Word: putte
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...Friday flight will get you in for a late afternoon round near Bangkok, then a three-hour train ride the next morning to Hua Hin will have you teeing off at the Royal Hua Hin, tel: (66-3) 2530 675, Thailand's oldest course, a mere 60-foot putt from the train station. World-class greens at Lakeview and Springfield lie minutes down the road. If you prefer to fly, Phuket's Blue Canyon Country Club, golforient.com/phuket/blue.htm, is a half-hour dogleg from Bangkok. Out of bounds specialists should try the 557-yard par 5 number...
...yards?mostly straight up?while my adversaries launch towering 250-yard blasts. They reach the 339-yard par 4 in two; I chop through jungle and sand to land in four. But I still have a chance to catch up on the green. I'm zenning over my putt when Sawat surprises me by picking up the ball. She lines up the putt then draws an imaginary arc where I'm supposed to roll it. "Left to right," she says, pulling the flag to pinpoint the target five feet left of the hole. "Downhill putt...
...northeastern Buriram province, know about putting? Caddies are mandatory in Thailand even if you opt for a golf cart, and I am happy for the assistance, but what I really need is a grizzled expert, not a polite servant. A two-stroke penalty for that line of thought: my putt curves like she said it would and plops in for a bogey, matching the Japanese who three-putt. As I learn on ensuing holes, Sawat knows what clubs to select, measures distances like a surveyor and reads the contours of greens as if they're her personal rice paddy. While...
...conditions were really tough when we teed off in the morning,” junior captain Merry Chiampa said. “We had to putt through puddles because the greens were soaked. The holes were full of water...
...said two weeks ago, after missing the cut at the European Masters in Switzerland. "It's supposed to be fun." Did he just use the F word? The Ryder Cup runneth over with all kinds of emotion: nauseating anticipation at the first tee; knee-knocking nervousness before a key putt; champagne-soaked joy - for one side - at the end. "Golf is usually a selfish sport," says Northern Ireland's cigar-chomping Darren Clarke, who's playing in his third Cup. But the biennial U.S.-vs.-Europe showdown has a rare team spirit that appeals even to nonfans. This year...