79th TACOMA CITY AMATEUR
Final round at Oakbrook Country and Golf Club, Lakewood
All starting times off first tee Sunday

11 a.m.: Greg Ott (156), Alec Coleman (154), Charlie Stanfill (156)
11:10 a.m.: Larry Redfield (156), Ryan Rudolf (156), Brad Turner (156)
11:20 a.m.: Ben Fosnick (155), Ben Elieff (155), Nathan Harris (154)
11:30 a.m.: Chris Bean (153), Todd Durgan (154), Robert Pasquale (154)
11:40 a.m.: Tom Romberg (151), Jack Whealdon (151), Kurt Niedermeier (152)
11:50 a.m.: Ron Robydek (150), Jon Eisentrout (150), Frank Iacolucci (150)
Noon: Brandon Moore (148), Sean Monaghan (148), Sean McMullen (148)
12:10 p.m.: Sean Packer (148), Avi Singh (148), Tom Lewis (148)
12:20 p.m.: Kyle Kanda(146), Dan Ashlock (146), Dana Christianson (147)
12:30 p.m.: Casey Adams (146), Joey Duwe (145), Derek Barron (145)
12:40 p.m.: Jon McCaslin (7-under 136), Jarred Bossio (144), David Talcott (144)

This week: Nationwide Tour's Players Cup, Thursday through Sunday, Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport, W.Va.

Second-round score: 3-under-par 69.

Position: Putnam (3-under 141) is tied for 24th, seven strokes behind leader David Peoples.

Recap: The Tacoma golfer is putting on a clinic in total driving. He's hitting it long (314.5 yards per drive) and is No. 2 in the field by hitting 27 of the 28 fairways through two rounds. Three front-nine birdies (Nos. 2, 5, 8) had him on his way to making his second consecutive cut.

Tee time Saturday: To be determined.

A lot goes into kicking off a professional golf career, particularly after a Monday finish at the grueling U.S. Open.

That is what Gig Harbor's Kyle Stanley was faced with this week – decisions, decisions and more decisions.

With all that off-the-course business settled, Stanley has been able to focus on the one thing he's better than most at – golf.

And, boy, does the Bellarmine Prep and Clemson product mean business. Not only has he comfortably made the cut after his 3-under-par 67 on Friday afternoon at the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn., he's hovering near the lead.

Stanley is at 7-under 133, which is four strokes behind leader Kenny Perry, who is at 129 after his second-round 68.

"Obviously I'm pretty happy with where I am," Stanley said. "I've been putting great on anything inside 6 feet. From 10 to 20 feet, I haven't made anything, but I've had a lot of great looks. All I can do is continue to give myself more opportunities. Hopefully putts will start to fall."

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The mountain-man beard is gone, the Bobby Jones-style golf tie is back – and apparently, so is Ryan Moore's feel for the game.

Moore, of Puyallup, climbed into contention at the midway point of the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship on Friday, tying for the morning's best round – a 5-under-par 65 – to move into second place at 9-under 131, two strokes behind overnight leader Kenny Perry (129) with afternoon action still underway.

This is an event and place – TPC River Highlands – that Moore, a Cascade Christian graduate and All-American from UNLV, has enjoyed success at. One of his four career runner-up finishes came at this tournament in 2006 when it was known as the Buick Championship.

"You know, I've won a lot of tournaments. I just haven't won out here yet, and I think that it's the same thing anywhere, you know, at any level," Moore said after his round Friday. "You just got to get it done when it matters – just coming down the stretch, you've got to hit good shots, and you make putts and it's as simple as that."

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