KIWI FOX WINS SUPER 6

KIWI Ryan Fox won the World Super 6 Perth golf tournament at Lake Karrinyup, beating Spain’s Adrian Otaegui in the match play final.

Fox beat Jazz Janewattananond, Kristoffer Reitan and Paul Dunne on the way to yesterday’s final, before thrashing Otaegui in the decider with two holes to spare. The win, Fox’s first European Tour victory, is set to boost his world No.85 world ranking.

Fox, whose dad Grant Fox was a World Cup-winning All Black, was forced to give up rugby after a series of concussions.

World No.71 Otaegui qualified for the six-hole decider by thrashing Scott Vincent in their semi-final shootout, winning three of the first four holes to secure a berth. But he was no match for Fox in the final.

Local hope Min Woo Lee was eliminated in the quarter-finals. Lee beat France’s Gregory Bourdy in the opening round, before edging past tournament favourite Thomas Pieters in the round of 16.

The 20-year-old West Australian held a one-up lead against Otaegui early in their quarter-final shootout.

But Lee faded from that point, with Otaegui finishing two-up.

Irishman Dunne finished third after beating Zimbabwean Scott Vincent on the seventh hole of their thirdfourth playoff.

Australian Brett Rumford took out the inaugural World Super 6 in 2017, while Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat won it last year.