Knox Reminds The Golf World Of His Talents As He Seeks To Regain PGA Tour Card

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Scotland’s Russell Knox brilliantly reminded the golf world he’s not given up in his quest in returning to the dizzy heights of men’s professional golf.

Knox’s share of second place in the Wednesday finish to the KornFerry Tour’s Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club was a second top-10 finish in as many weeks after sharing ninth place a week earlier at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island.

The effort has seen Knox muscle his way into third place on the KornFerry Tour’s 2025 money-list and with the leading 10 at year’s end to earn full 2026 PGA Tour membership.

It’s been now been just over a year since the dual PGA Tour winning Knox was last full-time on the main Tour after having ended the 2023 PGA Tour season at 147th on the FedEx Cup standings and thus losing full exempt Tour status.

“I have to come to peace that it wasn’t a very good playing year for me,” he said in speaking with AP in November, 2023.

“That’s where I’m at and do my best where I get to play. Fortunately, I’ve had a decent career. Just because it’s one tough year doesn’t mean it’s over. That’s been the tough thing — 80% of the time I’m a world-class player, and the other 20% I’m a 20-handicap”.

Heading into 2023, Knox remained fully exempt thanks to two victories but he lost confidence in his driver to eventually end the year outside the leading 115 exempt players and in 147th place that, at least, earned him conditional PGA Tour status for 2024 as he was in that bracket 116th to 150th on the money list.

His ‘conditional’ status translated into just nine PGA Tour starts, a best of T30th in July’s ISCO Championship while he missed the cut in six other PGA Tour starts.

Knox also contested 10 events on the secondary KornFerry Tour with a best finish of T19th in June’s UNC Health Championship while disappointinly he had missed the cut in two of his opening three events to kick-start his 2024 KornFerry Tour year.

It is why this 2025 New Year start of back-to-back top-10s is a huge lift for the now 39-year-old Knox.

In fact, it’s a first occasion Knox has produced back-to-back top-10s since finishing runner-up in the 2018 Open de France and a week later capturing the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at the Ballyliffin club in Donegal, and both events played on the DP World Tour.

Knox has enjoyed seven wins in his now 18-year pro career also including the 2015 HSBC Champions in Shanghai and also capturing the 2016 Travelers Championship and on the same day Jim Furky posted a closing final round of 58 to finish T5th at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut.

Those you know Rus well will be thrilled for he and wife, Andrea, and not forgetting ‘Rusty’, as they’re one of the nicest couples you could meet.

And in saying this, here’s hoping his efforts in the Bahamas can lead to Rus regaining his PGA Tour card and returning to golf’s world stage where he belongs.

 

 

 

 

 



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