Word: niblick
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...every shot he made that afternoon were incredibly good, he might be almost even with Hagen before defeat stopped him. His ball rose in air, pointed itself straight for the flag -and then curved insanely aside, buried itself in the yawning bunker. Walker wallowed after. He asked that a niblick be thrown down to him; those above could hear his mutterings as he beat the ground at intervals with this heavy instrument. One, two, three, four thuds and, at last, a ball came from the pit, Hagen putted, won the match. Rockefeller vs. Baker. John Davison Rockefeller, 86, drew from...
...British mixed foursome tournament was a nine-inch tee employed by one M. D. Auckland. Though the dizzy elevation enabled him to develop prodigious distance on the drive, Mr. Auckland's fairway shots were fallible. The firmest lie on the finest carpet looked to him like a niblick shot...
...George, speaking to some Anglo-American journalists, chose as his subject the difficulties attending pre-War and post-War debt settlements with the Soviet Government. He spoke for about 20 minutes and throughout his speech he used golfing metaphors. The Allies were " bunkered " for the moment. A skillfully used "niblick " would put them " on the green." He expected to "hole out" in a few days. Tchicherin had momentarily laid the conference a " stymie," et cetera...