KNOX LYING NINTH BUT GUNN

MISSES CUT IN FLORIDA

Inverness exile Russell Knox was lying joint ninth in a field of 165 after the first round of the Hooters Tour's Dothan Classic at Highland Oaks Golf Club, Dothan, Alabama.
Knox, who birdied the fourth, fifth, seventh,13th and 18th and had bogeys at the first and 12th in compiling a three-under-par 69, is three shots behind the leader Jim Renner.
Jimmy Gunn, the Dornoch man who campaigns on the Gateway Tour, failed to make the cut in the latest very low-scoring event at Southern Dunes Golf Club in Central Florida.
Gunn had rounds of 73 and 71 for level par 144 but players had to score seven-under-par 137 or better to figure among the 20 qualifiers for the third round.
The leader, Chris Kamin, had rounds of 62 and 63 for 19-under-par 125 to lead by six strokes. Kamin had two eagles in his first round and two more in his second.

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