Kiwi Ryan Fox wins Perth Super 6 golf

New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox has won his first European Tour event, beating Spain's Adrian Otaegui in the World Super 6 match play final in Perth.

Min Woo Lee

Min Woo Lee is aiming for hometown success at the World Super 6 tournament in Perth. (AAP)

Kiwi Ryan Fox has notched the biggest win of his golfing career after coming up trumps at the World Super 6 Perth - but it's ruined his wedding joke.

Fox thrashed Spaniard Adrian Otaegui in the match play decider on Sunday, winning the six-hole shootout with two holes to spare,

The win was Fox's first triumph on the European Tour, earning him a handy $258,330 payday.

It's his first tournament win since 2016, when he won on the secondary Challenge Tour.

Fox is getting married next month, and revealed his win in Perth has affected some of his plans.

"This win has actually killed one of my speech jokes," Fox said.

"I was going to run my speech as a golf (victory) speech and say I haven't done one in a while.

"My mates were giving me a bit of stick about that, but they can't give me that anymore, which is quite nice.

"It's been 10 years in the making getting married. And now I've got some practice kissing a trophy as well, which was nice."

Fox, whose dad Grant Fox was a World Cup-winning All Black, was forced to give up rugby after a series of concussions growing up.

The 32-year-old is currently ranked 85th in the world, but has his sights set on cracking into the top 50.

Local hope Min Woo Lee was eliminated in the quarter-finals, but still came away satisfied.

Lee beat France's Gregory Bourdy in the opening round, before edging past tournament favourite Thomas Pieters in the round of 16.

The 20-year-old West Australian held a one-up lead against Otaegui early in their quarter-final shootout.

But Lee faded from that point, with the Spaniard finishing two-up.

It meant Lee finished in a tie for fifth - his second top-10 finish in a European Tour event since turning professional last month.

"It's daunting. It's only six holes. It happens really quick," Lee said.

"I'm pretty proud of how I handled myself."

West Australian Matt Jager was knocked out by Irishman Dunne in the round of 16 after narrowly missing a couple of clutch putts.

Australian Brett Rumford took out the inaugural World Super 6 in 2017, while Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat won it last year.

But with the tournament's initial three-year contract now completed, there's no guarantees the event will be handed an extension.


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