Colt Knost Q&A on his growing TV role: ‘I honestly feel like this is what I was meant to do’

CK: I thought I should have won Reno Tahoe one year. I finished third there. At the Byron Nelson I finished fourth after playing really well at the Players. I played really poorly on Sunday of Hilton Head when I had the lead all week there and finished third. The Players is probably my best tournament in my career finishing third there, three back of Jason Day.

GWK: Do you think you’ll ever play in a PGA Tour event again?

CK: I don’t know. My game sucks right now. I just don’t play enough anymore. I’ve played 199 events. I would like to play one more just to say I played 200, but at the same time, I mean, if I don’t, it’s no big deal. My game just doesn’t fit what the PGA Tour is doing nowadays. That’s why I give so much credit to guys like Brian Gay. Even Brian Harmon, he isn’t a short hitter but he’s not the longest hitter out there. For what they do, it’s so special because you know, the groups that I follow mostly are Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, John Rahm and I mean from where these guys play from – it’s a different game.

It would be really, really hard for me to go out there and compete. But if someone wanted to give me a spot, you know, just for some cool coverage or, you know, to do something fun. Yeah, I’d tee it up. I mean, I probably wouldn’t make the cut, but I’d give it my all.

GWK: On those occasions when you were trunk-slamming on Fridays, who would be on your first-team All-Hang-Out team?

CK: I think I was on a lot of guys’ list. As soon as I tapped in on 18 for a missed cut, my phone started blowing up. Gary Woodland is one of my best buddies in the world. He’s up there. Max Homa, Pat Perez, Kevin Kisner, Kevin Chappell. My move was just to scroll to the bottom (of the leaderboard) and start looking and be like, Oh, that guy’s fun. Let’s text him and see what he’s doing.

GWK: If you could be on any golfer’s bag as a caddy, who would it be?

CK: For financial reasons or for fun reasons? There’s two different answers to this. For financial reasons, Jon Rahm. He is starting to separate himself as the best player in the world. Fun wise, it’d either be Kevin Kisner or Pat Perez just because they both say whatever is on their mind and I just love being around both those guys.

GWK: What’s your go-to golf course drink if you need to make more birdies?

CK: Transfusion.