US GOLF - Former Ayrshire player McKnight scores first US win

Photograph and article courtesy of Colin Farquarson and the Scottish Golf View website at http://www.scottishgolfview.com/

Former Kilmarnock (Barassie) golfer and Ayrshire County player Robert McKnight recently recorded his first first win on Florida's Minor League Tour.

Robert McKnight - pictured right - originally from Kilmarnock but now resident in the US,

scored his first win on the Minor League Tour, which operates a circuit of one-day, 18-hole events, several a week.

McKnight won the Hammock Classic at Hammock Creek Golf Club, Palm City by one shot with a four-under-par effort of 68.

That earned him $970 for his first win on this tour, although his total winnings are between $2,000 and $3,000 since he joined the satellite circuit in 2009.

He had five top-10 finishes before his breakthrough victory.