| Russell Knox | |
|---|---|
 Knox at the 2015 PGA Championship | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Russell Colin Knox |
| Nickname | Roo[1] |
| Born | 21 June 1985 Inverness, Scotland |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Scotland |
| Residence | Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | Jacksonville University |
| Turned professional | 2007 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Web.com Tour eGolf Professional Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Highest ranking | 18 (7 August 2016)[2] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 2 |
| European Tour | 2 |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2016, 2017 |
| PGA Championship | T22: 2016 |
| U.S. Open | T12: 2018 |
| The Open Championship | T30: 2016 |
Russell Colin Knox (born 21 June 1985) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
He had considerable success from 2014 to 2016 during which time he won the 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions and the 2016 Travelers Championship. Together with three runner-up finishes and three third-places on the PGA Tour, he was a runner-up in the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and reached a career-high 18 in the world rankings at the end of 2016. Knox joined the European Tour at the start of 2016 but just failed to gain an automatic place on the 2016 Ryder Cup team and was not chosen as one of the captain's picks.
- ^ Craddock, Matt (11 March 2021). "12 Things You Didn't Know About Russell Knox". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Week 32 2016 Ending 7 Aug 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.