Knox birdies the 18th to earn

extra $1,800 in Florida

A last-hole birdie was worth around an extra $1,800 to Inverness exile Russell Knox in the final round of the latest NGA Hooters Tour event, the Amelia Island Plantation Classic in Florida.
Knox had rounds of 68, 71, 70 and 71 for eight-under-par total 280 over the Oak Marsh course. That earned him a shared of seventh place and a financial reward of $5,215 which would have been only $3,443 but for that 18th hole birdie, the fifth of the round, which also included four bogeys.
He birdied the first, second, 11th, 13th and 18th, and bogeyed the fifth, eighth, 12th and 16th.
Winner of the $33,566 jackpot prize was American Ted Potter with scores of 68, 69, 69 and 67 for 15 under par 273 and a two-shot victory.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
273 Ted Potter (Florida) 68 69 69 67 ($33,566).
275 Stephen Shellock (New Jersey) 73 71 61 70 ($16,655).
278 David Miller (Alabama) 73 67 69 69 ($11,061).
Selected total:
280 Russell Knox (Scotland) 68 71 70 71 ($5,215) (jt 17th).