Word: putt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Player "S," on the other hand, is deeply concerned with his score. Arriving at an accurate score becomes all the harder when endless haggling ensues over whether a "gimmee" putt should have been granted, not to mention the arithmetical difficulties posed by such astronomical numbers...
...fourth drive on the fourth tee: "If I don't hook this one I'm going to be ragged. That's one of the things I hate about golf--when you think you're doing something with your hands, and you're doing something else." Later on, a stray putt elicited: "What a rude putt. I just can't get the line right today...
...began gobbling up long putts in earnest on the back side, holding out for birdies on 12, 14, 16, and 17. On the 389-yard 12th, he needed only a sand wedge into the green after catching his drive flush. On the par-three 16th, Fitzgibbons sent his tee shot skittering just past the flagstick on the pocket handkerchief of a green and proceeded to roll in the comeback putt...
...most spectacular par came on number 17. His second shot beckoned for a 7-iron, but Spencer had somehow lost the club in transit. Instead, he laced an 8-iron onto the green and then stared down a 35-putt into...
...turned out, Hagen just missed the putt but won the playoff the next day. On the 17th, Hagen faced an unplayable shot when his ball plugged in mud but he claimed it had been stepped on so he received a free drop on his way to a one stroke...