Chambers Bay Diary

Hometown golfer Michael Putnam is expecting a lot of noise from the Chambers Bay galleries this week if the decibel levels at Seattle Seahawks NFL games are any guide.

Tacoma native Putnam, 32, lives two miles from this week's US Open venue, the first time the national championship has been held in the Pacific Northwest. His parents live just a mile from the public links course and with attendance limited to 30,000 spectators each day he has been much in demand for tickets since coming through qualifying in Ohio earlier this month.