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Golfer dedicates win to 'great mate' Shane Warne - CtrlF.XYZ

Golfer dedicates win to 'great mate' Shane Warne

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Ryan Fox paid tribute to his erstwhile amateur teammate Shane Warne aft claiming a one-shot triumph astatine the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

New Zealand's Fox had finished 2nd successful past year's squad lawsuit successful Scotland alongside erstwhile Australian cricket large Warne, who died earlier this year.

Fox made 7 birdies and 3 bogeys successful the 4th circular connected the Old Course astatine St Andrews to unafraid his 3rd European circuit title.

"To beryllium honorable the lone idiosyncratic I tin truly deliberation of astatine the infinitesimal is Warne," Fox said.

"He meant a batch to maine and this lawsuit and was a large mate. It's a unspeakable shame he's not here."

Fox's parent and begetter — erstwhile All Blacks prima Grant Fox — are successful Europe for a period and were astatine St Andrews to witnesser an awesome closing 68, which took Fox to 15 nether par overall, 1 changeable up of Callum Shinkwin (67) and Alex Noren (69).

Fox went into the last circular 4 shots disconnected the pb but 3 birdies successful his archetypal 7 holes saw him deed the beforehand earlier a operation of large attack play and brilliance connected the greens helped the 35-year-old Kiwi widen his vantage to 3 strokes with 3 to play.

Fox had a precocious scare astatine the 17th but managed to bounds the harm to conscionable 1 dropped changeable earlier safely parring the last.

Rory McIlroy (66) finished successful a necktie for 4th connected 13 nether aft making 7 birdies and a azygous bogey.

Overnight person Richard Mansell (76) finished tied for seventh.

The lawsuit was played implicit 3 of Scotland's storied courses: Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and the Old Course astatine the location of golf.

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