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Todd Milles has been with The News Tribune since 1994, covering local colleges, high schools, auto racing, Washington State and golf. You will find news and observations on Pacific Northwest courses and updates on local standouts on this blog.
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Posted by Todd Milles @ 08:31:12 pm

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.

Categories: Michael Putnam
Posted by Todd Milles @ 08:28:26 pm

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.

Categories: Ryan Moore