Word: golfer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Almost every golfer thinks each time he goes out that this is going to be the day when he fixes that wicked slice on his drive or stops three-putting every hole and will shoot the round of his life. It usually doesn't happen, but it's part of the fun of the sport...
...your collared shirt and your orange pants and try your damndest to hit a little ball into a hole. You put up with snotty golf shops, angry golfers (have you ever seen a golfer who looked happy?) and goofballs ahead of you who feel the need to take 10 practice swings before every shot...
...take anyone to see her. "She is very frail," he says. "She is not the kind of person who complains. But I worry for her." She has given his sons an old tennis racket and an old golf club (yes, Tiger Woods, she was a pioneering black pro golfer...
...suggestions for the presidential stroke. "The President has a decent swing. If he had more time to practice, it would be better," says Harmon. "I'm sure his swing is going to be better in four years." CBS golf commentator Gary McCord offers a similar critique to the First Golfer: strengthen your grip, swing more outside and keep your left heel down in the backswing. "Nureyev didn't get on his toes this much," says McCord. Sometimes, you see, a golf coach has to give tough love. If Clinton could just keep that heel down, McCord adds, "it would stop...
...golfer, you probably know the feeling. You are about to hit your second shot after a decent enough drive when suddenly another drive comes whistling past, rolling much farther down the fairway. You look back at the group behind you with a mixture of annoyance for the impertinence and admiration for the prowess...