Michael Putnam News

Colt Knost admitted he was pretty lucky to shoot a 4-under-par 68 Saturday in the third round of the Price Cutter Charity Championship.

Colt Knost fired an 8-under-par 64 and grabbed the first-round lead in the Nationwide Tour's Price Cutter Charity Championship.

Fourth-round score: 2-over-par 73. Position: Moore finished tied for 74th, 18 strokes behind Brad Adamonis, Kenny Perry and Jay Williamson .

This week: PGA Tour's John Deere Classic, today through Sunday, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

Fourth-round score: 1-over-par 72. Position: Putnam tied for 14th, four strokes behind Justin Hicks and Casey Wittenberg .

This week: The Puyallup golfer was scheduled to play in the PGA Tour's Buick Open at Warwick Hills G&CC in Grand Blanc, Mich., but withdrew, citing fatigue.

Two News Tribune reporters took on two PGA pros at the Putting Zoo and learned that miniature golf can narrow even the largest of talent gaps.

Stuck somewhere between exhilaration and exhaustion, Gig Harbor's Kyle Stanley could barely muster words.

' - who golfs for the University of Washington, Lepp's alma mater - ' turned in an impressive runner-up result at the collegiate golf showcase, held at Purdue University's Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West ...

This week: PGA Tour's Memorial tournament, today through Sunday, Muirfield Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio.

This week: Nationwide Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am, today through Sunday, Thornblade Club, Bright's Creek Golf Club and The Carolina CC in North Carolina and South Carolina. via Tacoma News Tribune

“I'm just going to try to play the best I can on the front nine. When I get on 10, I might take a look and see how things are. ”

Darron Stiles will be in familiar position for today's final round at the Fort Smith Classic. via Herald-Leader

This week: The Players Championship, today through Sunday on the PGA Tour at TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. via Tacoma News Tribune

“I had a lot of putts that I felt like I hit really well from inside 20 feet that didn't go in”

ATHENS, Ga. - " Brendon Todd, a four-year golf star at the nearby University of Georgia, shot his second consecutive 4-under 68 on Friday to take the second-round lead at the Athens Regional Foundation Classic. via GolfChannel

“I had a couple of tap-ins, a 15-footer here and a 30-footer there at the end to tie for the lead. It kind of jumped out at me. This is a good, solid course you can score on. I expected someone to be 7 or 8 under.”

Rich Barcelo, Michael Putnam, Geoffrey Sisk, Greg Owen of England and Argentina's Sebastian Fernandez each fired 6-under-par 66s Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Athens Regional Foundation Classic, ... via PGA.com

“A lot of guys I'm playing with are saying, 'You're hitting it far,' ”

He's not back to make new friends or reconnect with old acquaintances from the last time he was on the Nationwide Tour. via The News Tribune

“Bobby, just don't screw this up.”

During the past 100 years, the Chambers Creek area near the Tacoma Narrows has been home to an open-pit gravel mine, mills, a waste water treatment plant and greenbelt. via The Seattle Times

This week: PGA Tour's Northern Trust Open, through Sunday, Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles. via The News Tribune

“By the third growing season, it will be in a good, strong state. And by the time 2010 comes around it will be well grown-in, and well-established.”

Tacoma's Michael Putnam was perplexed when, out of the blue, he received a phone call two weeks ago from Walter Driver, the president of the United States Golf Association. via The News Tribune

“Getting around the back nine in three-under was a bonus for me”

Tom Johnson shot a six-under 65 and held a two-shot lead when the first round of the Mexico Open was suspended on Thursday night due to darkness. via Press of Atlantic City