Ryan Fox

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And to get you in the mood... Back to -3 although he’s launched a lovely tee shot from the 2nd. Kiwi Fox, the son of rugby union legend Grant, has broken a run of seven pars with a birdie at 8 while England’s Armitage has a scorecard showing 4-4-4-4-4. A long way from the hole, he needed three putts to get down so that’s an opening bogey. Hit a good tee shot down 1, ended up right in the middle of a fresh divot. England’s Marcus Armitage continues his surge up the leaderboard and a birdie at 9 takes him out in 3-under 33. Tiger Woods slumped to a six-over 78 in round one, the agony strung out over six hours and 18 minutes. So the ball obviously, you have more control on the ground. Wind gusts hit it and ended up in the burn. Since that opening bogey dropped him back to -3 he’s made three pars although the Masters champ will fancy a first red number of the day at the par-5 fifth. Marcus Armitage adds a par at 10 to remain in tied sixth. In the skies above at least.