Travelers Championship: Ryan Fox reflects on brutal US Open ahead of PGA Tour signature event

Ryan Fox knew pretty quickly that things would take a strange turn in his final round of the US Open.
After three solid rounds at the tough Oakmont Country Club course, Fox was paired with Canadian Corey Conners for the final day's play with a tee time in the

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Otago Daily Times

6 hours ago

Otago Daily Times

Breakthrough third for Kiwi teen in Italy

Rotorua teenager Kate Hastings earned a breakthrough podium in the latest round of the UCI downhill world series in Italy yesterday. The 17-year-old claimed third place in the junior women's final at the fourth round of the series on the infamous Black Snake downhill track at Val di Sole. Hastings, who won a European Cup race last weekend in Austria, is the younger sister of former junior downhill world champion and current Pivot Factory elite Jenna Hastings. Qualifying second-fastest, Hastings was strong on the top half of the course before powering home impressively on the bottom half to finish just 2.78sec behind winner and series leader Rosa Zierl, of Austria. It capped another outstanding display for Kiwi downhill junior women with four riders in the top eight in the final. Rotorua rider Bellah Birchall was fifth, in-form Tauranga rider Eliana Hulsebosch seventh and Queenstown rider Indy Deavoll eighth. Hulsebosch is second in the overall standings behind Zierl. Birchall is fifth, Hastings seventh and Deavoll 10th. Four-time elite national champion Jess Blewitt (Cube Factory, Queenstown) again showed she is in world-class form with fifth in the elite women's final, following her fifth in Leogang, to move her inside the top 10 overall. Fourth out of the starting gate, Blewitt was brilliant on the bottom half of the run to claim the top spot, where she remained until the final four riders. Compatriot Sacha Earnest, in her rookie season, finished 14th in the final. While the New Zealand junior men did not reach the podium this round, there were three Kiwis in the top seven, led by Hawke's Bay rider Tyler Waite, who looked to be adding to his two podiums this year. He took the lead with a consistently fast run until pipped by the Alran brothers and American Asa Vermette to finish fourth by a slim margin. Waite remains second on the overall standings. Last-round winner Oli Clark was fifth yesterday and is fifth on the standings, while Jonty Williamson (Palmerston North) was seventh yesterday and is sixth on points. There were no Kiwis to qualify in the elite men's race, which was won by outstanding young Canadian Jackson Goldstone. There is a two-week break for downhill riders before the fifth round of the world series, in the Alps at La Thuile Valle D'Aosta, in northern Italy. — APL

RNZ News

3 days ago

RNZ News

Former Wimbledon champion to retire after US Open

Czech Petra Kvitova, in 2014, kissing the Wimbledon trophy after winning the grand slam tournament her second time. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Two-time Wimbledon tennis champion Petra Kvitova has announced she will retire from tennis at the conclusion of the US Open, later this year. The Czech returned to competition this year after a 15-month maternity break. The 35-year-old, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014 and reached the Australian Open final in 2019, will compete at this year's Wimbledon and US Open for the last time. Kvitova, who has won 31 titles over nearly two decades and reached a highest ranking of number two in the world, said the 2025 season would be her last. Kvitova's career was marked by resilience, most notably her recovery from a serious injury sustained during a home robbery in 2016. "I am excited and very much looking forward to soak in the beauty of playing The Championships, Wimbledon one more time, a place that holds the most cherished memories in my career for me," she wrote in a statement. "And while I am not entirely sure yet what my hardcourt swing in the US will look like, I am intending to finish my active playing career at the US Open in New York later this summer. "I could not have asked or wished for anything more - tennis has given me everything I have today, and I will continue to be forever grateful to this beautiful sport that I love." Since her return at the ATX Open in Austin, Kvitova has lost six of her seven matches, with her only win coming in the first round in Rome. She also competed in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, the French Open and the Queen's Club Championships in London. - Reuters

NZ Herald

4 days ago

NZ Herald