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| Colt Knost exhibits a monstrous fist pump after chipping in from 24 feet on the 32nd hole of the match Sunday. (John Mummert/USGA) |
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| Colt Knost | Michael Thompson |
Television Coverage
All Times EDT
| Day/Date | Competition | Network | Time |
| Aug. 22 | 1st Round/ Match Play | Golf Channel | 4-6 p.m. |
| Aug. 23 | 3rd Round/ Match Play | Golf Channel | 6:30- 8:30 p.m. |
| Aug. 24 | Quarterfinals | Golf Channel | 8:30- 10:30 p.m. |
| Aug. 25 | Semifinals | NBC | 4-6 p.m. |
| Aug. 26 | Finals | NBC | 4-6 p.m. |
Knost Double Dips, Wins Second USGA Title
San Francisco - Colt Knost of Dallas earned a 2-and-1 victory over Michael Thompson of Tucson, Ariz., to win the 2007 U.S. Amateur Championship at The Olympic Club's par-70, 6,948-yard Lake Course.
It was the second USGA title of 2007 for the 22-year-old Knost, who won the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship last month. With the victory, Knost became the sixth golfer in history to win two USGA championships in the same season, and the second to win the Amateur and the Amateur Public Links in the same year. Ryan Moore was the first to do so, in 2004. 
Here's To All The Non-Believers
San Francisco - Colt Knost fits the mold of the last one picked in a sandlot game.
His physique is the antithesis of how a golfer is typically built: frumpy, short and stocky. For 35 holes, the USA Walker Cup player waged war against more than Michael Thompson, who he beat 2 and 1 Sunday at the U.S. Amateur.
Thompson OK In The End
San Francisco - Never giving in, but never taking control, Michael Thompson got the closest he has ever been to the pinnacle of amateur golf Sunday at The Olympic Club.
He couldn't get over the hump, losing in the finals of the U.S. Amateur, 2 and 1, to Colt Knost at the Lake Course.
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U.S. Amateur PAR AND YARDAGE – The Lakeside Course at The Olympic Club will play at 6,948 yards and par 35-35—70. The Ocean Course at The Olympic Club, which will be used for the first two days of stroke play only, will play at 6,786 yards and par 35-35—70. THE OLYMPIC CLUB – Sam Whiting, a former English professor at the University of California at Berkley, designed the Lakeside Course, which opened in 1927. Whiting also supervised construction on the Ocean Course. Following completion of the jobs, Whiting stayed on as golf course superintendent until 1954. Tom Weiskopf worked on the recently completed re-design of the Ocean Course. TICKETS AVAILABLE – Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.ticketweb.com. Daily tickets are $15 and a weekly pass is $60. Other ticket options are also available. Children 12 and under are admitted free if accompanied by a paying adult. COURSE SETUP – The Lakeside Course at the Olympic Club will be set for green speeds of approximately 11 feet, 6 inches on the Stimpmeter. The primary rough will be grown to 4 inches, with a strip of intermediate rough cut to 1½ inches in height. Poa annua grass covers the greens. The fairways are a rye and poa annual grass combination. The roughs also have a bit of bluegrass mixed in. USGA SLOPE RATING® AND COURSE RATING™ – The Lakeside Course at the Olympic Club will carry a USGA Course Rating™ of 74.8 and a USGA Slope Rating® of 143. The Ocean Course will carry a USGA Course Rating™ of 74.0 and a USGA Slope Rating® of 136. An "average" Slope Rating in the U.S. is about 113. TOTAL ENTRIES – The USGA accepted 7,398 entries for the 2007 U.S. Amateur. The most entries ever received for an Amateur championship was 7,920 in 1999 when the U.S. Amateur was played at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. WHO CAN ENTER – The U.S. Amateur Championship is open to amateur golfers who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 2.4.
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