Word: divot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Radcliffe missed a golden scoring opportunity in the first half when crossed signals halted a two woman break-away, leaving striker Abbie Homans firing a divot of dirt on SMU goalie Lisa Druin...
...golfer knows, a bad lie is not a terrible whopper told at the 19th hole. On a course, it means the bad positioning of a ball-jammed behind a tree in the rough, stuck in a divot on the fairway, or confronted with spike marks on the green. Generally, a golfer must play his ball where it lies or take a penalty of added strokes if he chooses to move it. Among weekend golfers, the temptation is often strong to improve a lie surreptitiously, especially on the greens, where a player is permitted to lift the ball and wipe...