Knox secures his PGA Tour card

The 26-year-old finished joint-24th in the US Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island, South Carolina, on Sunday to clinch a final placing of 12th in the money table with earnings of $242,821.

The top 25 at the conclusion of the championship automatically gained promotion to the PGA Tour in 2012.

Englishman Gary Christian finished ninth in the table with $260,654 earnings on the Nationwide Tour this season.

He, too, goes up on to the main circuit along with Knox but another Englishman, Greg Owen, who finished joint-18th in the championship, failed to make the top 25.

Knox had rounds of 71, 73, 75 and 71 for a total of 290 in the season-ending event, which was won by American Ken Duke with a 10-under-par 278. Knox is based at Jacksonville Beach, Florida. He stayed on in America after four successful years at Jacksonville University.

Earlier this year, after coming through a Monday qualifier, he got a place in a US Nationwide Tour event and finished second, earning enough money to gain him playing rights on the circuit. He later won a Nationwide Tour event which saw him rise into the top 25 money winners and he stayed there until the end of the season.

The graduates also included two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton. “It’s a miracle,” said the 31-year-old after finishing a spot below Knox. “It really is a miracle what I’ve been able to achieve.”