Word: par
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Baker, the spare English captain, rebounded from sub par performances in the Big Three and Heptagonal meets--both won by Harvard--to take a strong twelfth place. Running his best time of the year at Van Cortlandt, Baker still trailed the winner, sophomore Art Dulong of Holy Cross...
Each year, Harvard coaches try to guard against an inevitable letdown in the Brown game. Coming as it does between the two Big Three bloodbaths, his next to last contest of the season sometimes lends itself to a sub-par Crimson performance. Harvard hasn't actually lost to Brown since...
...first hole at Las Vegas' Paradise Valley Country Club, Nicklaus elected to use a No. 3 wood off the tee, blasted the ball nearly 400 yds., and collected his first birdie of the day. At the end of nine, Jack was three strokes under par. On the 375-yd., par-four tenth hole, his tee shot left him 85 yds. from the pin. Jack put his wedge to work. The ball sailed onto the green, bounced, bit, and dropped into the hole for an eagle two. Darn, groused Jack: "I hit it too solidly. It nearly...
...putter had been hot. Twice in the next eight holes he hung birdie putts on the lip of the cup; on the 15th, he blew an easy 41-footer and took a bogey. But he birdied the llth, and 13th and the 14th, and on the 495 yd., par-five 17th, he collected his second eagle-covering those 495 yds. with a drive, a No. 4 iron and a 12-ft. putt. With a par on the 18th, Jack was finished. His score: 33 on the front nine, 29 on the back, a total of 62 for a nine-under...
That leaves Harvard down in Quaker country, looking for its first win in the Keystone state since 1961. Penn quarterback Bill Creeden completed 15 passes against Harvard last year but has had five below-par games so far this season. Coach Bob Odell is the only Ivy Leaguer among the loop's eight head coaches, but he is one of four who has never beaten Harvard. Both those strings will continue today as the Crimson scores a 21-7 victory...