This week: PGA Tour's Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC Boston, North, Mass.

Third-round score: 6-over-par 77.

Position: Moore (1-under 212) tied for 75th, 16 strokes behind leader Mike Weir (196).

Recap: Because of a new PGA Tour rule, the UNLV All-American will not play today's final round even though he made the cut (and will earn a paycheck). With the wind kicking up Sunday, scores were higher – and the Puyallup golfer fell 48 spots on the leaderboard with six bogeys and no birdies. The top 70 advance to next week's third stage of the FedEx Cup playoffs at the BMW Championship; so will Moore – barely.

Next: BMW Championship starting Thursday at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis.

This week: PGA Tour's Deutsche Ban Championship, Friday through Monday, TPC Boston, Norton, Mass.

Second-round score: 3-under-par 68.

Position: Moore (7-under 135) sits tied for 27th, seven strokes behind leader Tim Clark (128).

Recap: The Puyallup golfer is having no issues making birdies – his 12 through two rounds are tied for eighth in the field. What he'd like to do is eliminate the big number, something he's done in each of the first two rounds with double bogeys. This time, he made a double bogey on the par-4 14th, but rallied with birdies in three of the final four holes. Moore made an 11-foot putt for birdie on the par-5 finishing hole for a 68.

Tee time Sunday: 8:15 a.m. PDT with Fredrik Jacobson.

This week: PGA Tour's Deutsche Bank Championship, Thursday through Sunday, TPC Boston, North, Mass.

First-round score: 4-under-par 67.

Position: Moore is tied for 19th, six strokes behind leader Mike Weir (61).

Recap: The Puyallup golfer's start was vital in keeping his faint playoff chances alive. This time, he was able to overcome a second-nine double bogey by making seven birdies, which were tied for the fourth-most in the field Thursday. The putter was working, too (27 putts). His 67 was tied for the best opening round score of the season (shot 67 at the Byron Nelson Classic in April).

Tee time Friday: 9:10 a.m. PDT off the first tee.

Thousands of facilities nationwide will participate in the second annual Patriot Golf Day during Labor Day Weekend (Friday-Monday). Golfers across the country have the unique opportunity to donate a minimum of $1 to benefit the Folds of Honor Foundation (FoldsofHonor.org), which provides educational scholarships to families of those who have become disabled or lost their lives in the line of duty.

Major Dan Rooney, a PGA Professional and USGA Member from Broken Arrow, Okla., created Patriot Golf Day in 2007. This nationwide event is jointly supported by The PGA of America and the United States Golf Association.

Participating public facilities will request a minimum of $1 for each green fee that is processed August 29 – Sept. 1, while private facilities will accept donations.

Rooney will once again lead Patriot Golf Day in 2008 before he reports for his third tour of duty in Iraq as an F-16 pilot in the 125th Fighter Squadron of the Oklahoma Air National Guard immediately following Labor Day weekend.

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This week: PGA Tour's Deutsche Bank Championship, Friday through Monday, TPC Boston, Norton, Mass.

World ranking: 101st.

2008 earnings: $1,122,631 (74th on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: The Puyallup golfer has missed the cut in his past three tournaments, including a last-place showing at last week's The Barclays (12-over 154), the first stop of the FedEx Cup playoffs. He comes into this week ranked 98th in the 115-man field (and out of 119 players total. Four golfers are not playing this week's event), and needs a high finish to advance into the next round.

Tee time Friday: 4:25 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee with Tim Herron and Tim Petrovic.

Tom Kite, a 19-time PGA Tour winner who just captured his 10th Champions Tour victory Sunday at the Boeing Classic near Seattle, took a day out of his preparation this week to tour _ and play – Chambers Bay Golf Course.

He liked it.

And he sees plenty of work ahead for the site of the 2010 U.S. Amateur, and 2015 U.S Open.

"I thought the … whole complex was impressive. Holy smokes, to take that quarry and make it the facility they have is fantastic," said Kite, who played the course Tuesday, three days before the start of the Boeing Classic. "They are going to have to hurry to get it ready (for the U.S. Am)."

In a couple weeks, Chambers Bay will celebrate its 15-month anniversary.

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My story filed for the Monday edition from the fourth annual Boeing Classic:

SNOQUALMIE – Tom Kite built a legacy on consistency, and a star-studded name for himself by winning golf tournaments.

But even he began to wonder.

In 2006, he was one of the big names to travel to the upstart Boeing Classic, and walked away one of its first champions.

Fifty-eight tournaments had come and gone on Kite's 50-and-over Champions Tour schedule, with no wins to speak of.

Well, the drought ended Sunday as Kite reeled in overnight leader Scott Simpson with a birdie-making barrage on the back nine at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, and won by two strokes.

Kite's 6-under-par 66 made him the only golfer in the 78-player field to record three consecutive rounds in the 60s – something the champion has done three of the four years the tournament has been played – and the Austin, Texas resident finished at 14-under 202 for his 10th career Champions Tour win.

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This story was filed by AJGA media personnel Friday after the final round of the AJGA Junior in Wenatchee:

WENATCHEE, Wash. – It took three holes of a sudden-death playoff to crown a champion in the girls division of the AJGA Junior at Wenatchee Friday.

Erynne Lee of Silverdale, Wash., took home the trophy after defeating Tiffany Lim of San Jose, Calif., on the par-4 No. 12 at Wenatchee Golf & Country Club.

In the boys division, Charlie Hughes of Maple Ridge, B.C., walked into the scoring tent with a tournament total of 6-under-par 210 and walked out with a win in his first AJGA event.

Lee, coming off a semifinal finish at the U.S. Women's Amateur two weeks ago in Eugene, held a two-stroke lead heading into the final hole Friday.

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This week: PGA Tour's The Barclays, Thursday through Sunday, Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, N.J.

Second-round score: 7-over-par 78.

Position: Moore (154) finished 135th and missed the cut, 22 strokes behind leader Steve Stricker (132).

Recap: Is this the bottom floor for the Puyallup native? For the first time in his career, Moore finished last in a tournament. And the 154 total is his worst as a professional, only eclipsed by the 155 showing as an amateur at the 2002 U.S. Open. Moore didn't have a birdie in his second round (third time this season), and made back-to-back double bogeys on the 12th and 13th holes. Good news – he remains in the FedEx Cup playoffs, but will need the highest finish of his season to advance further.

Next: Deutsche Bank Championship starting Thursday at TPC Boston in North, Mass.

This week: Nationwide Tour's Northeast Pennsylvania Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Elmhurst Country Club, Moscow, Pa.

Second-round score: 1-under-par 69.

Position: Putnam (138) is tied for 37th, six strokes behind co-leaders Greg Chalmers, Brad Fritsch and D.A. Points.

Recap: The Tacoma native hit more fairways Friday (12) than Thursday, but fewer greens (11, as opposed to 15 Thursday) – and came away with the same score, a 69. Putnam snapped his two-tournament skid in missing the cut.

Tee time Saturday: 7:02 a.m. PDT with Tim O'Neal.

For PGA club professionals, next year is now.

That is how Chris Van der Velde approached it this week, capturing the title at the Pacific Northwest PGA Professional Championship at the club he teaches at – Tetherow Golf Club in Bend, Ore.

Van der Velde's winning 215 total blew away the field by four strokes, which included defending champion Brian Thornton, the Sumner resident who instructs at Meridian Valley GC (219) and two-time PGA Championship participant Ryan Benzel, of Mill Creek (223).

The top seven finishers advanced to the national club professional championship next June at Santa Ana Golf Club. Benzel already had an exemption to that tournament based on his tied-for-fourth at this year's event in Georgia.

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The media met recently-crowned JELD-WEN Tradition champion Fred Funk in the press center at the Boeing Classic. At the end of his 35-minute session, Funk was asked about golf as an Olympic sport. Here were some of his thoughts:

Four major professional golf championships?

A Ryder Cup every two years?

A Presidents Cup?

The FedEx Cup playoffs?

Plenty of headliner events crowd the golf world these day. So when pressed Thursday about whether the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should consider making golf part of the three-week competition, veteran Fred Funk said enough is enough.

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This week: PGA Tour's The Barclays, Thursday through Sunday, Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, N.J.

First-round score: 5-over-par 76.

Position: Moore is tied for 125th, 14 strokes behind leader Hunter Mahan (62).

Recap: The Puyallup golfer made as many double bogeys (Nos. 3 and 11) as birdies (Nos. 2 and 5), hit six of the 14 fairways and only half of the greens en route to his fourth-worst score of the season, and worst to open a tournament in 2008 since a 78 at the Buick Invitational in late January. He's in danger of missing his third cut in a row, which would be his longest drought this season.

Tee time Friday: 9:32 a.m. PDT off the first tee.

This week: Nationwide Tour's Northeast Pennsylvania Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Elmhurst Country Club, Moscow, Pa.

First-round score: 1-under-par 69.

Position: Putnam is tied for 46th, six strokes behind co-leaders Greg Chalmers and Chris Tidland (63).

Recap: Kind of a strange round. The Tacoma native made all pars on his opening holes, then started the back nine with a double bogey-6. But he kept hitting greens in regulation (83-percent clip), and converted four birdies to finish his round, including one on the par-4 18th.

Tee time Friday: 5:15 a.m. PDT off the first tee.

Gig Harbor's Kyle Stanley advanced to the round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur today, beating Seung-Su Han of Irvine, Calif.,4 and 3 at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in North Carolina.

Stanley, who tied for fifth in the stroke-play portion of the tournament, took the lead for good in the first round of match play with a birdie on the 338-yard, par-4 third hole and extended it with another birdie on No. 4.

Stanley will play Connor McHenry of Jefferson City, Mo., in next round at 6:10 a.m. Pacific time Thursday.

Andrew Putnam of University Place, who also tied for fifth in the stroke play, lost his round of 64 match today to Skip Berkmeyer of St. Louis, 1-up.

Jake Koppenberg of Everett defeated Sam Smith of Turlock, Calif., 2 and 1. Koppenberg plays Rickie Fowler of Murrieta, Calif. at 5:20 a.m. Thursday.

This week: Nationwide Tour's Northeast Pennsylvania Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Elmhurst Country Club, Moscow, Pa.

World ranking: 561st.

2008 earnings: $89,841 (57th on the Nationwide Tour).

Last tournament: The Tacoma native missed back-to-back cuts at the Cox Classic and Wichita Open, prompting him to take last week off to rest and practice (in Sunriver, Ore. with younger brother, Andrew) heading into the stretch run of the season. Eight tournaments remain, and the Life Christian Academy product must kick it into high gear in order to crack the top 25 on the money list. Currently, he trails No. 25 Chris Anderson ($148,600) by almost $60,000; a win this week would earn him $90,000.

Tee time today: 10:15 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Bob Burns and Justin Hicks.

This week: PGA Tour's The Barclays, Thursday through Sunday, Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, N.J.

World ranking: 96th.

2008 earnings: $1,122,631 (72nd on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: The Puyallup golfer has missed cuts in each of his past tournaments, including last week's Wyndham Championship (1-under 139). Before that, the UNLV All-American hadn't finished under par in an event for nine consecutive times. Why? When you're ranked 196th in greens hit in regulation (59-percent clip), you're not giving yourself many quality chances to make birdies, and move up leaderboards. This tournament is important for Moore. At 73rd in the FedEx Cup points standings, he is in no danger of being eliminating this week. But he needs to improve his status in order to make it to The Tour Championship in late September in Atlanta.

Tee time Thursday: 4:32 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee with Cliff Kresge and Nick O'Hern.

Good or bad, birdie or bogey, these guys are just decent people. After Gig Harbor's Kyle Stanley phoned in late Tuesday, Tacoma's T.J. Bordeaux did the same thing to talk about missing the cut at the 108th U.S. Amateur:

After nine holes Tuesday, Tacoma's T.J. Bordeaux had one of the nation's most demanding golf courses – Pinehurst No. 2 – by the throat.

Thing is, it bit back.

Going out in 2-under, the Bellarmine Prep product had bogeys on three of his final four holes, and finished with a 72 in the second round of stroke play at the 108th U.S. Amateur in North Carolina.

Bordeaux's 146 total left him tied for 89th, and a stroke out of a sudden-death playoff to get into match play starting Wednesday.

"I didn't play that bad," he said. "But the littlest mistakes, and you're making bogey."

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Spoke with Kyle Stanley late Tuesday night by telephone. He was pretty upbeat about his two days of golf so far at the 108th U.S. Amateur:

Gig Harbor's Kyle Stanley wouldn't go as far to call it the best golf round of his life, but he is feeling supremely confident around the grounds at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club.

Stanley, the Bellarmine Prep product and junior-to-be at Clemson, shot a 2-under-par 68 on the daunting Pinehurst No. 2 course Tuesday in the final round of stroke play at the 108th U.S. Amateur.

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Here is a story filed by the USGA late Tuesday:

PINEHURST, N.C. – Robbie Fillmore, 22, of Provo, Utah, shot a 5-under-par 65 on the No. 4 course Tuesday to win medalist honors by two strokes on the second day of stroke play at the 108th U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club.

A first-team all-Mountain West Conference selection at Brigham Young University, Fillmore logged one eagle and four birdies against a sole bogey for a 36-hole total of 6-under-par 134. His 65 is the lowest score of the stroke play portion of the championship.

Two locals, Gig Harbor’s Kyle Stanley and University Place’s Andrew Putnam, earned top finishes as well. Both are tied for fifth at 138, and will play in the opening round of match play today as high seeds.

Tacoma's T.J. Bordeaux (146) missed the cut by one stroke.

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Brothers can be cool.

And ones who can play golf as well as Nationwide Tour professional Michael Putnam are no dime a dozen.

The Putnam siblings – Michael and Andrew, who grabbed the overnight lead at the 108th U.S. Amateur at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in North Carolina – had a few practice sessions last week on vacation at hospitable Sunriver, Ore.

They had putting games, iron-striking competition and more than one discussion about how to approach Pinehurst's table-top, turtle-shaped greens, some of the most unique in the country.

"They are such unique courses, so some of the flop shots and tight wedge shots from around the greens are key," Michael said. "That is the biggest thing getting around Pinehurst, is getting up-and-down."

Andrew Putnam's late-charging, 3-under-par 67 at Pinehurst No. 4 featured a chip-in birdie, one of four that came on the closing seven holes to tie Wesley Bryan, of Chapin, S.C., for the lead. Bryan is a freshman at the University of South Carolina.

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For the third consecutive year, a handful of Champions Tour professionals will conduct a 90-minute shotmaking clinic Tuesday morning starting at 10:30 a.m. at American Lake Veterans Golf Course in Lakewood.

Ed Dougherty, Allen Doyle, Lonnie Nielsen, Dana Quigley and Jim Thorpe, up in the area for this week's Boeing Classic, will be on hand to offer a few tips to military veterans.

The clinic is free for the public, including parking around the course.

The Boeing Classic starts Thursday at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Denis Watson is the defending champion.

Here is a story field late Sunday:

SUNRIVER,Ore. – Even with a widening lead in the final found of the JELD-WEN Tradition, Fred Funk pretended he was trailing.

"We were going down the second fairway and my caddie, Mark (Long), said 'Let's say you are four behind,'" Funk said. "We were trying to make it as if we were behind all day. Don't protect anything and fire at all the flags."

The aggressive Funk won his first Champions Tour major title, closing with a 3-under 69 on Sunday for three-stroke victory over Mike Goodes at the Crosswater Club.

The 52-year-old Funk, also the winner of the season-opening MasterCard Championship in Hawaii, had a 19-under 269 total. He shot a bogey-free 65 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Senior PGA Championship winner Jay Haas into the final round.

"He wasn't going to be denied today," said Haas, who shot a 72 to tie for third, with Tom Watson (70). "He got to 6 up after 15 and I just took my foot off the gas."

Funk is part of a great field expected this week at the fourth Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie. However, Germany's Bernhard Langer and Oregon's Peter Jacobsen pulled out after the JELD-WEN final round Sunday.

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Olympia's Cameron Peck did not need an appearance at the 32nd Junior PGA Champinoship to earn a spot on the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team. He was already named the captain.

But Tacoma's Andrew Yun and Silverdale's Erynne Lee did.

Yun finished 17th Saturday, and Lee was tied for fifth, earning enough points to make the U.S. squad, which takes on Europe in match play, Sept. 15-16, at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky.

Participants in the 2008 Junior Ryder Cup will also play a nine-hole "friendship" match the day before the professionals-only Ryder Cup at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.

Here is the roster for the Junior Ryder Cup for the United States:

BOYS
Jeffrey Kang
Anthony Paolucci
Cameron Peck
Jordan Spieth
Cory Whitsett
Andrew Yun

GIRLS
Sarah Brown
Danielle Frasier
Jennifer Johnson
Erynne Lee
Tiffany Lua
Alexis Thompson

This week: PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship, Thursday through Sunday, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, N.C.

Second-round score: 1-over-par 71.

Position: Moore (1-under 139) was tied for 91st, and missed the cut by two strokes. Sweden's Carl Pettersson is the leader (125).

Recap: Three bogeys in his first five holes put the Puyallup golfer in a hole early. He did make four birdies over his next nine holes, including a chip shot that he left 17 inches short on the par-5 fifth for a tap-in birdie to get within one shot of the cut. Moore had issues getting his fairway approach shots close, and he three-putted from 40 feet on the final hole for a bogey to end his tournament.

Next: The Barclays starting Thursday at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., marking the beginning of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Cameron Peck: The Timberline High standout did not make the cut (142), but made quite an impression in his PGA Tour debut. He was constantly tracked by The Golf Channel broadcast during his round, praised for his composure and his swing. Peck (nine) made more birdies than Moore (seven) in two days.

This week: PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship, Thursday through Sunday, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, N.C.

First-round score: 2-under-par 68.

Position: Moore is tied for 50th, five strokes behind co-leaders Bob Heintz and Martin Laird (63).

Recap: The Puyallup golfer was sharp from tee to green, and had a clean round going (birdies on Nos. 6, 8 and 15) until the finishing hole when he drove in the rough, leading to a bogey. It was Moore's first opening round in the 60s since the John Deere Classic last month.

Tee time Friday: 9:10 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee.

Cameron Peck: The Timberline High student shot an even-par 70, which was tied for 87th. It was better than the likes of the past two NCAA champions, UCLA's Kevin Chappell (72) and Southern California's Jamie Lovemark (74).

This week: PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship, Thursday through Sunday, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, N.C.

World ranking: 98th.

2008 earnings: $1,122,631 (69th on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: Maybe this one – a missed cut at last week's PGA Championship – stayed with the Puyullup golfer a little longer than most, especially after starting out with a 70 and being in contention after the first day of the season's last major. He shot 79 in the second round, and went home. Gone is the major-championship season; the focus now shifts to the FedEx Cup playoffs where Moore is currently 71st, and in decent shape. This is the final regular-season event before the playoffs begin.

Tee time Thursday: 4:10 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Mathias Gronberg and Tim Petrovic.

Cameron Peck: The Timberline High student received a sponsor's exemption to play the PGA Tour event, and tees off at 5:50 a.m. PDT.

PGA TOUR's Wyndham Championship

Site: Greensboro, N.C.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Sedgefield Country Club (7,118 yards, par 70).

Purse: $5.1 million. Winner’s share: $918,000.

FedEx Cup points: 25,000. Winner’s share: 4,500.

Television (all times PDT): Golf Channel (Thursday, noon-3 p.m., 6-9 p.m.; Friday, 3-5 a.m., noon-3 p.m., 6-9 p.m.; Saturday, 3-5 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, noon-3 p.m.).

Last year: Brandt Snedeker won his first PGA Tour title, finishing with a 9-under 63 for a two-stroke victory at Forest Oaks Country Club.

Last week: Padraig Harrington won the PGA Championship, closing with a 4-under 66 at Oakland Hills to become only the fourth player to win the British Open and PGA in the same year. The Irishman ended Europe’s 78-year drought in the event and joined Tiger Woods, Nick Price and Walter Hagen as the only players to win the final two majors in one year. Sergio Garcia and Ben Curtis tied for second, two strokes back.

Notes: The tournament ends the points race for spots in the FedExCup playoffs, the four-event series that starts next week with The Barclays in Paramus, N.J. The top 144 players will be eligible for the Ridgewood Country Club opener. … The tournament is back at Sedgefield after 31 years at Forest Oaks. In 1976 in the last event at Sedgefield, Al Geiberger beat Lee Trevino by two strokes. … Sam Snead won the tournament a tour-record eight times from 1938-65. His 1965 victory made him the tour’s oldest winner at 52 years, 10 months, 8 days. … Puyallup's Ryan Moore and Olympia teenager Cameron Peck are in the field this week.

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Erynee Lee is OK with losing to one of the best amateurs in the United States.

And a national champion, too.

Amanda Blumenherst had not trailed at all at the U.S. Women's Amateur at Eugene Country Club, until coming up against the 15-year-old from Silverdale in the semifinals Saturday.

Blumenherst ended up rallying for a 3-and-2 victory, setting up her Sunday showdown against Azahara Munoz, whom she defeated, 2-and-1, in the finals.

Lee noted she has discovered the gold standard of amateur golf, and will work hard to reach it.

"Her game really taught me a lot," Lee said in an interview Saturday. "The fact that she is a long hitter, now I am going to work a little harder to hit it longer too. I was a little nervous playing against her side by side, but from the very first tee I was confident that I was going to do well today."

Calgary rocks!

And rules, again, at the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship.

Similar to last year, Canadian Jordan Irwin, of Calgary, recovered from a three-stroke deficit in the final nine holes to win the 42nd Pacific Coast Am at Royal Colwood Golf Club.

Last year, Mike Knight was two shots down in the final stretch, but came back to become the first man from Calgary to win this storied West Coast amateur tournament.

The 23-year-old Irwin, who was a co-leader after the first round, shot an even-par 70 Friday to finish at 9-under 271.

Overnight leader Ryan Hallisey, of Granite Bay, Calif., became undone after taking a two-stroke penalty to start his back nine holes, and finished with a 73 to take second at 272.

Covington's Richard Lee, the reigning Washington State Amateur champion, was the top local finisher, tying for 13th at 278.

Tacoma's Andrew Yun (279) was tied for 19th, and University Place's Andrew Putnam (280) was in a logjam at 21st.

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Filed by the USGA on Friday as Silverdale's Erynne Lee reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women's Amateur at Eugene Country Club:

Erynne Lee has another six months before she can get her driver’s license, but the biggest day of her blossoming golf career comes on Saturday.

At just 15, Lee, of Silverdale, Wash., is trying to become the fifth consecutive junior to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur, joining Jane Park, Morgan Pressel, Kimberly Kim and last year’s champion Maria Jose Uribe.

"Wow, really. Just wow," said Lee of her disbelief of reaching the semifinals. "I'm really glad that I've gotten this far. Right now I just really want – now that I think about it, I really want to win it. But it will kind of be hard."

She is two victories away from becoming the fifth consecutive junior to win the U.S. Women's Amateur.

Lee, who has a quiet demeanor and serious face on the golf course, finally cracked a smile as she converted a 4-foot putt to win her quarterfinal match over 19-year-old Chelsea Stelzmiller, 4-and-3, on Friday at the 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur.

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This week: 90th PGA Championship, today through Sunday, South Course at Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Township, Mich.

Second-round score: 9-over-par 79.

Position: Moore (9-over 149) placed tied for 74th, and missed the cut by one stroke. J.B. Holmes is the leader (139), 10 strokes ahead of Moore.

Recap: In one brutish 51/2-hour round, the Puyallup golfer dropped from championship contender to out of the tournament, and missing the cut at a PGA Championship for a second consecutive year. In fact, Moore dropped 66 spots on the leaderboard – the second-worst freefall of the afternoon behind Rod Pampling, who shot 81. The UNLV All-American went out in 41 (four bogeys, a double bogey), then started his second nine holes with two more bogeys to sit at 8-over through 11 holes on his round. It was the first time Moore did not make a birdie in a round since the opening round of the FBR Open in February. For the first time since Moore turned professional, he did not make the cut at a major championship in a season.

Next: Wyndham Championship starting Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.

This week: Nationwide Tour’s Wichita Open, Thursday through Sunday, Crestview Country Club, Wichita, Kan.

Second-round score: Even-par 71.

Position: Putnam (4-over 146) finished tied for 148th, and missed the cut. Scott Piercy (126) holds a three-stroke advantage.

Recap: From a statistical standpoint, almost the identical round from Thursday (75), except he made a few more putts. It was the first time he made more bogeys (seven) than birdies (five) in a tournament since the Bank of America Open in early June. The Tacoma native has missed back-to-back cuts.

Next: Xerox Classic starting Thursday at Irondequoit Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.

Here is a story from our partner, The Olympian (ace reporter Gail Wood), on Timberline High senior Cameron Peck being invited to play the Wyndham Championship next week:

Cameron Peck’s dream is to one day play on the PGA Tour.

Peck, a senior-to-be at Timberline High School, will get a sneak peek at that dream when he plays next week in the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., the final regular-season PGA Tour event before the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

“The fact he’s getting to play in a PGA event is amazing,” said Misun Peck, Cameron’s mother. “Cameron’s dream is to one day be a pro.”

Peck got a sponsored exemption into the Wyndham Championship because of his victory June 9 at the FootJoy Invitational, a American Junior Golf Association tournament that was played on the same course in Greensboro.

Peck birdied three of his last five holes to finish 9-under-par and win the tournament by six strokes. He shot rounds of 66, 71, 68 and 66.

Peck already is in North Carolina practicing for the U.S. Amateur, which starts Aug. 18 at Pinehurst Resort. He qualified for that tournament by winning the U.S. Junior Amateur in July.

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This week: Nationwide Tour's Wichita Open, Thursday through Sunday, Crestview Country Club, Wichita, Kan.

First-round score: 4-over-par 75.

Position: Putnam is tied for 148th, 13 strokes behind leader Tommy Tolles (62).

Recap: The Tacoma native made a double bogey on the par-3 fifth to fall to 4-over on his round, and produced his worst opening round since a 5-over 75 at the Fort Smith Classic in early May.

Tee time Friday: 10:30 a.m. PDT off the first tee.

This week: 90th PGA Championship, Thursday through Sunday, South Course at Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Township, Mich.

First-round score: Even-par 70.

Position: Moore is tied for ninth, two strokes behind co-leaders Sweden's Robert Karlsson (68), India's Jeev Milkha Singh (68) and Argentina's Andres Romero (2-under through 16 holes).

Recap: One of the true monsters a professional will ever play, and the Puyallup golfer is in rare company – he is only one of 15 golfers in a 156-man field to shoot par or better Thursday. Moore rallied on the back nine with three birdies, including back-to-back on Nos. 15 and 16. The par-4 16th was playing as the seventh-toughest hole in the first round, yielding 10 birdies. Moore got back to even-par on that hole, and made pars the rest of the way. It was Moore's first round of par or better at a PGA Championship since the final round in 2006 (69) at Medinah Country Club near Chicago.

Tee time Friday:10:50 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee.

This week: 90th PGA Championship, Thursday through Sunday, South Course at Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Township, Mich.

World ranking: 91st.

2008 earnings: $1,122,631 (69th on the PGA Tour).

Previous PGA Championships: Tied for ninth in 2006 at Medinah CC near Chicago; missed cut at last year's at Southern Hills CC in Tulsa, Okla.

Tournament outlook: Nothing about the Puyallup golfer's recent play would indicate he is a serious threat this week – his best finish in the past four PGA Tour events is tied for 58th at last week's Reno-Tahoe Open, and that includes a pair of missed cuts. But there is something about this course that fits Moore's game. The UNLV All-American has been one of the tour's best in total driving, which Oakland Hills requires. What Moore has to do a better job of this week is hitting greens in regulation – he ranks 189th on tour in that department. Bob Harig, one of ESPN.com's golf writers, picked Moore as his "Horse for the Course" this week, mainly because the 25-year-old was the British Open qualifying medalist at Oakland CC last season.

Tee time Thursday: 5:40 a.m. PDT off the first tee with American Billy Mayfair and England's Graeme McDowell.

This week: Nationwide Tour's Wichita Open, Thursday through Sunday, Crestview Country Club, Wichita, Kan.

World ranking: 548th.

2008 earnings: $89,841 (50th on the Nationwide Tour).

Last tournament: The Tacoma native had a string of five made cuts in a row snapped at last week's Cox Classic in Omaha, Neb. (3-under 139). A big key for Putnam recently has been his first-round play – he's had rounds in the 60s in four of his past five tournaments. In 2006, Putnam played well in Wichita, finishing tied for 11th.

Tee time Thursday: 5:35 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee with Scott Gardiner and Ian Leggatt.

PGA OF AMERICA's PGA Championship

Site: Bloomfield Township, Mich.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Oakland Hills Golf Club, South Course (7,395 yards, par 70).

Purse: TBA ($7 million in 2007). Winner’s share: TBA ($1.26 million in 2007).

FedEx Cup points: 27,500. Winner’s share: 4,950.

Television (all times PDT): TNT (Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8-10 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.).

Last year: Tiger Woods won the 13th of his 14 major titles, successfully defending his title at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla. He shot 71-63-69-69 to beat Woody Austin by two strokes. Woods, the U.S. Open winner this year, is sidelined by a knee injury.

Last week: Vijay Singh won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, ending an 0-for-34 drought on the PGA Tour by swirling in a 31/2-foot par putt on the final hole for a one-shot victory over Lee Westwood and Stuart Appleby. The Fijian won for the 32nd time on the PGA Tour to break a tie with Harry "Lighthorse" Cooper of England for the most victories by an international player. … Parker McLachlin won the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open for his first tour title. Michelle Wie shot 73-80 to miss the cut.

Notes: The tournament ends the points race for the eight automatic spots on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Captain Paul Azinger will add four players Sept. 2 for the Sept. 19-21 matches at Valhalla. Stewart Cink tops the standings with at 4,952.665. Phil Mickelson (4,880.000) is second, followed by Kenny Perry (4,480.700), Jim Furyk (4,328.792), Anthony Kim (4003.796), Justin Leonard (3,348.524), Boo Weekley (2,627.295), Steve Stricker (2,603.168), Austin (2,422.983), Hunter Mahan (2,304.517), D.J. Trahan (2,294.916) and Rocco Mediate (2,246.060). Players will receive two points for each $1,000 made at Oakland Hills. … Europe beat the United States by a record margin, 181/2-91/2, in the 2004 Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills. Ben Hogan won the 1951 U.S. Open at Oakland Hills. Cyril Walker (1924 U.S. Open), Ralph Guldahl (1937 U.S. Open), Ben Hogan (1951 U.S. Open), Gene Littler (1961 U.S. Open), Gary Player (1972 PGA), David Graham (1979 PGA), Andy North (1985 U.S. Open) and Steve Jones (1996 U.S. Open) also won majors at the course. … Singh won in 1998 at Sahalee and 2004 at Whistling Straits. … Michigan club pro Scott Hebert, a former Ferris State player based at Grand Traverse, won the PGA Professional National Championship in June at Reynolds Plantation to top the 20 PGA qualifiers. … The 2009 event will be played at Hazeltine in Minnesota … The Wyndham Championship is next week in Greensboro, N.C., followed by The Barclays, the FedEx Cup opener in Paramus, N.J.

On the Net: http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship
PGA Tour site: http://www.pgatour.com
PGA European Tour site: http://www.europeantour.com

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Not all high-end golf courses make caddies available on the spot.

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Need a caddie to meet you at the course? Entertaining a business client, and don't want him or her to carry the bag? Fill out a form at the Website, and worry no more.

Stephen Janho, a New Jersey native, started the online service as a pilot program in 2007 at Valencia Country Club in California.

"It was well-received there," he said.

Since Janho moved to the Northwest three years ago, he wanted to get the business up and running in the South Sound. He hired Jeff Marsh, a former PGA Tour caddie for Ryan Moore, as his director of caddie services.

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This week: PGA Tour's Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, Thursday through Sunday, Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nev.

Fourth-round score: 4-over-par 76.

Position: Moore (2-over 290) finished tied for 58th, 20 strokes behind winner Parker McLachlin (270).

Recap: The Puyallup product had a weekend to forget, playing the final two rounds in 6-over. On Sunday, he had a pair of double bogeys (Nos. 5 and 7) to go along with three bogeys, and hit just seven of 18 greens in regulation.

Next: PGA Championship starting Thursday on the South Course at Oakland Hills CC near Detroit.

This week: PGA Tour's Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, Thursday through Sunday, Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nev.

Third-round score: 2-over-par 74.

Position: Moore is in a four-way tie for 51st, 18 strokes behind leader Parker McLachlin (196).

Recap: Five bogeys in eight holes offset an early birdie, and sent the Puyallup golfer going down the leaderboard..

Tee time Sunday: 9:24 a.m. PDT with Gavin Coles and Nick Watney.

If there is a spot open for a standout golfer from Washington on any select all-star team, University Place's Andrew Putnam seems to find his way on it.

Putnam, the Life Christian Academy product who is entering his sophomore season at Pepperdine, was one of three players selected to represent the Pacific Northwest in the Morse Cup at the 42nd Pacific Coast Amateur next week.

He will join Oregon State product James Allenby and Canadian junior standout Eugene Wong as this region's participants for the Pacific Northwest Golf Association. The Northwest team has won the Morse Cup the past two years.

The Washington State Golf Association (WSGA) will have its own team, consisting of Bellevue's Richard Lee, Woodinville's Jarin Todd and Cle Elum's Dan Whitaker.

Some of the other locals invited include Tacoma's T.J. Bordeaux and recently-crowned U.S. Junior Amateur champion Cameron Peck, of Olympia. Calgary's Michael Knight was the 2007 winner.

Opening round play at the Pacific Coast Am begins Tuesday at Royal Colwood Golf Club in Victoria, B.C. The field consists of 88 players, and there is no cut in the event.

For more information of the Pacific Coast Am, including the full list of golfers and their tee times, visit here.

This week: PGA Tour's Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, Thursday through Sunday, Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nev.

Second-round score: 4-under-par 68.

Position: Moore (4-under 140) is tied for 24th, 10 strokes behind leader Parker McLachlin (130).

Recap: The same stretch that gave the Puyallup golfer fits Thursday – Nos. 11-13 – Moore got back what he lost. He was 1-over during that span Thursday; in the second round, he had two birdies and a bogey to go 1-under. Moore missed one fairway all day, and had 27 putts en route to one of the better scores of the day, and moving up 30 spots on the leaderboard.

Tee time Saturday: 11:29 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Michael Allen and Andrew Buckle.

This week: Nationwide Tour's Cox Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Champions Run, Omaha, Neb.

Second-round score: 1-over-par 72.

Position: Putnam (3-under 139) missed the cut by one stroke. Ryan Hietala is the leader (126).

Recap: That pesky par-4 second hole. For the second consecutive day, the Tacoma native made a double bogey on that hole, and this time, it derailed his effort to make a sixth consecutive cut. He also made four other bogeys during his round.

Next: Wichita Open starting Thursday at Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kan.