Knox finishes third in US PGA Tour event,
earns $476,000; $140,000 for Laird (T13)



Russell Knox, the world-ranked Scot whom Darren Clarke did not think a good enough player to give him a wild-card place in the Ryder Cup match, produced another outstanding performance on the US PGA Tour in Mexico today.

The Jacksonville, Florida-based man from Inverness finished third in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba.
Knox, pictured, shot rounds of 68, 65, 67 and 66 for 18-under-par 266. The Scot earned $476,000.
Pat Perez, scoring his first US Tour win since 2009 shot 68, 66, 62 and 67 for 21 under 263.
He won by two shots from long-time leader Gary Woodland (64-65-66-70).
Martin Laird was a second Scot in the top 15. He finished T13 on 271 (68-67-66-70) and earned $140,000.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
players from USA unless stated
263 Pat Perez 68 66 62 67
265 GaryWoodland 64 65 66 70
266 Russell Knox (Scotland) 68 65 67 66
267 Scott Piercy 65 66 66 70, Kevin Streelman 65 73 64 65, Chez Reavie 70 67 63 67.
268 Charles Howell III 69 64 69 66, Chris Kirk 63 70 68 67, Luke List 66 68 66 68

SELECTED TOTAL
271 Martin Laird (Scotland) 68 67 66 70 (T13)

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The 2017 Lumine International Pro-Am will take place from February 10-12 at Lumine Mediterránea Beach and Golf Club in Spain as part of the Lumine Golf Festival. The inaugural Pro-Am will see teams of one PGA Professional and three amateur players battle it out over Lumine’s renowned Lakes and Hills Courses, with Professionals competing for a guaranteed prize fund of €20,000. The Lumine Golf Festival is a bringing together of all abilities of golfer to celebrate the sport in a mixture of competition types, all taking place across the beach and golf community’s world-famous facilities on the Costa Dorada. For more information and to enter visit http://eur.pe/2017Lumine The Pro-Am will follow the PGAs of Europe’s Fourball Championship that forms the first half of the festival from 06-08 February in which up to 240 male and female PGA Professionals will compete in pairs for the coveted title. “We are really excited about our Golf Festival this year,” explained General Manager of Lumine Mediterránea Beach and Golf Club, Calle Carlsson.  “We wanted to create a prolonged period of celebration and fun for golfers of all abilities, from PGA Professionals all the way to fledgling amateur and recreational golfers. “The addition of our International Pro-Am this year brings another dimension to our relationship with the PGAs of Europe and will allow an even bigger audience of Professionals and amateurs to come and experience what our golf and beach community has to offer.” Professionals enter the Pro-Am free when with a team of three amateurs - amateur packages cost €1,095 and include: 5 nights at Hotel Tryp Port Cambrils, sharing a double room, breakfast included 4 rounds of golf at Lumine Golf Club Airport and daily transfers 4 lunches at Lumine Golf Club and 4 dinners Complimentary use of all practice facilities throughout the event at designated times Official practice round on Thursday 9th February Entry to the Lumine International Pro-Am - Friday 10th, Saturday 11th, and Sunday 12th Shared golf carts for all 4 rounds of golf Prize Giving during Lunch at LUMINE Mediterránea Beach and Golf Community ------------------------ For more information about the PGAs of Europe, visit the Tournament Hub Page (http://eur.pe/2017Lumine), follow @PGAsofEurope on Twitter and search #LumineProAm or like the PGAs of Europe Facebook Page For more information on LUMINE Mediterránea Beach and Golf Club visit www.lumine.com

 Neil, Law, Kellett and Henry on track to 

survive four-round cut at Final Tour School
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Blairgowrie's Bradley Neil, the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre pair, David Law and Ross Kellett, and Scott Henry are on track be among the leading 70 and ties who will survive the 72-hole cut at the European Tour School's Final Qualifying Stage at PGA Catalunya, near Girona in North-east Spain.

But the three other Scots in the field of 156 - Peter Whiteford, Grant Forrest and Craig Lee - are outside the leading 100 after two rounds.
Neil, pictured left, is lying joint 19th on 136 after rounds of 64 and 72. His par-matching second-round at the tougher Stadium Course included an eagle 3, two birdies and four bogeys.
Aberdonian Law, who won his Stage 2 event last week, is joint 27th on 137 with scores of 66 and 71. His second round effort at the Stadium Course included a double bogey 6 at the ninth but David kept his cool and five birdies keep him well in the hunt.
Kellett added bogey-free, four-under-par 66 at the shorter Tour course for a tally of 138 and share of 35th place.
Henry had a double bogey at the short fifth on the Stadium Course and signed for a three-over 75 but his six-under 64 on the Tour Course on Saturday softened the blow and he is tied 54th on 139.
Whiteford improved by eight strokes with a two-under 68 at the Tour course for 144 but he is joint 122nd and has to improve by more than 50 places over the third and fourth rounds if he is to make the cut.
Walker Cup player Grant Forrest, who played so well at his Stage 2 venue, needs to find that kind form quickly. He is joint 129th on 145 after rounds of 74 and 71.
Craig Lee is under the most pressure. He is the worst placed Scot of the seven, tied 138th on 146 after rounds of 72 and 74.

EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL FINAL STAGE
Six rounds. Cut after four rounds to leading 70 and ties.

LEADING TWO-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (Stadium Course 72, Tour Course 70)
132 R McEvoy (Eng) 63 69, R Coles (Eng) 64 68.
133 C Braeunig (Ger) 66 67, A Rai (Eng) 66 67.
134 S Heisele (Ger) 68 66, Z Lombard (SAf) 67 67, A Chesters (Eng) 68 66, E Molinari (Ita) 66 68, R McGowan (Eng) 68 66, J Suri (USA) 64 70.

SCOTS' SCORES
136 B Neil 64 72 (T19).
137 D Law 66 71 (T27).
138 R Kellett 72 66 (T35).
139 S Henry 64 75 (T54)
144 P Whiteford 76 68 (T122)
145 G Forrest 74 71 (T129)
146 C Lee 72 74 (T138).

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Essex men share second-round lead at Final 

European Tour School

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS

Essex’s Robert Coles and Richard McEvoy share the lead after Round Two of European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage after they both tamed the Stadium Course at PGA Catalunya Resortnear Girona in north-east Spain.
McEvoy continued his remarkable run in Girona – where he has earned a European Tour card in three of his last four appearances at Final Stage – following up a seven under par first round on the Tour Course with an equally impressive three under par score of 69 on the tricky Stadium Course.
The 37 year old carded four birdies in Northern Spain to set the clubhouse lead at ten under par, but was caught by his compatriot Coles who made four gains and an eagle to post a four under par score of 68.
Coles, who has earned a European Tour card from Q-School on four previous occasions, was thrilled to be in the running once again at Final Stage.
“I’m delighted with my position,” said the 44 year old. “Four rounds to go is an awfully long way, but it’s a great start and it was nice to be able to play well on the tougher course today.
“I don’t know if my experience here is serving me too well, because I haven’t got great memories round here – it’s fine when you can use your experiences that are positive but not the experiences that are negative, so I’ve just got to make sure I use the good stuff.
“There’s a lot of things that are keeping me going and wanting to keep doing this. When you play a couple of big events, you really see how good it is and that’s where you want to play.
“You want to play your best at the best level you can, so that’s the reason for being here is because you want to get to that level. Physically it’s a long week and it’s tough, but it’s worth it because of what’s there at the end.
“Do I feel I have the game to keep playing at that level? Sometimes I do. Sometimes you doubt yourself, sometimes you don’t, but sometimes you play ok and that’s what gives you the motivation to keep going.
“Do I still enjoy it? Sometimes! Yes I do – someone said that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone, so you’ve always got to bear that in mind, and while you’re physically able and mentally able you’ve got to try.
“Patience is essential. It’s six days and you virtually play golf at exactly the same time every single day, you practise after, you practise before, you go for dinner, it’s the same routine every day, so mentally it’s a long and tough week, so patience is the key.
“I don’t honestly believe you can plan in golf, you’ve just got to play your best every day. Unfortunately there’s no rhyme or reason to golf, and you can shoot a better score on the Stadium than the Tour, you can’t predict it, so we’ll just have to wait and see.”

One off the lead is Germany’s Christian Braeunig. The 24 year old, who has come through both First and Second Stage of Q-School this year, shot a three under par round of 67 to reach nine under par overall – where he was joined by England’s Aaron Rai after an excellent 67 of his own on the more demanding Stadium Course.
Two shots behind the leaders is Ryder Cup winner Edoardo Molinari, who continued his good form in Girona with his second four under par round in two days.

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Montgomerie, Langer tied at top, to battle for season-long Charles Schwab Cup on final day

Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer (Associated Press)

Paul Goydos is a round away from a possibly monumental victory, but his quest may not be the most interesting storyline going into Sunday.
Goydos opened in 62 at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the season finale for the US PGA Tour Champions, and followed up with 67 for a two-shot lead going into Sunday’s final round.
This is, of course, the last event of the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs. Goydos, 52, is projected to jump from 24th to third in the standings, and the race for the season-long Charles Schwab Cup is paramount at this event. It appears that race, with its $1 million bonus, will come down to a different duo, though.
Colin Montgomerie, 53, sits in second at 9 under and Bernhard Langer, 59, is third at 7 under at Desert Mountain Club’s Cochise course in Scottsdale, Arizona, after matching 66s. 
As the projections stand now, the duo would tie for first in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Langer entered the week first and Montgomerie third, but it will be quite a battle down the stretch.
Langer is going for his third straight Schwab Cup season-long title and fourth overall, but with this being the inaugural year of the playoff, it would be his first in this format. Those semantics don’t matter to Montgomerie, who is going for his first Schwab Cup crown regardless, as he has finished second to Langer in the race the last two years.
Goydos has just this tournament victory on his mind. It would be his second of the year and fourth overall on PGA Tour Champions since becoming eligible for the circuit in 2014.
If Langer could pull off the overall win (which would obviously lock up the Schwab Cup crown), it would be the 30th of his PGA Tour Champions career. For Montgomerie, who became eligible for the circuit in 2013, it would be his fifth Champions win.
A victory by Montgomerie would secure him his first Charles Schwab Cup title no matter what. If Montgomerie were to finish second, Langer would have to place worse than solo third for the Scot to hold his first outright Schwab crown.

SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
 Par 140 (2x70)

1	Paul Goydos	62	67	.				129
2	Colin Montgomerie	65	66					131
3	Bernhard Langer	67	66					133
4	Duffy Waldorf	67	67					134
T5	Jay Haas	68	67					135
T5	Jesper Parnevik	70	65					135
T7	Bart Bryant	68	68					136
T7	Mike Goodes	70	66					136
T9	Tom Pernice Jr.	67	70					137
T9	Scott Dunlap	71	66					137
T9	Doug Garwood	70	67					137
T12	Paul Broadhurst	67	71					138
T12	Kevin Sutherland	69	69					138
T12	Esteban Toledo	70	68					138
T15	Woody Austin	70	69					139
T15	Joe Durant	70	69					139
T17	Kirk Triplett	68	72					140
T17	Scott McCarron	69	71					140
T17	Rocco Mediate	70	70					140
T17	Tom Byrum	71	69					140
T17	Gene Sauers	73	67					140
22	Miguel Angel Jimenez	74	67					141
23	Joey Sindelar	73	69					142
T24	Tommy Armour III	72	71					143
T24	David Frost	73	70					143
T24	Fred Funk	73	70					143
T24	Billy Andrade	73	70					143
T24	Jeff Sluman	73	70					143
T24	Olin Browne	75	68					143
30	Jeff Maggert	70	74					144
T31	Michael Allen	72	74					146
T31	Wes Short Jr.	80	66					146
T31	Jerry Smith	73	73					146
34	Brandt Jobe	75	72					147
35	Carlos Franco	76	75					151
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Noren wins Nedbank Challenge by six strokes - his fourth European Tour victory of season

                                             Gary Player (left) and Alex Noren (Getty Images(c)

 EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS

Alex Noren posted a closing 63 to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player by six shots and claim his fourth European Tour victory of the season.
The Swede carded an eagle, eight birdies and a solitary bogey to finish the weekend at Sun City, South Africa on 14 under par 274 and will move up to third in the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex.
South Korean Jeunghun Wang, who held a three-shot lead on Saturday night, finished six shots behind Noren in second, one stroke clear of Ricardo Gouveia, Alejandro Cañizares, Victor Dubuisson, home favourite Branden Grace and Andy Sullivan.
Noren's countryman Henrik Stenson, who leads the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex, fired a birdie at the last to finish eighth on six under.
Danny Willett produced a 69 on Sunday to finish on three under and keep in touch with Stenson ahead of next week's season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
Englishman Willett, Noren and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy will do battle with Stenson at Jumeirah Golf Estates in a bid to win the Race to Dubai.
Noren, who led at the halfway stage of the competition, began the day six shots off the lead but soon closed the gap courtesy of birdies at the first three holes and another gain at the fifth.

Noren holed his 30-foot birdie putt at the seventh before repeating the trick from a similar distance at the next to move to 11 under.
When Wang carded a disappointing double bogey at the eighth, Noren briefly found himself with a one-shot lead, but the South Korean fired a birdie at the ninth to join him at the summit.
Noren regained the outright lead at the tenth, however, effortlessly knocking in his 25-foot eagle putt before chipping in for a birdie at the 11th to get to 14 under.
The 34 year old dropped his first shot of the day at the 14th but rolled in from eight feet at the 16th to return to 14 under.
And with Wang carding bogeys at the 15th, 16th and 18th, Noren secured his eighth European Tour title by six shots.
Gouveia and Dubuisson will join Noren in Dubai next week, with their joint third-place finishes taking them up to 53rd and 47th respectively in the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex.
South African Jaco van Zyl will also be in Dubai after he finished tenth on four under to move to 56th place.
Looking ahead to next week, Stenson said: "Alex playing as well as he does just motivates me even more to bring my game next week and then try and be up there."

 Gouveia's Dubai Delight

Ricardo Gouveia was delighted after a strong finish at the Nedbank Golf Challenge saw him book his place in next week's season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
Gouveia, who topped the Challenge Tour Rankings last season, posted a five-under-par 67 today to finish in a tie for third place on seven under.
The 25 year old secured his spot in this week's field with a strong performance at the Turkish Airlines Open last weekend and Gouveia is thrilled to have repeated the trick this week.
He said: "It's massive for me to make it to Dubai.
"Going into the last regular-season event in Portugal, I had to play well to get into Turkey and then I had to play well in Turkey to get in this week, and again, I had to play well this week to get in Dubai.
"So I'm just really happy."

Gouveia began his final round nine shots behind overnight leader Jeunghun Wang after producing rounds of 74, 68 and 72 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday respectively.
And he started brightly on day four, firing back-to-back birdies at the second and third holes to get to four under.
After dropping his first shot of the day at the fifth, Gouveia made a gain at the ninth to reach the turn in 34.
Gouveia picked up further shots at the tenth and 11th before carding a second bogey at the 13th.
And birdies at the 15th and 17th saw him move to seven under.
"It was a great week," added Gouveia. "I didn't start very well but I knew my game was good. I just stayed patient.
"I'm very satisfied to shoot a five-under round on the last day."

Noren has made more than $3.3million this season
The winner's cheque of $1.16 million/1,048,522 euros at Sun City took the 34-year-old Noren's 2016 earnings above $3.3 million. Two years ago, Noren earned less than $6,000 for the whole season.

FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZE MONEY
                                                                                               PRIZEMONEY IN EUROS
      PAR 288 (4x72)
    1   NOREN, Alex                         SWE    69 67 75 63    274  1,048,522

	2	WANG Jeunghun	SKOR		68	73	64	75			280	699,012
	3	CAÑIZARES Alejandro	ESP		71	68	74	68			281	276,812
	3	DUBUISSON Victor	FRA		69	75	69	68			281	276,812
	3	GOUVEIA Ricardo	POR		74	68	72	67			281	276,812
	3	GRACE Branden	RSA		71	69	71	70			281	276,812
	3	SULLIVAN Andy	ENG		72	69	68	72			281	276,812
	8	STENSON Henrik	SWE		69	74	69	70			282	157,279
	9	OOSTHUIZEN Louis	RSA		72	66	70	75			283	138,406
	10	VAN ZYL Jaco	RSA		69	69	74	72			284	125,823
	11	JACQUELIN Raphaël	FRA		74	72	72	67			285	109,768
	11	WILLETT Danny	ENG		75	74	67	69			285	109,768
	13	LINGMERTH David	SWE		71	72	73	70			286	99,940
	14	FLEETWOOD Tommy	ENG		75	72	71	69			287	91,042
	14	LUITEN Joost	NED		74	70	74	69			287	91,042
	16	DREDGE Bradley	WAL		73	69	75	71			288	81,785
	16	JAIDEE Thongchai	THA		76	71	70	71			288	81,785
	16	KJELDSEN Søren	DEN		74	71	71	72			288	81,785
	16	ZANOTTI Fabrizio	PAR		70	68	78	72			288	81,785
	20	BLAND Richard	ENG		76	71	71	71			289	71,216
	20	BOURDY Grégory	FRA		74	76	71	68			289	71,216
	20	FITZPATRICK Matthew	ENG		76	67	72	74			289	71,216
	20	LI Haotong	CHN		72	72	73	72			289	71,216
	20	STERNE Richard	RSA		74	70	71	74			289	71,216
	25	COETZEE George	RSA		69	69	82	70			290	59,766
	25	ELVIRA Nacho	ESP		75	71	71	73			290	59,766
	25	FISHER Ross	ENG		68	72	73	77			290	59,766
	25	HATTON Tyrrell	ENG		75	71	72	72			290	59,766
	25	PARATORE Renato	ITA		71	73	73	73			290	59,766
	25	RAMSAY Richie	SCO		69	76	73	72			290	59,766
	25	WOOD Chris	ENG		69	69	75	77			290	59,766
	32	AIKEN Thomas	RSA		70	74	77	70			291	51,273
	32	BJERREGAARD Lucas	DEN		72	75	73	71			291	51,273
	34	HEBERT Benjamin	FRA		74	73	75	70			292	47,184
	34	JOHNSTON Andrew	ENG		75	73	73	71			292	47,184
	34	PIETERS Thomas	BEL		76	73	70	73			292	47,184
	37	COLSAERTS Nicolas	BEL		74	72	76	71			293	44,038
	37	KARLBERG Rikard	SWE		71	73	75	74			293	44,038
	39	APHIBARNRAT Kiradech	THA		74	72	74	74			294	39,634
	39	LARRAZÁBAL Pablo	ESP		76	73	78	67			294	39,634
	39	SCHWARTZEL Charl	RSA		74	76	68	76			294	39,634
	39	SIEM Marcel	GER		74	73	73	74			294	39,634
	39	SOUTHGATE Matthew	ENG		72	68	82	72			294	39,634
	44	HEND Scott	AUS		71	71	73	80			295	33,343
	44	HORSEY David	ENG		71	73	81	70			295	33,343
	44	JENSEN Lasse	DEN		73	69	80	73			295	33,343
	44	KAYMER Martin	GER		81	75	69	70			295	33,343
	44	LAGERGREN Joakim	SWE		74	72	78	71			295	33,343
	49	CARLSSON Johan	SWE		73	77	75	71			296	27,681
	49	DRYSDALE David	SCO		76	75	76	69			296	27,681
	49	LIPSKY David	USA		72	75	72	77			296	27,681
	49	PAISLEY Chris	ENG		77	73	74	72			296	27,681
	53	FRASER Marcus	AUS		75	73	75	74			297	23,906
	53	ILONEN Mikko	FIN		74	75	76	72			297	23,906
	55	CABRERA BELLO Rafa	ESP		76	72	77	73			298	19,880
	55	HARRINGTON Padraig	IRL		76	75	75	72			298	19,880
	55	MANASSERO Matteo	ITA		73	74	76	75			298	19,880
	55	OTAEGUI Adrian	ESP		75	75	75	73			298	19,880
	55	ROCK Robert	ENG		74	73	78	73			298	19,880
	60	GOOSEN Retief	RSA		73	75	76	75			299	16,986
	60	LEE Soomin	KOR		75	72	79	73			299	16,986
	60	WATTEL Romain	FRA		74	78	74	73			299	16,986
	63	OLESEN Thorbjørn	DEN		77	69	81	74			301	15,728
	64	LEVY Alexander	FRA		77	75	78	72			302	14,470
	64	MORRISON James	ENG		77	71	79	75			302	14,470
	64	WARREN Marc	SCO		75	73	75	79			302	14,470
	67	CAMPILLO Jorge	ESP		79	77	80	71			307	12,897
	67	QUESNE Julien	FRA		70	80	83	74			307	12,897
	69	STONE Brandon	RSA		76	76	82	76			310	11,953
	70	SLATTERY Lee	ENG		77	78	81	78			314	11,324