Word: lehman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...despite every prediction to the contrary, Lehman stood on the 18th tee only a shot behind Jose Maria Olazabal. His course management flawless, his shot execution nerveless, Lehman had parried the best broadsides from the newest galleon in the Spanish Armada, and victory still lay within his grasp...
...slips twixt lip and cup foiled Lehman's three critical putts down the stretch--for eagle on 15, for birdie on 16 and 17--any of which, had one dropped, could have over-burdened Olazabal's churning mind...
...Alas, Lehman's par at 17 could only bring him within one. But even having failed so narrowly in closing the gap on his three most recent holes, the neophyte still did not panic. On the 18th tee, out came the 1-iron--the smart play. The only play...
...down at 18, you have to give the other guy the chance to screw up. That's what Lehman tried to do: eliminate the bunkers on the left side of the fairway that gape 256 yards away...
...course, had Lehman hit out of the bunker to within eight feet of the flagstick, as did Lyle, or had his pulled shot skirted the bunker on the left, as it came within inches of doing, he might not have to live with the criticism that shall inevitably come. [Just ask Chip Beck...