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Fox in the hunt in England

06:14 am on 29 August 2020

New Zealand's Ryan Fox has charged up the leaderboard on day two of the latest event on golf's European Tour.

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The Aucklander carded a bogey-free five-under par round of 67 on Saturday (NZ time) to move into a tie for fourth at the UK Championship outside of Birmingham.

Fox was at six-under overall, three shots behind leader Justin Walters, of South Africa.

The Kiwi's slick second round was the equal best effort of the day, and came after a solid one-under 71 in round one.

Meanwhile Lydia Ko has made a mixed start to the latest event on the LPGA Tour.

The former world number one had a double and triple bogey and five birdies to be even par after day one of the Arkansas Championship.

Ko, a former champion at the event in 2016, was seven shots off the lead held by Sweden's Anna Nordqvist and American Jackie Stoelting.

The 23-year-old was coming off a run of good results, having finished inside the top 15 at her last three tournaments.