Word: putt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tenth hole of the course of the St. Louis Country Club. Her father was a famous amateur bicycle rider. Her bust measurement is 36 inches. She had on a lemon sweater, buff skirt, tan hat. The public displayed some interest in these facts because, by virtue of that putt, she won for the second time the U. S. women's golf championship...
...play on that course. Next day, though cloudy, was better. The sun and the gallery came doubtfully out. At the end of the morning round Miss Collett was four up. She played the first ten holes in the afternoon in even fours. On the tenth green, when that last putt scuttled out of sight like a round, obedient white mouse, the match ended and out of her eternal preoccupation, Miss Collett smiled vaguely at the shouting multitude. "Her height is 5 feet 5," reporters rushed off to scribble; "she weighs 125 pounds; she was born in New Haven on June...
...With a deep-faced mashie he hooked it up, out, around, and over a few more trees-popped it onto the green, putted in for a birdie 3. Cheered, he took the match from Watrous in 39 holes. Later he took one from Leo Diegel, sinking a great circling putt that put out Diegel's heart...
...went out in 35, two under par. At the ninth he stood all even. He won the tenth and his putt for a birdie 3 at the eleventh lipped the cup and hung upon edge. Then came the moment which would serve as a climax for the writer...
...Chicago; the Conclusion settled upon her 4 and 3. Up stepped Helen Payson of Portland, Me., a nervy novice; the Conclusion finally rested at the 18th green, 1 up. Along came pouring rain and sure-putting Mrs. H. D. Sterrett of Hutchinson, Kan. The Conclusion wavered before those pitiless putts that streaked for the hole over yards of squashy turf. Near the tenth tee grew a four-leaf clover. It was picked, pensively. Near the 18th cup lay Mrs. Sterrett's ball, only a short span to go for a birdie, a tie, an extra hole. The putt...