Palm Beach Gardens, FL ….

Russell Knox will tee-up Monday for a second straight year at the ultra-exclusive Seminole club for the now annual ‘Pro-Member’ event at Juno Beach in Florida.

Seminole was designed in the 1920s by legendary Dornoch-born designer Donald Ross and who has a major roadway named after him that’s just north of Semionle, and where you drive to get access to no fewer than eight golf courses.

Seminole is ultra-exclusive and for that reason is sure to generate massive ‘public’ interest next year when it hosts for a first time the Walker Cup.

It makes Seminole very much like Muirfield to the east of Edinburgh but unlike East Lothian venue that has hosted 16 Open’s, Seminole that boasted many past US President’s and also the Duke of Windsor as club members, never opens its doors to the public.

Seminole GC – Strictly members only.(Photo @tourmiss)

Indeed, Knox nor any of the other Tour stars teeing-up this year such as Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson cannot take their regular Tour caddies.

It’s why Knox’s caddy David Clark said to Knox: “Hey Rus?  I’ll give the money to buy me a Seminole wallet.”

Knox responded: “I think I can afford to buy you a wallet, so don’t matter.  I’ll get one for you”.

McIlroy’s father, Gerry has been a Seminole member for a few years and without his father to sign in his four-time Major-winning son McIlroy would not get past the security entrance.

There’s also no shortage also of big-business types, and led by Seminole President Jimmy Dunne 111, one of golf’s big money brokers who will no doubt be teamed again with Phil Mickelson.