Russell Knox

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Russell Knox
European Tour
eGolf Professional Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking18 (7 August 2016)[2]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
European Tour2
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2016, 2017
PGA ChampionshipT22: 2016
U.S. OpenT12: 2018
The Open ChampionshipT30: 2016

Russell Colin Knox (born 21 June 1985) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the Korn Ferry Tour.

He had considerable success from 2014 to 2016 during which time he won the

European Tour at the start of 2016 but just failed to gain an automatic place on the 2016 Ryder Cup
team and was not chosen as one of the captain's picks.

Personal life

Knox was born in

San Diego, California. He attended Culloden Academy. Knox signed with the sports scholarship agency FirstPoint USA in 2002[3] and helped Knox to secure a golf scholarship in 2003 at Jacksonville University
, Florida. He married former tennis player Andrea Hernandez in April 2014.

Professional career

Knox turned professional in 2007. He played on the

Web.com Tour Finals and finished 20th to earn his PGA Tour
card for 2014.

After an impressive start to his

Honda Classic, eventually losing to Russell Henley in a four-man playoff that also included Rory McIlroy and Ryan Palmer.[5] Knox finished 48th in the regular season FedEx Cup points list, qualifying for the 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs
, eventually finishing in 40th place.

Knox had a good start to the

Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
, finishing in a tie for 10th place.

In November 2015, Knox won the

OHL Classic at Mayakoba, Graeme McDowell making a birdie at the first extra hole. Knox missed the cut on his Masters debut but responded one week later with a runner-up finish at the RBC Heritage, where he finished two shots behind winner Branden Grace.[6] Knox won the Travelers Championship in August 2016 and was fourth in the regular season FedEx Cup points list, finishing the 2016 FedEx Cup Playoffs
in 10th place.

Knox became a

Dubai Duty Free Irish Open where he was joint runner-up behind Rory McIlroy
. Knox had three top-10 finishes in late 2016 and finished the year at a career-high 18 in the world rankings.

2017 was a disappointing season in comparison to the three previous years with a best place finish of fifth place in the 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Knox finished 60th the regular season FedEx Cup points list, finishing the 2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs in 71st place.

Knox had a series of good results in the summer of 2018. He qualified for the

Dubai Duty Free Irish Open beating Ryan Fox
in a playoff. The results lifted him back into world top 50.

In March 2019, Knox became the first-ever player to have an

albatross in the history of the Valspar Championship.[9]

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 8 Nov 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions −20 (67-65-68-68=268) 2 strokes United States Kevin Kisner
2 7 Aug 2016 Travelers Championship −14 (67-67-64-68=266) 1 stroke United States Jerry Kelly

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2014
The Honda Classic
 United States Russell Henley, Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy,
United States Ryan Palmer 		Henley won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2015
OHL Classic at Mayakoba
 United States Jason Bohn, Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell McDowell won with birdie on first extra hole

European Tour wins (2)

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Race to Dubai finals series (1)
Rolex Series (1)
Other European Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 8 Nov 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions −20 (67-65-68-68=268) 2 strokes United States Kevin Kisner
2 8 Jul 2018
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
 −14 (71-69-68-66=274) Playoff New Zealand Ryan Fox

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2018
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
 New Zealand Ryan Fox Won with birdie on first extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 17 Jul 2011
Chiquita Classic
 −25 (68-66-63-66=263) 3 strokes United States Billy Hurley III

NGA Hooters Tour wins (2)

  • 2009 Silver Star Hotel & Casino Golf Classic
  • 2010 Gold Strike Casino Classic

eGolf Professional Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 20 Feb
2010
 Palmetto Hall Championship −8 (73-68-69-70=280) 3 strokes United States Matt Cannon, United States David Sanchez

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament CUT CUT
U.S. Open T45 T23 CUT T12
The Open Championship CUT T30 CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT CUT T22 CUT T35
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T41 NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 7
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2016 U.S. Open – 2016 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
The Players Championship T34 T17 T19 CUT CUT T35 C T67 T6 CUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

World Golf Championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2015 WGC-HSBC Champions Tied for lead −20 (67-65-68-68=268) 2 strokes United States Kevin Kisner

Results timeline

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Championship
 27 70 T39
Match Play
 T28 T39 T40
Invitational
 54 T5 T48
Champions 1 T9 68
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ Craddock, Matt (11 March 2021). "12 Things You Didn't Know About Russell Knox". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  2. OWGR
    . Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Sports Scholarship Athletes Hall Of Fame | FirstPoint USA". www.firstpointusa.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  4. ^ Shain, Jeff (26 July 2013). "Knox makes 'nearly everything' to shoot magical 59". PGA Tour. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Russell Henley survives four-way playoff to win Honda Classic". Golf Magazine. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  6. ^ McEwan, Michael (18 April 2016). "Russell Knox thrilled with RBC Heritage showing". bunkered.
  7. ^ Murray, Ewan (8 November 2015). "Russell Knox pulls off Shanghai surprise with WGC-HSBC Champions win". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Crawford, Kenny (21 November 2015). "Russell Knox: Florida-based Scot takes European Tour membership". BBC Sport.
  9. ^ McEwan, Michael (21 March 2019). "Russell Knox holes 275-yard albatross on PGA Tour". bunkered. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  10. ^ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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