New Zealand’s Ryan Fox holed the longest putt of the PGA TOUR season at 91 feet, 7 inches at the Mexico Open in VidantaWorld.
Fox, 38, drained a birdie putt measuring 91 feet, 7 inches on the par-3 fifth hole in the opening round, on his 14th hole of the day.
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It was the season’s longest putt, surpassing Cameron Young (71 feet, 2 inches at the WM Phoenix Open).
Fox signed for a 3-under 68 at VidantaWorld, four back of early co-leaders Harry Hall and Jeremy Paul. It's the longest putt on Tour since Henrik Norlander's 93-footer at the 2023 Valero Texas Open.
Fox caught the green’s back-left portion at the 192-yard par 3, making for a dicey two-putt proposition across the putting surface. He didn’t miss a beat, as the ball started well left of the hole before steadily drifting to the right and making a 360-degree spin around the cup before dropping in.
“I'm not going to say I had a good line on that,” Fox told PGA Tour. “I just kind of, you know, picked it out. It was breaking a whole chunk left to right and just tried to get the speed right and got lucky in the end. I didn't realize how much of a loop around the hole it did; I was obviously pretty far away, so seeing it up close on camera's pretty sweet.
“I'd like to hit a little closer than 88, 90 feet or whatever it is, but it's always nice when you see those go in. Nice little bonus from a pretty poor tee shot, to be honest.”
The remainder of Fox's round mixed eight birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey.