Word: overshot
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...Boeing 707 Astrojet came down in heavy fog yesterday afternoon, overshot the runway and skidded into shallow water. Calm action by the plane's crew and the rapid appearances of rescue boats enabled everyone aboard to reach safety...
...country mile down the fairway, his irons were crisp, his approaches deadly, his putting sure. When a tee shot went awry on the 9th hole, he sliced a spoon shot out of deep woods 250 yds. to the green. On the 520-yd., par-five 15th, his second wood overshot the green, but a spectator batted it back. "You people around here," grinned Player, "treat us foreigners very well." With a sparkling 69, Player became the first in Masters history to stay under 70 for the first three rounds of the tournament. Palmer, meanwhile, shot a disastrous 73. "I never...
...Placid's icy, one-mile Olympic run at disaster-begging speed, Italy's Eugenio Monti piloted his bobsled to its fifth straight world two-man title, flashed past the finish line so fast on his last effort (a world-record 1 min. 9.22 sec.) that the sled overshot the braking area, wrapped itself around a tree...
...plan to sell stock to finance the venture flopped; William Zeckendorfs Webb & Knapp, which owned the land and leased it to Freedomland's promoter, the International Recreation Corp., had to buy 40% of the stock for $7,000,000. This financing proved too little-partly because builders overshot the estimated $17.5 million construction cost...
Doggone. Still four strokes behind Australia's Nagle at the end of the final day's first nine holes, Arnold Palmer summoned his strength for a last-ditch effort. He birdied the 13th, gained a stroke. As Nagle faltered, Palmer came to the Road Hole-and overshot the green with his second stroke. But he pitched back to within 4 ft. of the pin, calmly canned his putt for-at long last-a birdie...