OPEN DE FRANCE

September 16, 2025

Ryan Fox

Le Golf National

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Q. It's hard to believe it's been ten years since you had your win on French soil. Incredibly fond memories of France, given you played in the Paris Olympics last year, as well.

RYAN FOX: Yeah, I've always really enjoyed coming to France. Food, wine, the people are great. The golf courses feel a little bit like home, as well.

I like a golf where, like this week, it feels very old school, tree-lined, tight. And that's what I grew up on, and I think that's why I've really enjoyed playing golf last year as well.

Q. One of the features about this course is the fact that the 18th is on a par 3. So take me through that.

RYAN FOX: Yeah, I didn't know much about the course until I played the back nine this afternoon. It was a cool finishing hole. Feels like you could chip a 4-iron down there and run it down the hill.

But yeah, if they tuck that pin back right which I'm sure it will be Sunday and you're coming down the stretch with a lead, it's going to be -- there could be some fireworks there. It's pretty hard hole to make a 2 on, and certainly can make a 5 pretty quickly.

Yeah, it's going to be exciting for everyone watching and it's a little bit different for us. I mean, I can't think of too many golf courses that finish on a par 3 so that's pretty Cool.

Q. Couple of years since your last win on the DP World Tour, which came at the BMW PGA. What do you like about playing in Europe as a whole?

RYAN FOX: There's a lot of things I like. The camaraderie we've got over here is fantastic. Obviously I've played out here for quite a long time now and got some good mates out here.

We go to some good places. Obviously we were in London last week for Wentworth. We're in Paris this week. Tour goes to St Andrews in a couple of weeks. We go to Madrid. All lots of really cool places around the world.

We play a great variety of golf, as well. You know, we've got an old-school style golf course this week, links golf, some parkland, we get some heathland golf courses like Wentworth was.

It's just a really fun Tour to play. I really enjoy the travel. Obviously I'm from about as far away as you can get from Europe, and we're based up in the U.K. for quite a few years and just really enjoyed something different. My family spent a bit of time up here as well, and they loved it. It was just a great few years playing over here. Obviously different based in the U.S. now, but really enjoy coming back.

Q. You've had plenty of success in the U.S. this year, two wins. Talk me through how confident you are in your game at the minute.

RYAN FOX: I played really well through the middle of the year but then the back end has been a bit scratchy to be honest. I didn't have a lot of confidence going into Wentworth last week. I had taken three weeks off and hadn't played very well in the Playoffs over in the States. Didn't show much in the first round. But actually played pretty solid over the weekend, and felt like I found a little bit more confidence in the game.

I had a couple of bogey-free rounds on Friday and Saturday and squeaked in and made the cut. It wasn't a great finish, but it felt like I was a couple of putts here and there from a Top-25 or a Top-20, and so I got a bit to take into this week.

From what I've seen golf course so far, I like it. As I said earlier, I grew up on golf courses like this and I kind of like those tight, tree-lined courses that make you focus a little bit, and it should be fun this week.