This week: PGA Tour's Barclays Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, N.J.

Fourth-round score: 2-under-par 69.

Position: Moore (8-over 292) finished tied for 70th.

Recap: The Puyallup golfer had no trouble this week making birdies – he had five of them in each of the third and fourth rounds over the weekend. And on Sunday, he eliminated the "big" numbers – double and triple bogeys to post one of the better early-wave rounds. His last birdie came on the drivable par-4 16th, and he made it to the green from the tee, and two-putted for birdie from 15 feet.

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

This week: PGA Tour's Barclays Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, N.J.

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

Position: Moore (10-over 223) is tied for 75th, 19 strokes behind co-leaders Paul Goydos and Steve Marino (204).

Recap: The Puyallup golfer might have hit a little bit of a wall following last week's win at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. In the past two rounds, Moore has had six double bogeys or worse, including three Saturday. It started on the 10th hole where his drive found the right rough, and he had to punch out, leading to a double bogey.

Tee time Sunday: 4:53 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Joe Ogilvie.

This week: The PGA Tour's Barclays Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, N.J.

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

Position: Moore (4-over 146) is tied for 56th, 12 strokes behind rookie Webb Simpson (134), who leads.

Recap: What a nasty day to have to play a round in the FedEx Cup playoffs. Winds were swirling off the Hudson River, and rain fell throughout the day. The Puyallup golfer made three double bogeys – on the par-3 fourth (two shots to get out of greenside bunker), on the par-5 eighth (drive went right and out of bounds) and the par-4 18th (three-putt from 50 feet) – after getting to 5-under for the tournament following early birdies at the first and third holes.

Tee time Saturday: 8:54 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee with Jerry Kelly and Kenny Perry.

This week: PGA Tour's Barclays Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, N.J.

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

Position: Moore is tied for 11th, three strokes behind co-leaders Sergio Garcia, Paul Goydos and Steve Marino.

Recap: The circumstances – new course, playing the first round after winning a first PGA Tour title last week – might have called for a letdown. But Moore, the Puyallup resident, continued his stellar play with another under-par round. And he surged late with birdies on No. 7 (17-foot putt) and No. 8 (7-footer) for his 15th round in the 60s in his past 19 played.

Tee time Friday: 5:21 a.m. PDT off the first tee.

This week: PGA Tour's Barclays Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, N.J.

World ranking: 73rd.

2009 earnings: $1,915,727 (25th on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: And on Sunday, the critics died down considerably. Moore, of Puyallup, won last week's Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. in a three-hole playoff over Jason Bohn and Kevin Stadler. All three golfers finished regulation at 16-under 264. He collected his biggest career paycheck – $918,000 – and now is a legitimate contender in the FedEx Cup playoffs (ranked No. 22) starting this week. "For me, it's not even (being) excited that I won last week going into the FedExCup to enter into the Playoffs; it's just a matter of I feel like I'm playing consistent golf and I feel like I can be in contention in golf tournaments again on a consistent basis. That's what I'm happy with right now," he said this week at the tournament site.

Tee time Thursday: 10:11 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee with Jerry Kelly and John Rollins.

For more of Moore's transcript from the Barclays Classic, log on to this.

KJR's Ian Furness had a wide-ranging interview with Puyallup's Ryan Moore on Monday. Here is the link to it for your listening pleasure.

By the time I spoke with Puyallup's Ryan Moore by telephone on Sunday night, he had just finished up a whirlwind tour of interviews with television and radio stations.

You could hear it in his voice, he was worn out. He took an hour for dinner, then started a continuous stream of answering questions, all the way to close to midnight on the East Coast.

Obviously, it took him a while – 112 PGA Tour tournaments, including 107 as a professional – to earn that maiden victory. Like many who have followed the Puyallup product, it was only a matter of time, and it finally came Sunday at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.

He moved up to 73rd in the official world golf rankings Monday.

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If you're Puyallup's Ryan Moore at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., it's a lot.

• He earned a career-high $918,000 paycheck that puts him 25th on the season's money list at $1,933,727.

• He earns a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour through 2011.

• He earns automatic berths to the season-opening SBS Championship (formerly the Mercedes) in Hawaii, to the Masters in April, The Players Championship, the PGA Championship and to the three World Golf Championship events (Match Play, Doral, Bridgestone).

• With his money position, he's in line to a bid to the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.

Some other facts:

• At 27, Moore becomes the second-youngest winner on the PGA Tour this season behind Dustin Johnson (24).

• He is the most recent winner of the U.S. Amateur to collect a PGA Tour title.

• His 264 winning total was the second-lowest in Wyndham history behind Carl Pettersson's 259 last year.

And for those of you wonder, that wasn't his younger brother, Jason, on his bag this week. It was family friend J.D. Rastovski, who played golf at Central Kitsap, Rogers and at Olympic College.

Puyallup's Ryan Moore is a PGA Tour winner at last.

Perhaps overdue after sweeping aside amateur golf in the summer of 2004 by winning every major tournament, Moore survived a three-man, three-hole playoff Sunday to win the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.

He rolled in a 9-foot birdie putt on the 507-yard, par-4 18th after hitting an exquisite 6-iron from 181 yards out from the right side of the fairway to defeat Kevin Stadler, who ended up making a bogey.

Jason Bohn was the third member of the sudden-death extra session, but he bogeyed the 18th hole when the trio began the playoff.

Moore was solid all throughout the playoff. He had a chance to win on the first playoff hole, but his 13-foot birdie chance drifted right. Stadler got up-and-down from a greenside bunker to match Moore's par.

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Even with a costly bogey on the difficult 18th hole, Puyallup's Ryan Moore shot a 5-under-par 65, and appears headed to a sudden-death playoff at the PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.

Moore, Jason Bohn (62) and Kevin Stadler (66) are all in the clubhouse tied at 16-under 264.

The Cascade Christian graduate and former four-time All-American at UNLV led for a brief moment when he knocked in a 4-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th. He was caught by Stadler.

And on the 504-yard, par-4 18th at Sedgefield Country Club, playing as the most difficult hole all week, Moore narrowly avoided the cart path, and drove into a thick patch of rough on the right side.

He tried to muscle out a 5-iron from 206 yards out, and hit more grass than ball. The ball came out fat, and landed in a sand bunker short of the green.

His 9-iron third shot from 51 yards away landed close, but Moore's 8-foot par-saving putt up the hill slid by on the left.

"Just lost the speed," Moore told CBS Sports after his round. "These greens have really quickened up … but they haven't been quick all week."

Standing on the 18th tee with a one-stroke lead, Stadler, too, hit his drive into the right rough. He had to hit a wedge out, and his third shot from 144 yards out hit a slope on the left side, and trickled back toward the hole.

Facing an 8-foot par putt to win the tournament, Stadler's putt also lost speed and missed on the low side.

This is the second consecutive season Moore has been in a playoff. He lost to Adam Scott in the 2008 Byron Nelson Championship last April.

Puyallup's Ryan Moore completed his rain-delayed third round of the PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship by firing an even-par 70, falling into a tie for ninth at 11-under 199 – four strokes behind leaders Sergio Garcia and Chris Riley.

Moore tees off today at 9:42 a.m. PDT with another Northwest product – Seattle's Fred Couples.

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

Moore's second-round score: 5-under through 17 holes.

Kelly's second-round score: Even-par 70.

Stanley's second-round score: 2-over through 15 holes.

Position: Moore (11-under) is tied for the lead with Chris Riley (129). Kelly (1-under 139) was tied for 85th, and likely will miss the cut, as will Stanley (4-over, tied for 137th).

Recap: Five birdies on his final-nine holes leaves Moore in a tie with his pal from UNLV. And the Puyallup golfer was hitting it close, running three birdies in a row at No. 4 (21/2-foot putt), No. 5 (5-foot putt) and No. 6 (81/2-foot putt). He will resume Saturday on the ninth tee. … Kelly, a Tacoma native, was in position to make the cut after his birdie on the par-5 fifth. Two holes later, a par-3, he hit his tee shot in a greenside creek, and left with a double bogey. … Stanley, of Gig Harbor, will miss his first cut on the PGA Tour as a professional. He had an eagle Friday, but also had four bogeys and a double bogey in 15 holes.

Tee times Saturday: Second-round action resumes at 4:45 a.m. PDT.

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

Moore's first-round score: 6-under-par 64.

Kelly's first-round score: Even-par through seven holes.

Stanley's first-round score: 2-over 72.

Position: Moore is tied for the lead with Chez Reavie and Brandt Snedeker. Kelly is tied for 84th, and Stanley is tied for 126th.

Recap: Moore, of Puyallup, matched his best round of the season. He shot a final-round 64 at the Travelers Championship. On Thursday, he had six birdies and no bogeys – four of them on putts of 5 feet or shorter … Kelly, a Tacoma resident, had a bogey-bogey start, but has rebounded with two birdies. … Stanley, of Gig Harbor, fired his first over-par round to start a PGA Tour event since he turned professional.

Tee times Friday: First round resumes at 4:45 a.m. PDT.

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

World rankings: Moore is 121st, Stanley 667th and Kelly 1,279th.

2009 earnings: Moore has $997,727 (66th on the PGA Tour), Stanley has $105,808 (203rd) and Kelly has $25,828 (235th).

Last tournament: A missed cut at the Buick Open (2-under 142) really hurt Moore's chances of getting into the PGA Championship. He was the eighth-alternate, and was left out. Before that, the Puyallup golfer had made the cut in four events in a row, with three finishes in the top 11. … In three weeks, Kelly, a Tacoma native, has earned two of his three paychecks, including a tied-for-51st at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open two weeks ago. … Stanley, of Gig Harbor, is making his first PGA Tour start in a month, and not since tying for 65th at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. He has cashed in all three tour events he's played in since turning professional in late June.

Tee times Thursday: Moore is at 5:20 a.m. PDT (first tee); Kelly at 11 a.m. (10th tee); Stanley at 5:40 a.m. (10th).

PGA Tour clients are fickle, and Tacoma's Brian Mogg hasn't seen a steady flow of them come his Brian Mogg Performance Center in Windermere, Fla.

But one of the few he has is South Korea's Y.E. Yang, who chased down Tiger Woods to become the first Asian-born golfer to win a professional major.

Mogg wasn't at Hazeltine National Golf Club at the time Yang rolled in his final birdie on the 72nd hole for a three-stroke victory over Woods, but was immediately grabbed for interviews by The Golf Channel back home in Florida.

And the Lakes High graduate said throughout practice rounds, he saw that Yang's game was so sharp, he said he told a few in the circles of golf that his golfer would be a factor for the title.

Mogg has been Yang's instructor for more than a year.

University Place's James Feutz was the first to give his opponent credit Friday – when you can make 12-foot putts all day, you deserve to win.

And that is what Goldendale's Zach Wanderscheid did in capturing the title at the PNGA Junior Boys Amateur championship at the University of Idaho Golf Course in Moscow.

Trailing much of the day, Wanderscheid, the No. 1 seed, had four one-putts in the final seven holes to win, 2-and-1, over Feutz, the No. 2 seed.

"It doesn't feel good," Feutz said about giving up a lead, which was as large as 3-up late in his first 18 holes.

"To his credit, he played well down the stretch. He made his putts, and I missed mine."

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Going in, Seattle's Ryan Benzel figured with four par-5s awaiting him at Hazeltine National Golf Club for the 91st PGA Championship, he should roll in a few birdies.

Not so.

Benzel became the only golfer in the field in Chaska, Minn. to post back-to-back rounds in the 80s Friday – this time, an 11-over-par 83, including a first-nine 45 – and finished 155th in the field.

He would have likely been in last place had John Daly not withdrawn after his opening round.

Benzel did double his birdie output Friday, making them at the par-5 third and seventh holes. But he also had eight bogeys, and double bogey and a triple bogey.

You'd think a guy sitting 65th on the PGA Tour money list, right near the $1 million, would have been a lock to play in this week's 91st PGA Championship.

Not so.

Because the PGA of America, which runs the year's final major, utilizes its own money list (last year's PGA Championship through the Buick Open last month), Moore would rank only 91st. Thus, that put him as the eighth-alternate heading into this week.

Normally, with the number of player withdrawals, that usually would still be good enough to play. But as of Tuesday morning, Moore had only moved up to No. 7. Things don't look good.

If he doesn't get in, he'll play at next week's tour stop in Greensboro, N.C. as a warm-up for the FedEx Cup playoffs.

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

Fourth-round score: 3-over-par 75.

Position: Kelly (1-under 287) finished tied for 57th, 16 strokes behind winner John Rollins (271).

Recap: The Tacoma golfer reached 5-under for the tournament, and in the top 25 with his birdie on the par-5 fourth. Then he fell flat, making two bogeys (Nos. 10, 13) and a double bogey (No. 16) on the back nine, which cost him about $20,000. He did earn a paycheck of $7,290.

Next: Wyndham Championship starting Aug. 20 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.

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

Third-round score: 1-under-par 71.

Position: Kelly (4-under 212) is tied for 27th, 13 strokes behind John Rollins (199).

Recap: The Tacoma golfer did something Saturday he's never done in his young PGA Tour – fire three consecutive under-par rounds. And he rallied to do so by making birdie on the final two holes, including one after striking a sand wedge approach on the par-4 18th close, and rolling in a 4-footer for the final of three back-nine birdies.

Tee time Sunday: 11:11 a.m. PDT with Tag Ridings.

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

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

Position: Kelly (3-under 141) is tied for 26th, seven strokes behind leader John Rollins (132).

Recap: The Tacoma native made his third cut of the season, and second in his past four tournaments. But the former University of Washington standout won't be just happy with that, especially after he, at one point, was 6-under for the tournament, and lurking just outside the top 10. He went to 4-under on his round after his birdie on the par-5 fourth hole. Then he wobbled. He had to punch out after an errant drive on the par-4 sixth, and three-putted from 30 feet for a double bogey. And on the next hole, the par-3 seventh, he missed a 21/2-foot putt for par.

Tee time Saturday: 10:37 a.m. PDT with Tag Ridings.

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

First-round score: 2-under-par 70.

Position: Kelly is tied for 18th, three strokes behind leader Rod Pampling (67).

Recap: This was easily the Tacoma golfer's best start to a PGA Tour event, on a course that was not yielding many birdies. In fact, Kelly was one of 35 golfers who fired under-par rounds Thursday. What he did do as well was make a lot of putts in the 5- to 8-foot range for pars, which kept his round going.

Tee time Friday: 1:39 p.m. off the 10th tee.

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

World ranking: 1,264th.

2009 earnings: $18,538 (240th on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: Kelly, a Tacoma resident, missed the cut at last week's Buick Open (1-under 143). His performances have gotten considerably better as of late – five of his past eight rounds have been at par or better. Short-distance putting has continued to give Kelly fits. He is making fewer than half of his putts between 5 and 10 feet, which ranks 198th on the tour.

Tee time Thursday: 8:39 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Gabriel Hjertstedt and David Mathis.