Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Breaking the cup record enroute, the Harvard lightweight crew won the famed Thames Challenge Cup Saturday at the annual Henley Regatta, following four days of strenuous competition. The regatta, held on the Thames about 40 miles from London, is often regarded as the World Series of rowing...
...winning for the third consecutive year, the crew defeated the highly-regarded Detroit Boat Club shell by 1 1/2 lengths in the final round, winning in the impressive time of 6 min., 47 seconds. Only once before, and never in this century, has a crew won the Thames Cup three consecutive times...
...first hole, Arnold Palmer splashed into the water, and the 1960 Open was suddenly turned from a one-man romp into the most dramatic in history. With his pre-tournament perfection gone, Palmer labored like a Sunday duffer. His drives wandered about the fairways, his putts tantalizingly lipped the cup. Only his famed talents for "scrambling" kept him in the tournament at all. After the first 36 (of 72) holes, Palmer's one-over-par 143 tied him for a sorry 15th behind the surprise leader, Mike Souchak...
Then Palmer began one of golf's great rounds. His first shot was fantastic: a drive that carried the green 346 yds. away. He putted for a birdie. On the second, he pulled off another astonishing shot: a 30-ft. chip into the cup for a birdie. "I really felt then I was on my way." he said later. On the third, his second shot stopped a yard from the pin to set up another birdie. On the fourth, he canned a twisting 20-ft. putt-for his fourth straight birdie. He parred the fifth, then sank...
...suffered a triple-bogey 7 that shoved him back to even par. Playing with calm assurance. Palmer drove with an iron for safety's sake on the 18th, but the ball still carried 265 yds. From 80 ft. off the green, he chipped within a yard of the cup to set up the final putt...