Grant Fox has spoken about the experience of following Ryan’s performances from a distance, often in the small hours of the morning in New Zealand because of time zone differences.

Grant Fox was a member of the New Zealand team that won the first Rugby World Cup in 1987. He scored 126 points in that tournament, which is still a record for an individual at a World Cup.

Ryan Fox, who broke through for his first PGA Tour win at the Myrtle Beach Classic on Sunday, comes from a line of sporting champions in his native New Zealand. Fox’s father and sometime caddie, Grant ...