Russell Knox (born 21 June 1985) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the

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

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and the 2016

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. Together with three runner-up finishes and three third-places on the

, he was a runner-up in the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and reached a career-high 18 in the world rankings at the end of 2016. Knox joined the

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at the start of 2016 but just failed to gain an automatic place on the

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team and was not chosen as one of the captain's picks.

Personal life

Knox was born in

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. His father was born in

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. He attended Culloden Academy. Knox signed with the sports scholarship agenc
FirstPoint USA
in 2002 and helped Knox to secure a golf scholarship in 2003 at

Jacksonville University Jacksonville University (JU) is a private university in Jacksonville, Florida. Located in the city's Arlington district, the school was founded in 1934 as a two-year college and was known as Jacksonville Junior College until September 5, 1956, ...

, Florida. He married former tennis player Andrea Hernandez in April 2014.

Professional career

Knox turned professional in 2007. He played on the

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from 2008 to 2010, picking up two victories in the process. He joined the Nationwide Tour in 2011 and picked up his first victory on tour in July at the Chiquita Classic. He eventually finished 12th on the Nationwide Tour money list and gained his full PGA Tour card. His first PGA Tour event was the 2011 Transitions Championship but he failed to make the cut. His first PGA Tour event as a full member was the 2012

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where he missed the cut by a single stroke. He made only 12 cuts in 23 events in 2012 and finished 143rd on the money list to remain conditionally exempt on the PGA Tour for 2013. On 26 July 2013, Knox shot a 59 in the second round of the Albertsons Boise Open on the Web.com Tour. He split his time between the PGA Tour and Web.com Tours in 2013. He played in the Web.com Tour Finals and finished 20th to earn his

card for 2014. After an impressive start to his

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season, Knox came close to winning his maiden PGA Tour title at the

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, eventually losing to

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in a four-man playoff that also included Rory McIlroy and

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. 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

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season with a third place in the

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in late 2014. He finished tied for third in 2015

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and made the cut in 20 PGA Tour events. Finishing 44th in the regular season FedEx Cup points list, he qualified for the 2015 FedEx Cup Playoffs. Good performances in

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and

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lifted him to 29th place in the FedEx Cup standing but he only finished tied for 45th in BMW Championship to drop out of the top 30 in the standings and so missed out on the

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. Knox also made a rare appear in Europe at the 2015 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, finishing in a tie for 10th place. In November 2015, Knox won the

by two strokes from Kevin Kisner. Knox was playing in his first WGC event and became the first Scot to win a World Golf Championship. Knox only qualified for the tournament as seventh reserve and third alternate. The win lifted him to 31st in the World Rankings, his first time in the world top 50 and earned him place in the 2016 Masters. The week after his WGC success, Knox lost in a three-way playoff in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba,

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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. Knox won the

in August 2016 and was fourth in the regular season FedEx Cup points list, finishing the

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in 10th place. Knox became a

member at the start of the 2016 season in the hope of playing for Europe in the

. Knox just failed to gain an automatic place on the Ryder Cup team, the points from his WGC win were not retrospectively added, and was not chosen as one of the captain's picks. As a European Tour member, Knox was committed to playing more events on the tour. One of these was the 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

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. 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 2018 U.S. Open and finished tied for 12th place, his best finish in a major championship. Two weeks later he was joint runner-up in the HNA Open de France and the following week he won 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.

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

European Tour wins (2)

* The

was also a Race to Dubai finals series tournament. European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

NGA Hooters Tour wins (2)

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

eGolf Professional Tour wins (1)

*2010 Palmetto Hall Championship

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
NT = No tournament due to

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Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2016 U.S. Open – 2016 PGA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in The Players Championship

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

World Golf Championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

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

Team appearances

Professional *

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(representing Scotland):

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References

External links

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