The inform Ryan Fox is the man to watch at the Holden NZ PGA Championship this week which tees off tomorrow at Remuera Golf Club.

Fox comes into the Holden NZ PGA Championship fresh from
winning his second Professional title at the Coca-Cola Queensland PGA
Championship just two weeks ago.

Combining his winning form and local knowledge, Fox who
lives in Auckland, will be a force to be reckoned with when he tees off at
8.10am alongside fellow Kiwi Josh Geary and Australian Masters champion Nick
Cullen.

"I guess I have a little bit of an advantage over some of
the Aussie guys here this week, I have played this golf course a lot playing
pennants and things around here," said Fox who is enjoying being at home during
a tournament week.

"We are at one of our best courses in Auckland and it looks
in great shape this week. It’s good to show the other guys what Auckland is
about." 

"It’s definitely nice to play a PGA Tour of Australasia
event back home, I am two minutes down the road so it’s a pretty easy week for
me really."

It’s been a successful few weeks for Fox, who is now the highest
ranked Male New Zealander in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).

"It’s certainly a nice bonus and an honour to be in that
position. But it’s not quite Lydia standards," jokes Fox who is awe of his
friend and Women’s World Number one Lydia Ko.  

"Lydia, words can’t describe how good she is. To back up the
Aussie Open win with the NZ Open win and be World Number 1 is impressive at any
age let alone at 17."

"I was lucky enough to play a lot of amateur golf with her,
or unlucky enough really, you sort of always felt bad because you would get
beaten pretty convincingly by her, she was that good."

"It was always demoralising to watch someone hit a hybrid
closer than you could hit a wedge. But it’s great to have someone I have spent
a lot of time with succeed; it’s been awesome to watch."

Fox however is achieving goals of his own, given his position
on the OWGR, he is currently inside the mark required to represent New Zealand
in golf’s return to the Olympics in 2016.  

"That would be a dream, maybe not growing up, being a golfer
it wasn’t an option for us, but you hear some many good things from the
athletes at the Olympics," added Fox.

"I have been lucky enough to talk to a few of them and it
would be a great honour to be able to represent New Zealand on that stage if it
should happen."

But focusing on the task at hand, Fox is hoping to win the Holden
NZ PGA Championship.

"It would be nice at the end of the week to see a Kiwi name
on the trophy," added Fox.

"I would love it to be me but Mike Hendry has been playing
well that last couple of year’s up in Japan and I know he is motivated as
anyone to win on Kiwi soil."