Word: putt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...line. But from chipping distance to the pin, Beharrell was equal to anything the weather or the links demanded. He one-putted most greens. He never showed a blink of emotion. After he had lost four holes in a row, he came back later to sink a two-foot putt and win. Then he relaxed for an instant. He grabbed his cap and waved his putter aloft in his other hand. "Aye!" he shouted with relief...
...elegant 35 on the first nine brought Burke within reach, and on the 18th green, a tricky, downhill putt lay between him and a one-under-par 71. Putting with a crisp tap, as if he were driving a tack into the ball, Burke sank the all-important shot for a 72-hole total...
Still, all Venturi had to shoot was another 40 on the final nine. But at length, pressure told: Venturi bogied the 10th-then the 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th. On the 17th he did it again. On the 18th only a 20-foot putt for a birdie could save him -and he missed by a foot. Texan Jack Burke, the fast-finishing professional, was master of the Masters. The crack shot who had qualified for the National Open at 16 had finally won a major tournament...
...British amateur and U.S. intercollegiate champion, Walker Cup player and low amateur in this year's Masters and National Open, gave even himself a rude shock by barely squeaking through his first match. Easily a favorite in the pre-tournament selections, Ward had to sink a 25-ft. putt on a 19-hole playoff to beat Michigan's Ray Palmer and stay in the running...
...ball bounce off a movie sound truck and fall safe. After an "approximate" 66 on the first round (he did not actually hole out at several greens), he breezed into the home stretch. Hyndman hung on, won his only hole of the day (with a 75-ft. putt), then halved five in a row to stay alive. Starting the back nine, he was nine down. Both men shot a par four. Harvie Ward, after one of the most spectacular performances in National Amateur history, was nine up with eight to go. After eight attempts he was finally the U.S. champion...