New Zealander Ryan Fox has won the John
Hughes Nexus Risk Services WA Open Championship by an emphatic six
shots.

Starting the day tied for the lead,
Ryan Fox made his intentions known early with a birdie on the first
before going on to shot 5-under the card for a tournament total of
23-under 265.

The 27-year-old was never going to let
this one slip through his fingers and was rock solid throughout the
day.

"I am ecstatic and a bit relieved,"
said Fox immediately after his victory.

"It was great to get off to a good
start, get a decent lead and be able to enjoy the last few holes."

"I was pretty relaxed going in. I
tried to stay that way, when you’re hitting good shots it’s
pretty easy to do that."

Touted as a rising star of New Zealand
golf and the son of All Black Legend Grant, Fox has had high
expectations on his shoulders and is ecstatic to have broken through
for his maiden victory on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

"It’s great to win my first Tour
event; I have been in this position a couple of times but hadn’t
quite got it done. It’s nice to turn all that practice into a
winning result," said Fox who was inspired by the All Blacks
victory over the Wallabies last night.

"It was actually good to see the
National team do so well and see what they did to win, I definitely
drew some inspiration out of that."

"The Aussies probably should have won
but that New Zealand team just know how to win and they got the job
done."

Now with his own win to celebrate, Fox
is excited for what lies ahead.

"I have a nice bottle of wine sitting
at home so I think we might drink some of that tonight," said Fox.

"I love coming to Perth, this is my
fourth time, I have always played well over here so it’s nice to
put a win on the board and hopefully I will be back next year."

A birdie on the 18^th sealed
a runner-up finish for West Australian Stephen Dartnall who finished
with a tournament total 17-under 271.

A shot further back tied third were
Rhein Gibson (NSW), Paul Spargo (SA) and Daniel Nisbet (QLD).

Finishing the leading amateur on
13-under the card was Victorian Todd Sinnott. He finished the
tournament tied 6^th with Kim Felton (WA), Mathew Perry
(NZ), Josh Younger (Vic), Daniel Fox (WA), Matt Jager (WA), Anthony
Houston (Vic), Steve Jones (Vic).

For all the final scores please click
here.

The PGA Tour of Australasia will now be
joined by the European Tour for the ISPS Handa Perth International
being played at Lake Karrinyup Country Club next week.