Knox: Butterfield Bermuda Breeze Blows Favourably For Scot

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Whether it’s due he grew-up playing golf in windy Scotland or whatever but Russell Knox is being rewarded as the only PGA Tour player to have now contested all six Butterfield Bermuda Championships.

Knox, 39 again bravely tamed the bright but extremely breezy conditions adding a second straight three-under 68 to move inside the top-20 at six-under on the exposed clifftop host Royal Port course.

The Florida-based Scot capped his round with an eagle ‘3’ on the par-5 eighth hole Knox was playing the hole as his 17th.

American Justin Lower also added a second round of 65 to move to clear of his rivals at 12-under.

“Yeah, they’re all learning experiences”, said Lower when asked how comfortable he feels being in the lead.

“Definitely feeling more comfortable with it. It’s tough, it’s not easy. You feel like you’ve got a lot of eyes on you at
times and I know how guys are out here, they’re trying to chase you down.

“So, just trying to play as good as I can and keep my head down and keep it below the wind, I guess”.

However for a second day running play ended early and suspended due to darkness at 5:20 p.m. local time with 11 players yet to finish. The second round will resume at 7 a.m. Saturday.

As mentioned, Knox is competing in the event for a sixth straight occasion since the inaugural $6.9m Bermuda tournament in 2019 however after having lost full Tour membership at the end of last year, the affable Scot has been mostly competing on the secondard KornFerry Tour with an odd appearance on the PGA Tour.

In fact, the double PGA Tour winning is contesting only his eighth PGA event this season but sadly having missed the halfway cut in six of those seven starts.

Knox’s two rounds now of 68 and the assurance of playing all four days is only a first time since July earlier this year he will play all four days of a PGA event, and something he needs desperately on that road to winning back full PGA Tour status.

Keep is going, Rus.

 



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