Ryan Fox continued his remarkable form on European soil as the New Zealander marched clear at the prestigious ROLEX Trophy courtesy of a 10-under par opening round 62 at Golf Club de Genève.

The son of former All Black
legend Grant Fox carded no less than three eagles and added four birdies to
that tally to move one shot clear in Geneva and continue his incredible rise on
the European Challenge Tour.

The 28 year old has played
four regular Challenge Tour events, winning once at Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge
in France, and claiming a top-5 finish as well as a top-10 in two of his other
three appearances.

Add a top-10 in the
dual-ranking Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI and a tied 49^th
place finish in The Open Championship at St Andrews to the mix and it is easy
to see why Fox entered this week’s limited-field event in Switzerland in such
buoyant mood.

Fox was surprised to have
produced such flawless golf after a long journey from his home city of
Auckland, but was delighted to have picked up from where he left off in Madeira
earlier this month.

"I don’t know what it is
about French speaking countries but they really suit me," he said. "It is a
very nice place this week; I didn’t know what happened today because I didn’t
show any good form yesterday."

"I had 30 hours of travel
getting here, arriving on Monday night, so I wasn’t expecting too much. It
turned out very, very good today."

"Honestly I did not expect
to do so well when I decided to travel to Europe. The dream was probably to get
into this event with a limited amount of starts to be able to go until the end
of the year. I have certainly more than exceeded my expectation, obviously
really enjoying my time."

"I have never holed three
eagles in a round before and I think the longest putt I holed was nine feet at
the fifth. I drove really well on three of the par fives and hit three really
good iron shots, two inside three feet, and the rest of the day I played
really, really solid."

The ROLEX Trophy is the
only event of the Challenge Tour season which features a Pro-Am format, with
the 42-man field playing alongside juniors on the opening day before playing
with amateur players for the final three days.

Fox admitted that it did
help his game in the opening round and thinks it was a contributing factor to
his spectacular round.

"I think playing with a
team in the Pro-Am format makes us play more relaxed," he said. "I guess you
think less about your own score and more about the team score.

"And I have played with
Jack Senior as an amateur, so there’s a history there. It was great playing
with him and we had a couple good junior amateurs to play with so it was just a
good day, really relaxing.

"The team is important. It
is a Pro-Am event for the whole week, and obviously there is money at the end
of the event, but our job for the week is to give the amateurs a good time,
hopefully to play well and make a good contribution for the team. I am
definitely happy to have done that today."