Word: putt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...holes. Herman Barren, the only famed Jewish golf professional in the U. S., had Gene Sarazen, defending champion, 2 down at the 28th hole. Sarazen got birdies on the next two holes to square the match, then got a birdie 3 at the 33rd. sank a 15-ft. putt at the 34th to win 3 up. Walter Hagen scored a 68 in his first round against Densmore Shute, British Open champion in 1933. Shute won the match on the 15th green in the afternoon. He had played 98 holes in 28 under par by the time he was eliminated...
...short drives but he carries five spoons in his bag and uses them more expertly than any other golf professional in the world. Wood's prodigious driving, Runyan's spoon shots and his brilliant putting, brought them to the 36th green all even. Both sank 12-ft. putts. They halved the 37th with birdie 4's. On the 38th green, Wood's ball lay 12 ft. from the pin, his adversary's 8. Wood missed the putt. Runyan tapped his smartly into the cup, for match & title...
...15th green, Dutra sank a 20-ft. putt for a stunning birdie three. Excitable golfers have thrown away better chances than that gave Dutra. But he was feeling too sick and tired to blow up. He played the last three holes with courageous caution, sank his third putt on the 18th green for a 293 and the title. He wobbled into the club house, sent Brother Mortie to telegraph their father, gave his caddy $150 of his $1.000 prize money, sat down on a bench and exhibited to reporters his box of pills. Said he: "I didn't think...
...stumped bravely around the course, hammering out a mediocre 80, partly because his attention, like the crowd's, was less on his own game than on his opponent's. On the 505-yd. third, Little put his brassie shot on the green and sank a 15-ft. putt for a 3 to Wallace's birdie 4. On the sixth, he holed a 20-ft. putt for a birdie. On the 461-yd. 13th he just missed a putt for a 3. On the 14th, his second shot hit the flag-pin. At the 18th...
...Manhasset, L. I., Joseph Smithanna, marine patrolman, putt-putted out to rescue 250-lb. Vera Nielson, struggled manfully to pull her into his boat, failed. Nothing daunted, small Patrolman Smithanna slung a rope around large, patient Vera Nielson, towed her to safety...