ANOTHER HOOTERS TOUR TOP 10 FINISH BY RUSSELL KNOX
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Inverness exile Russell Knox, winner of $85,950 on the NGA Hooters Tour in America last year, is off and running again with a top-10 finish in this weekend's 72-hole event, the Ocala Classic at Golden Hills Golf & Turf Club, Ocala in Florida.
In fact, Knox, who stayed on at Jacksonville Beach, Florida after four years on the US college golf circuit as a Jacksonville University student, will be kicking himself he slipped from fourth place with 18 holes to go to joint eighth on nine-under-par 279 today.
Knox, a former Scotland youth cap, had rounds of 70, 69, 69 and 71 over the par-72, 7,301yd course and earned $5,261.
He finished seven shots behind the winner, local player Ted Potter who posted a 16-under-par total of 272 with scores of 72, 67, 67 and 66. Potter thus won the Hooters Tour jackpot prize of $28,000 two weeks in a row.
Two other Scots in the field, North-east Alliance champion Paul Cormack from Inchmarlo, Banchory, and twice past Scottish youths champion Joel Hendry from Elgin, finished joint 33rd and joint 42nd respectively in a starting field of 168 players.
Cormack, who missed the cut last week, scored 72, 69, 75 and 72 for level par 288. He earned $1,600.
Hendry, who now lives at Bluffton, South Carolina, shot 73, 70, 71 and 76 for 290. He earned $1,338.
John Morgan from Bristol was lying fifth after rounds of 69, 72 and 68 he suffered rotten luck early in his final round. He injured his wrist early on and had to retire at the seventh hole - so instead of a fistful of dollars he was likely to win, John finished up empty-handed. Golf can be so unfair at times!
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
272 Ted Potter (Ocala, Florida) 72 69 67 66.
274 Jesse Hutchins (Kirkersville, Ohio) 68 67 70 69.
276 Yohann Benson (Montreal) 67 70 74 65, Brandon Brown (Shelbyville, Kentucky) 68 70 72 66.
Selected totals:
279 Russell Knox (Scotland 70 69 69 71 (T8).
286 David Skinns (Lincoln, England) 70 70 72 74 (T21).]
288 Paul Cormack (Scotland) 72 69 75 72 (T33).
290 Joel Hendry (Scotland) 73 70 71 76.
Retired: John Morgan (Bristol, England) 69 72 68 retired (wrist injury).
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Inverness exile Russell Knox, winner of $85,950 on the NGA Hooters Tour in America last year, is off and running again with a top-10 finish in this weekend's 72-hole event, the Ocala Classic at Golden Hills Golf & Turf Club, Ocala in Florida.
In fact, Knox, who stayed on at Jacksonville Beach, Florida after four years on the US college golf circuit as a Jacksonville University student, will be kicking himself he slipped from fourth place with 18 holes to go to joint eighth on nine-under-par 279 today.
Knox, a former Scotland youth cap, had rounds of 70, 69, 69 and 71 over the par-72, 7,301yd course and earned $5,261.
He finished seven shots behind the winner, local player Ted Potter who posted a 16-under-par total of 272 with scores of 72, 67, 67 and 66. Potter thus won the Hooters Tour jackpot prize of $28,000 two weeks in a row.
Two other Scots in the field, North-east Alliance champion Paul Cormack from Inchmarlo, Banchory, and twice past Scottish youths champion Joel Hendry from Elgin, finished joint 33rd and joint 42nd respectively in a starting field of 168 players.
Cormack, who missed the cut last week, scored 72, 69, 75 and 72 for level par 288. He earned $1,600.
Hendry, who now lives at Bluffton, South Carolina, shot 73, 70, 71 and 76 for 290. He earned $1,338.
John Morgan from Bristol was lying fifth after rounds of 69, 72 and 68 he suffered rotten luck early in his final round. He injured his wrist early on and had to retire at the seventh hole - so instead of a fistful of dollars he was likely to win, John finished up empty-handed. Golf can be so unfair at times!
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
272 Ted Potter (Ocala, Florida) 72 69 67 66.
274 Jesse Hutchins (Kirkersville, Ohio) 68 67 70 69.
276 Yohann Benson (Montreal) 67 70 74 65, Brandon Brown (Shelbyville, Kentucky) 68 70 72 66.
Selected totals:
279 Russell Knox (Scotland 70 69 69 71 (T8).
286 David Skinns (Lincoln, England) 70 70 72 74 (T21).]
288 Paul Cormack (Scotland) 72 69 75 72 (T33).
290 Joel Hendry (Scotland) 73 70 71 76.
Retired: John Morgan (Bristol, England) 69 72 68 retired (wrist injury).
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