INWARD HALF KILLS SCOT'S VICTORY HOPES IN CALIFORNIA

RUSSELL KNOX FADES AFTER GETTING

TO ONE SHOT OFF LAST-ROUND LEAD

Russell Knox was only one shot off the lead with six holes to play in the final round of the $6million Farmers Insurance Open, the last two rounds of which are being contested over the South Course at Torrey Pines, La Jolla in California.
But the Inverness-born, Jacksonville Beach, Florida-based player, who had birdied the fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth, dropping only one shot, at the seventh, in an outward 33, could not push home his challenge.
He covered his last nine holes with eight pars and a bogey at the 15th for a two-under 70 and a total of six-under 282. Earlier rounds had been 71, 67 and 74.
But in the closing stages of a US PGA Tour event, pars and bogeys are not good enough to maintain a challenge. But Knox is getting closer, give him credit for that. 
At the end of the day, Knox - whose father was born at San Diego, California - finished joint 10th, his highest finish on the US PGA Tour, topping last week's high mark both in finish and earnings.
His cheque for the Farmers Insurance Open amounted to $135,216. 
EDITOR: We reckon Knox has now passed the million dollars mark for earnings in the USA. We will check it out.
Scott Stallings, the winner, received $1,098,000.
Runner-up was South Korean K J Choi on eight-under 280 after a dynamic final round of 66.



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EUROPEAN TOTALS
282 Russell Knox (Scotland) 71 67 74 70 (T10)
284 Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 69 67 75 73 (T19)
287 Martin Laird (Scotland) 69 71 74 73 (T37)
289 Lee Westwood (England) 73 68 75 73, Ian Poulter (England) 7u5 67 71 76 (T47)
290 David Lynn (England) 68 73 75 74 (T55)
300 Greg Owen (England) 70 74 74 82 (73rd)