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Sunday 11 May 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Fox wins ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic
The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 May 2025 · Ryan Fox’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · ONEflight
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/19°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 29 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/18°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 20 km/h ENE, gusts 36 · 6.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/18°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 32 · 15.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Harry Higgs USA · 269Lost three-man playoff on first extra hole; misread a 25-foot birdie putt after Fox's chip-in ASAP Sports transcript: Harry Higgs, May 11 2025
- Mackenzie Hughes CAN · 269Lost three-man playoff on first extra hole to Fox's birdie Golf News Net final results
132 started · cut -2, 69 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic
The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ryan Fox
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 May 2025
I just kind of aimed straight at it, and I hit the spot I wanted to hit, which is always a nice thing. About 8 foot out.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 May 2025
I haven't transitioned probably as well as I would have liked over to the PGA TOUR. It was a tough year last year. I managed to just keep my card.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 May 2025
I'm proud and bummed out. It felt like this one was mine. Hopefully I get another chance, and I think that I will.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Fox | 65 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −15 |
| T2 | Mackenzie Hughes | 63 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T2 | Harry Higgs | 67 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| 4 | Kevin Yu | 68 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | Niklas Nørgaard | 67 · 69 · 71 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| T5 | Alex Smalley | 70 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Rico Hoey | 69 · 70 · 69 · 64 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Hayden Buckley | 67 · 69 · 71 · 65 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Mark Hubbard | 68 · 71 · 67 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Sami Välimäki | 69 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Matti Schmid | 70 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 64 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1987-01-22, Auckland, New Zealand; NZL; turned pro 2012; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 119 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Myrtle Beach Classic week, OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet