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Golfers "stick it in the ground" rather than tee the ball up. Clubs are "hammers," a shanked shot is a "pitch-out," and breaking par is "ducking the card." The art of psyching your opponent is known as "woofing." And a player with a lethal putter is an "undertaker," because he can "bury" the ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Soul Golf | 6/16/1975 | See Source »

...transfers admitted for next year, two are athletes: one is a female shot putter and the other a male soccer player...

Author: By Nicole Seligman, | Title: Transfers Accepted in 1.3:1 Sex Ratio Under Equal Access Admission Policy | 6/9/1975 | See Source »

...fight for more money for social security, education, and better medical care. For all Americans the choice is between a stone-age mentality of destruction and a civilized sense of constructive self-improvement. But for many poor Americans the choice may no longer be between guns and putter, but between guns and a little bread between technically more advanced weapons and survival...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Between Guns And A Little Bread | 2/11/1975 | See Source »

...such fascinating things as "Well, I played pretty good. I could a done better, but I played pretty good," and the press men peering over the half-moon glasses on the ends of their noses asking equally intriguing questions like, "How'd the driving go today?" and "Was your putter working?" Killer seemed saddened by the thought that I was now a part of that crowd. I asked him whose bag he was carrying in the tournament...

Author: By Harry HURT Iii, | Title: The Real Victor Was a Cool Ole Killer | 8/20/1974 | See Source »

Niemi, who is a shot-putter and hammer-thrower, said yesterday that his selection was a "great honor...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Spurned VPW Leaves Track After Election | 5/17/1974 | See Source »

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