WGC Champion Russell Knox returns to action at the OHL Classic

Russell Knox will continue his hectic start to the season in Mexico this week as he looks to follow on from his breakthrough victory in the WGC-HSBC Champions.

Knox could have been forgiven for having a week off after claiming his first PGA Tour title and the first prize of £900,000 in Shanghai on Sunday, carding a final round of 68 to hold off a strong field including world No 1 Jordan SPieth.

But the 30-year-old from Inverness joins Graeme McDowell in the field for the OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen, his latest event in a busy start to the Tour's 2015-2016 wraparound season.

Knox began his campaign by missing the cut in the Frys.com Open in California, finished 38th in Las Vegas seven days later and then claimed a share of 21st in the CIMB Classic in Malaysia.

It was during the tournament in Kuala Lumpur that Knox discovered he would make his World Golf Championship debut the following week after initially being seventh reserve, thanks to J.B Holmes' withdrawal.

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Knox has been paired with Peter Malnati and Matt Kuchar for the first two rounds in Mexico, Malnati becoming the fifth first-time winner in five events on the PGA Tour this season by claiming the weather-affected Sanderson Farms Championship on Monday.

Kuchar is making his first start on the PGA Tour since the season-ending Tour Championship, although he did win the Fiji International last month and helped the United States retain the Presidents Cup in Korea.

"I remember the course being a very good, demanding golf course," Kuchar, who is making his first appearance in the event since 2008, said. "The thing that stands out most is how demanding a driving course this is.

"The fairways are plenty wide enough, but there seems to be a lot of holes where you have mangroves on either side so if you do miss a drive, it's a big penalty.

"Driving the ball well is a priority here and that's one of the strong suits of my game and kind of a reason I have done well here."

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