Russell Knox
Height: 5'10" (1.78 m)
Weight: 160 (72 kg)
Age: 37 (June 21, 1985)
Birthplace: Inverness, Scotland
Residence: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Family:
Wife, Andrea
Education:
Jacksonville University (2007, Business Management)
Special Interests:
Soccer, movies, ping-pong
Turned Professional:
2007
City plays from:
Inverness, Scotland
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTop 125 in 2021-22 FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List (thru 2022-23)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (2):
2016 (2) World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, Travelers Championship.Korn Ferry Tour Victories (1):
2011 (1) Chiquita Classic.International Victories (1):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
62 - 2014 BMW Championship (Round 4)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#1 : 2016 OHL Classic at MayakobaCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#18 : 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AmCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,400,000 : 2016 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions (Finished 1)National Team Selections
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 2) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 292 | 925 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 82 | 190 | 101 | 1 | $17,069,880 | ||
| 2023 | 23 | 68 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 139 | $401,422 | ||||||
| 2022 | 28 | 89 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 96 | $1,683,424 | |||||
| 2021 | 32 | 92 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 110 | $1,130,467 | |||||
| 2020 | 22 | 63 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 127 | $519,028 | ||||||
| 2019 | 22 | 72 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 110 | $1,132,825 | |||||
| 2018 | 27 | 90 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 89 | $1,424,030 | |||||
| 2017 | 24 | 70 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 71 | $1,643,924 | ||||
| 2016 | 25 | 89 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 10 | $4,885,906 | |||
| 2015 | 28 | 96 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 34 | $1,916,666 | |||
| 2014 | 26 | 92 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 40 | $1,513,630 | ||||
| 2013 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 166 | $305,973 | ||||||
| 2012 | 23 | 68 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 179 | $512,584 | |||||
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2023 | CUT | ||||||||
| 2022 | T6 | CUT | |||||||
| 2021 | T67 | ||||||||
| 2020 | CNL | ||||||||
| 2019 | T35 | CUT | T41 | 68 | T40 | T39 | |||
| 2018 | CUT | T35 | T12 | CUT | T48 | ||||
| 2017 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T9 | T39 | T5 | 70 |
| 2016 | T19 | CUT | T22 | T23 | T30 | 1 | T28 | 54 | 27 |
| 2015 | T17 | CUT | CUT | ||||||
| 2014 | T34 | CUT | |||||||
| 2013 | T45 | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2022 | CUT | |||
| 2021 | CUT | |||
| 2019 | CUT | |||
| 2018 | CUT | T43 | ||
| 2017 | CUT | T61 | ||
| 2016 | T60 | T15 | T17 | 23 |
| 2015 | T20 | T12 | T45 | |
| 2014 | T38 | T26 | T23 | |
Personal
- Grew up in Inverness, Scotland before relocating to Jacksonville, Florida to attend Jacksonville University on a golf scholarship. Earned a business management degree while at JU.
- Parents Mike and Val are retired and living in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Father born in San Diego, California and mother born in Scotland.
- Wife Andrea, with her sister Maria, own CRYOtherapy Jax, a cryotherapy recovery center located on Southside Blvd in Jacksonville, Florida.
- Sister Diane Knox moved to the United States in 2016 and currently works in media.
- Enjoys being on the beach and going on vacations exploring the world.