US PGA TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL STAGE 2

KNOX HOPES NOSEDIVE IN ROUND 3

Inverness exile Russell Knox's hopes of making it on to the US PGA Tour receded considerably with a third-round, two-over-par 74 in the Qualifying School Stage 2 event at Southern Hills Plantation Club, Brooksville, Florida today (Friday, Local time).
Knox had begun with rounds of 68 and 72 which had him well within the top 19 and ties who will qualify for the Final Q event next month at Orange County National Golf Centre, near Orlando.
But a three-birdie, five-bogey card for a 74 dropped him to joint 29th in the field of 70-odd players with one round to go..
It's going to take a fourth-round score in the 60s on Saturday for the Florida-based Knox to keep his hopes alive.
Knox's three-round total of two-under-par 214 leaves him 11 shots adrift of the co-leaders, Bill Hurley from Maryland (69-67-67) and Scott Brown from South Carolina (65-68-70) on 203.
England's John Morgan is tied for 51st place on 218 with rounds of 72, 71 and 75.
Daniel Chopra (Sweden), twice a winner on the US Tour, is back in a share of 55th place on 219 with scores of 70, 77 and 72.

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