New Zealand golf star wears Springboks jersey after lost bet on All Blacks in World Cup final
Ryan Fox wears Springboks jersey after lost bet on All Blacks in World Cup final
Fox, who lost his World Cup final wager, is wearing a Springboks jersey.
Golf star Ryan Fox of New Zealand lost a wager with his coach and caddie on the outcome of the Rugby World Cup final, therefore he was forced to wear a South Africa shirt while competing in a pro-am.
“To me, this seems like blasphemy.”
That was Ryan Fox’s response when he lost a wager with his coach and caddie over the result of the Rugby World Cup final, and he was wearing a Springboks jersey for a pro-am golf round this week in South Africa.
The former first-five All Blacks’ son Grant Fox is an avid supporter of the New Zealand rugby team, who last month lost the championship match in Paris 12-11 against the Springboks.
The world No. 27 men’s golfer had backed black in the match, and Fox’s caddie, South African Dean Smith, would have been forced to use a yardage book with an All Blacks cover for a year had New Zealand defeated their fiercest enemies.
Rather, South Africa won the World Cup again after a thrilling and frequently contentious victory in the championship round, forcing Fox to wear the South African jersey for the final three holes of his round.
After Fox put on the shirt, Smith said, “We all know the result—I’m delighted.”

With three top-three finishes in his previous four DP World Tour starts, Fox has earned almost $6.1 million this year.
His $2.6 million victory at the tour’s main tournament, the BMW PGA Championship, in September accounts for the most of that.
This week, he and fellow Kiwi Daniel Hillier are taking part in the DP World Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge event in Sun City.