Word: championship
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Sawgrass' reputation as one of the orneriest eighteens in the country was recently enhanced when the pro circuit touched down there this year for the Tournament of Players Championship. The average round for the tourney was an 81 and one-sixth of the field voluntarily withdrew...
...managing is practical, disarming, intense and flexible. "For the Reds," Anderson said, "this is the time to get arms and legs in shape. This club doesn't have to win exhibition games. This is a world-championship club. We know we can win exhibition games." On an open diamond between two Tampa highways, Pete Rose, Bob Bailey and three others batted again and again. Anderson moved pitchers in and out as he would move them in a game. Seven fielders and a catcher played permanent defense...
...from an inconclusive meeting between former President Gerald Ford and Gromyko, the two sides had not sat down at a negotiating table since January 1976. U.S.Soviet relations, which progressively soured last year after pro-Moscow forces won the Angolan civil war, have not been helped by Carter's championship of human rights in general and Soviet dissidents in particular...
...hardy souls braving the Cambridge smog for the sake of real maritime glory. For the Harvard and Radcliffe sailing teams, spring break won't be much of a break at all--just another chance to prove their mettle as they head off in pursuit of some post-season championship silverware...
...Radcliffe sailors anything to luff at. The women are the only team in the country that has made it to the championship regatta for the last nine years running, and they don't intend to let that record sink this year...