Ryan said Shane Lowry owes him money after a wager on the All Blacks-Ireland rugby match, and he pointed to Grant Fox only in the sense that the dispute came up during The Open Championship. said he was due to take 100 quid after New Zealand beat Ireland 40-21 at Eden Park on Saturday morning.
said he won a $144 (€100) bet with Lowry, then added: “I’ll try to get a replay of the All Blacks game I caught a decent chunk of that this morning. I was pretty happy with that result too. I just saw Shane on the screen there so I am looking forward to taking 100 quid off him after the bet we had!”
Ryan Fox and Shane Lowry
The wager surfaced while both golfers were at The Open Championship, which gave the rugby result a direct link to the tournament. Fox shot a 62, matching the lowest score ever recorded in a men’s major championship, before turning his attention to the money he said Lowry owed.
Lowry was competing at Royal Birkdale and was on the course with five holes remaining after back-to-back bogeys on the 10th and 11th holes. He then made consecutive pars on the 12th and 13th holes, keeping his round moving after the early stumble.
Eden Park and the bet
The numbers Fox gave do not line up neatly on the surface. He described the wager as worth $144, or €100, yet also said he wanted to take 100 quid off Lowry. In practice, the three figures point to the same rough value, but they were not expressed in the same currency.
That leaves the wager itself as the open detail from the exchange. said he wanted the cash after the All Blacks beat Ireland, and his comment made the bet part of the tournament story rather than a separate rugby aside.
Lowry later addressed Bryson DeChambeau’s two-stroke punishment after his second round, saying: “Yeah, I mean, looks to me like he improved his lie, and that’s the rules of golf,” and adding: “it was interesting watching it last night. None of us were expecting it. I was watching the end of the golf… yeah, that’s the rules of golf. It’s unfortunate for him, but that’s the way it is.”
For now, Fox’s message was simple: the rugby bet is settled in his mind, and Lowry is the one he expects to pay.
