Word: flagstick
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fitzgibbons resumed his torrid pace coming in. On the second he missed a five-foot birdie putt. On number four he floated an eight-iron within a yard of the flagstick for a cast iron birdie. His third birdie of the day came on the seventh where he hit a wedge that touched down like a butterfly with sore legs six inches from...
Green, who led most of the way, needed a birdie on the 72nd hole to force a sudden-death playoff. He ladled an 8-iron approach to within three feet of the flagstick. Then he jabbed the pivotal putt to the left of the cup and Player had earned his third green Masters jacket...
Meanwhile, Fought and Davies were in the midst of a seesaw match with both safely on the 15th green in two. Fought, however, was some 45 feet from the flagstick. Fought rolled in the putt and Davies missed his ten-footer as the American snatched a two and one victory...
...took Watson until the 15th hole to regain a tie when he scored a two on the 109-yard hole. He putted from off of the green as the ball careened along for 60 feet, hit the flagstick, quivered, and dove into...
...have the championship in his back pocket when he went two shots into the lead by birdieing the par-five 16th. He rifled a wedge shot that to use one of his own favorite expressions "came down like a butterfly with score feet" within a yard of the flagstick...