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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