zealand \u2014 Ryan Fox arrived back in New Zealand on Friday after carrying The Open-winner\u2019s claret&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-788232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}