FORT SMITH, Ark. -- Colt Knost hopes he can put the questions to rest. When Knost turned pro last fall, he turned down invitations to this year's Masters, U.S. Open and British Opens and caught a lot of flak from the skeptics about his decision to leave the amateur ranks.
The reigning U.S. Amateur champion fired a 5-under-par 65 Sunday and erased a six-stroke deficit to win the Fort Smith Classic, his first victory as a professional.
Knost bogeyed his final hole at Hardscrabble County Club to finish at 12-under-par 268 and then had to wait more than an hour to see if anyone would catch or pass him. Darron Stiles, who was in the last twosome, was the leading candidate to challenge Knost
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