Ryan Fox will make his Genesis Championship debut this week at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, as he continues his pursuit of the coveted Harry Vardon Trophy.
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The New Zealander will tee it up in South Korea as Champion Golfer of the Year after he birdied the 72nd hole to win his maiden Major title in a thrilling climax to The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale in July.
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The 39-year-old currently sits in sixth position on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World and is now bidding to overhaul leader Eugenio Chacarra to be crowned European Number One, with this week’s tournament and two Rolex Series events of the DP World Tour Play-Offs still to come.
Chacarra arrives in Cheonan full of confidence after reaching the top of the Rankings on Sunday. The 26-year-old recorded a two-shot victory at the DP World India Championship to secure his third title of the 2026 season and jump ahead of Patrick Reed in second and Rory McIlroy in third.
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Fox will make his first appearance at Korea’s largest international golf tournament alongside his Presidents Cup teammates Si Woo Kim and Sungjae Im.
World Number 14 Kim, Korea’s highest-ranked player on the Official World Golf Ranking, will tee it up for his second Genesis Championship, while two-time PGA Tour winner Im claimed victory at the 2019 edition.
Junghwan Lee, who captured his maiden DP World Tour title at last year’s tournament, will look to become the first player to successfully defend his title and win the event more than once.
This week’s Genesis Championship is the final event of the regular season with the top 100 on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World at the close of the tournament on Sunday earning a full card for the 2027 season. This week also provides players with the last chance to play their way into the DP World Tour Play-Offs.
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Pablo Larrazábal, who won the Korea Championship Presented by Genesis in 2023, joins a host of players in need of a strong week to secure their place inside the top 100. The nine-time DP World Tour winner sits in 165th position on the Rankings and needs a top two finish to retain Category Ten membership for next season.
Player Quotes
Ryan Fox: I played a bunch in Korea early on in my professional career and it was always a very enjoyable place to come and play. I’m surprised I’ve taken this long to come back, but I’m looking forward to the week.
We’ve got a great golf course this week. I love the food over here as well, so it’s shaping up to be a great week. It’s always something that I wanted to be able to do. It’s hard to do, especially at my age. I’m getting older and travel’s getting a little bit harder but being able to take the Claret Jug around at the moment and show it off is pretty cool at various places around the world.
My memories from this were actually Jordan Gumberg last year. I remember watching that and seeing him hole out to keep his card which I thought was an amazing story.
I’m lucky to be one of the guys not worrying about it but obviously I want to play well this week to push my way up the Race to Dubai and see if I can contend, although Eugenio Chacarra has made that pretty tough the last few weeks. He’s playing some special golf and I’m looking forward to seeing him this week.
