Ryan Fox just misses out on British Open spot

Ryan Fox of New Zealand. Photo / Jason Oxenham.

A good pay day for Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox but he's just missed out on qualifying for the British Open.

Fox finished sixth at the European Tour's French Open after finishing on seven-under, but narrowly missed out qualifying for this month's Open Championship at Royal Birkdale for the third time.

The Kiwi thought he done enough to make the major but a late birdie by another played denied him

"[It} looked quite good when I finished and then Michael Lorenzo-Vera in the group behind me birdied 18 to push me out of the Open spot," Fox told Radio Sport.

" I've actually had it happen to me twice. I missed out on the Aussie Open at the back end of last year as well. So I guess its trending in the right direction there but I've got two more chances in the Irish Open and the Scottish Open in the next few weeks. I'll be pushing pretty hard to get into Birkdale."

Fox earned 218,00 euros for the sixth placed finish after a final round 67.

He is hoping over the next few weeks he will be able to continue on the up and qualify for the Open where finished 49th in 2015.

"Hopefully I can sneak another top 10 in and hopefully that will be enough to get in the Open. You know it was awesome to play there a few years ago so I'd love to get back there and have another crack."

Despite missing out on the Open, Fox said there were a lot of positives to come out of the French Open.

"I felt like I had a good chance t in the tournament with sort of five or six holes to go, I did give myself some chances so there's a lot of positives there."