CALEDON — Despite recent evidence to the contrary, Ryan Fox doesn't consider himself a playoff specialist.

The New Zealander beat American Sam Burns in a four-hole playoff to win the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, the second win of his PGA Tour career. The first also came in a playoff on May 11 when he birdied the first extra hole to beat Harry Higgs of the United States and Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., to win the Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic.

"If you'd have seen any of the ones I had in Europe, you wouldn't say that," said Fox, sitting beside the Canadian Open trophy at a news conference. "I didn't have a great record in Europe in playoffs.

"I feel like you've got to take it on a little bit. It becomes match play. You kind of want to put the pressure on your opponent a little bit.

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