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FORT SMITH, Ark. – Colt Knost won his first professional title at the Fort Smith Classic Sunday, shooting a 5-under 65 to edge Darron Stiles by a stroke.

Knost, the U.S. Amateur champ last year at Olympic, finished 12-under 268. Stiles, who won this Nationwide Tour event two years ago, shot a 71 and finished 11 under.

Matt Weibring, who led after the third round, shot a 75 to finish 8 under.

Knost shot the low score of the day and won despite a bogey on No. 18.

“I putted unbelievably well today,” said Knost, who took 23 putts in the final round. “That’s been the difference for me all year. I just haven’t putted well but this week it finally came together. I rolled it really well today.”

Stiles made the turn at 14 under but shot a 38 on the back nine that included three bogeys and a double bogey. He made four bogeys and no double bogeys through the first 63 holes of the tournament.

David Lutterus (69) and Daniel Summerhays (69) finished tied for third at 9 under.

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Final scores with relation to par and earnings from the Fort Smith Classic, played May 8-11 at the par-70, 6,783-yard Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith, Ark.:

1. Colt Knost	$99,000		68-65-70-65--268			-12
2. Darron Stiles	59,400		67-63-68-71--269			-11
3. David Lutterus	31,900		66-68-68-69--271			-9
3. Daniel Summerhays	31,900		70-67-65-69--271			-9
5. Ricky Barnes	20,075		68-67-69-68--272			-8
5. Rich Morris	20,075		67-63-72-70--272			-8
5. Matt Weibring	20,075		64-67-66-75--272			-8
8. Jason Schultz	15,400		67-67-70-69--273			-7
8. Tee McCabe	15,400		68-64-71-70--273			-7
8. Kris Cox	15,400		64-68-70-71--273			-7
8. Kris Blanks	15,400		69-66-66-72--273			-7
12. Chris Smith	12,100		68-69-67-70--274			-6
12. David Morland IV	12,100		67-65-70-72--274			-6
14. Chris Thompson	9,350		68-65-72-71--276			-4
14. Steve Schneiter	9,350		67-67-71-71--276			-4
14. Henrik Bjornstad	9,350		68-70-67-71--276			-4
14. Jon Turcott	9,350		71-66-68-71--276			-4
14. Craig Lile	9,350		70-65-69-72--276			-4
19. Willie Wood	5,830		69-68-72-68--277			-3
19. Kelly Grunewald	5,830		69-68-71-69--277			-3
19. Jay Delsing	5,830		70-67-71-69--277			-3
19. Chris Kamin	5,830		71-67-67-72--277			-3
19. Scott Piercy	5,830		68-70-67-72--277			-3
19. Tommy Gainey	5,830		64-69-72-72--277			-3
19. Casey Wittenberg	5,830		69-69-67-72--277			-3
19. Cody Freeman	5,830		73-63-69-72--277			-3
19. Skip Kendall	5,830		68-68-69-72--277			-3
28. B.J. Staten	3,677		71-67-71-69--278			-2
28. Chris Parra	3,677		68-69-72-69--278			-2
28. Josh Broadaway	3,677		67-71-69-71--278			-2
28. Michael Boyd	3,677		66-69-71-72--278			-2
28. Jonathan Fricke	3,677		72-62-69-75--278			-2
28. Tommy Tolles	3,677		73-64-66-75--278			-2
28. Jimmy Walker	3,677		69-66-68-75--278			-2
35. Josh McCumber	3,135		71-65-73-70--279			-1
35. Bob Sowards	3,135		68-70-67-74--279			-1
37. Ty Tryon	2,750		67-69-72-72--280			E
37. Scott Gardiner	2,750		71-66-70-73--280			E
37. Anders Hultman	2,750		67-70-69-74--280			E
37. Mark Brooks	2,750		69-68-69-74--280			E
37. Won Joon Lee	2,750		67-65-72-76--280			E
42. Jake Roos	2,269		68-70-70-73--281		+	1
42. Garrett Osborn	2,269		69-69-70-73--281		+	1
42. Keith Nolan	2,269		68-66-72-75--281		+	1
42. Cameron Percy	2,269		66-71-66-78--281		+	1
46. Brian Stuard	2,014		66-69-73-74--282		+	2
46. Bryce Molder	2,014		71-66-71-74--282		+	2
46. Nick Malinowski	2,014		71-67-69-75--282		+	2
46. Joseph Lanza	2,014		70-66-71-75--282		+	2
50. Justin Hicks	1,925		66-66-75-76--283		+	3
51. Bret Guetz	1,884		68-68-73-75--284		+	4
51. Patrick Damron	1,884		68-69-70-77--284		+	4
53. Jim Rutledge	1,801		71-66-74-74--285		+	5
53. Lee M. Williamson	1,801		68-68-74-75--285		+	5
53. Tom Carter	1,801		70-67-72-76--285		+	5
53. Esteban Toledo	1,801		70-65-73-77--285		+	5
57. Ben Bates	1,705		69-68-77-72--286		+	6
57. Nick Beach	1,705		70-67-74-75--286		+	6
57. Randy Leen	1,705		69-69-70-78--286		+	6
60. Tim O'Neal	1,636		70-68-74-75--287		+	7
60. Jason Dufner	1,636		66-72-71-78--287		+	7
• • •
Missed the cut
62. Blaine McCallister			69-70--139			-1
62. Todd Fischer			70-69--139			-1
62. Rick Price			70-69--139			-1
62. Ronnie Black			71-68--139			-1
62. Bob May			69-70--139			-1
62. Jim Herman			67-72--139			-1
62. Brendon Todd			71-68--139			-1
62. Ryan Howison			70-69--139			-1
62. Mark Walker			70-69--139			-1
62. Lee Williams			72-67--139			-1
62. Scott Gutschewski			71-68--139			-1
62. Doug Barron			68-71--139			-1
62. Brendan Steele			70-69--139			-1
62. Ryan Hietala			69-70--139			-1
76. Phil Tataurangi			74-66--140			E
76. Scott Parel			71-69--140			E
76. Andres Gonzales			70-70--140			E
76. Kyle McCarthy			68-72--140			E
76. Matt Bettencourt			70-70--140			E
76. Tim Fleming			73-67--140			E
76. Reid Edstrom			68-72--140			E
76. Len Mattiace			69-71--140			E
76. Ron Whittaker			72-68--140			E
76. Mike Wendling			72-68--140			E
76. Martin Laird			70-70--140			E
76. John Morse			71-69--140			E
76. David Hearn			70-70--140			E
76. Deane Pappas			72-68--140			E
76. Gibby Gilbert III			69-71--140			E
76. Wade Ormsby			70-70--140			E
76. Brent Delahoussaye			72-68--140			E
76. Steve Friesen			68-72--140			E
76. Rob Bradley			72-68--140			E
95. Spike McRoy			70-71--141		+	1
95. Jason Caron			72-69--141		+	1
95. Brian Smock			69-72--141		+	1
95. Ben Willman			74-67--141		+	1
95. Keoke Cotner			70-71--141		+	1
95. Daniel Mitchell			74-67--141		+	1
95. Mark Fuller			72-69--141		+	1
95. Chris Nallen			73-68--141		+	1
95. J.J. Killeen			72-69--141		+	1
95. Jon Rusk			72-69--141		+	1
95. Greg Sonnier			72-69--141		+	1
106. Tom Byrum			69-73--142		+	2
106. Steven Bowditch			70-72--142		+	2
106. Bradley Iles			71-71--142		+	2
106. Brett Myers			73-69--142		+	2
106. Brian Guetz			71-71--142		+	2
106. Sebastian Fernandez			73-69--142		+	2
106. Ian Leggatt			72-70--142		+	2
106. Zoran Zorkic			71-71--142		+	2
106. Brad Fritsch			72-70--142		+	2
106. Grant Masson			69-73--142		+	2
106. Blake Adams			68-74--142		+	2
106. Luke Bakke			72-70--142		+	2
118. Trevor Dodds			69-74--143		+	3
118. Bryan DeCorso			72-71--143		+	3
118. Robin Freeman			70-73--143		+	3
118. Scott Harrington			74-69--143		+	3
118. Brad Ott			74-69--143		+	3
118. Jeremy Pope			72-71--143		+	3
118. Michael Putnam			75-68--143		+	3
118. Chris Riley			76-67--143		+	3
118. Camilo Benedetti			70-73--143		+	3
127. Oskar Bergman			75-69--144		+	4
127. Glen Day			69-75--144		+	4
127. Scott Dunlap			77-67--144		+	4
127. Tyler Williamson			69-75--144		+	4
127. Brad Lamb			73-71--144		+	4
127. Jeff Curl			69-75--144		+	4
127. Madalitso Muthiya			72-72--144		+	4
127. Scott Gordon			73-71--144		+	4
127. Stephen Dartnall			72-72--144		+	4
136. Joe Daley			74-71--145		+	5
136. Lee Curry			69-76--145		+	5
136. Danny Ellis			71-74--145		+	5
136. Andrew Johnson			76-69--145		+	5
136. Drew Stoltz			74-71--145		+	5
141. David Roesch			72-74--146		+	6
141. Christo Greyling			71-75--146		+	6
141. Darren Angel			68-78--146		+	6
141. Kyle Reifers			72-74--146		+	6
141. Adam Fox			74-72--146		+	6
141. Brad Weesner			74-72--146		+	6
147. David Miller			72-75--147		+	7
147. Vance Veazey			73-74--147		+	7
147. Judd Cornell			76-71--147		+	7
150. Guy Boros			72-76--148		+	8
150. Bryn Parry			75-73--148		+	8
152. Franklin Langham			78-71--149		+	9
152. Adam Babb			75-74--149		+	9
152. Jim Gallagher, Jr.			75-74--149		+	9
155. Kevin Gessino-Kraft			78-76--154		+	14
WD. Chris Baryla			WD

Posted: 5/11/2008

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