RUSSELL KNOX DROPS BACK IN NATIONWIDE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Inverness exile Russell Knox dropped back from joint 20th to 38th with a second-round, one-over-par 73 for a halfway total of level par 144 in the US Nationwide Tour championship at Ralston Creek, Daniel Island, South Carolina today.
England's Greg Owen improved to joint fourth with a 66 for 137 - three shots behind the new joint leader, Sweden's Daniel Chopra who had a 62 for 10-under 134.
Chopra, pictured left, had 10 birdies in his bogey-free round which might well be a course record. We'll hear later about that. Chopra birdied the first six holes, then the eighth to be out in seven-under-par 29.
He cooled off a little with a run of pars before picking up the pace again over the last four holes. Chopra birdied the 15th, 17th and 18th to come home in three-under 33. What a round!
Gary Christian, another Englishman in the field chasing the $180,000 first prize, is in joint 31st position after a 72 for 143.
The top 25 in the Nationwide Tour money table at the conclusion of the championship on Sunday will be promoted to the US PGA Tour next season.
Christian (lying eighth with £247,000 earnings) and Knox (10th with $234,351) have earned enough already to guarantee they will step up to the Big League in 2012 but Owen, who lost his US PGA Tour card a year or two ago, is 53rd in the money list at the moment with $108,219 earnings. He needs a very high finish on Sunday to be promoted.
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Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Inverness exile Russell Knox dropped back from joint 20th to 38th with a second-round, one-over-par 73 for a halfway total of level par 144 in the US Nationwide Tour championship at Ralston Creek, Daniel Island, South Carolina today.
England's Greg Owen improved to joint fourth with a 66 for 137 - three shots behind the new joint leader, Sweden's Daniel Chopra who had a 62 for 10-under 134.
He cooled off a little with a run of pars before picking up the pace again over the last four holes. Chopra birdied the 15th, 17th and 18th to come home in three-under 33. What a round!
Gary Christian, another Englishman in the field chasing the $180,000 first prize, is in joint 31st position after a 72 for 143.
The top 25 in the Nationwide Tour money table at the conclusion of the championship on Sunday will be promoted to the US PGA Tour next season.
Christian (lying eighth with £247,000 earnings) and Knox (10th with $234,351) have earned enough already to guarantee they will step up to the Big League in 2012 but Owen, who lost his US PGA Tour card a year or two ago, is 53rd in the money list at the moment with $108,219 earnings. He needs a very high finish on Sunday to be promoted.
TO VIEW THE US NATIONWIDE TOUR SCOREBOARD
CLICK HERE
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