| | Knost Wins McCormack Award As
Top Amateur In 2007
December 11, 2007
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Colt Knost of Dallas, Texas, a two-time USGA champion and a
member of the victorious USA Walker Cup squad in 2007, has
won the first Mark H. McCormack medal, presented by the
R&A. The award will be presented at the end of each
season to the top-ranked amateur golfer, according to the
World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Knost won the 2007 U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in San
Francisco, beating Michael Thompson, 2 and 1. He won the
U.S. Amateur Public Links at Cantigny Golf in Wheaton,
Ill., over Cody Paladino, 6 and 4. Additionally, he went
2-0-2 in the USA's 12½-11½ Walker Cup win at Royal
County Down Golf Club in Ireland over the amateur team from
Great Britain and Ireland in September.
"I am delighted to be the first winner of this award,
and to receive it at my home club is something
special," said Knost, who received the award at Royal
Oaks Country Club in Dallas from McCormack's son, Todd,
on behalf of the family. "It is the perfect way to
sign off my amateur career."
Knost turned professional shortly after the Walker Cup
Match.
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