Search Details

Word: puttering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Wendell's ablest successors in the Golden '80's were George B. Morrison '83, two-year winner of the Intercollegiate mile, Charles H. Kip '83, the outstanding shot putter and hammer thrower of his day, and middistance runners William H. Goodwin '84 and Wendell Baker...

Author: By Mark R. Rasmuson, | Title: The History Of Harvard Sports | 3/14/1968 | See Source »

...Hogan golf shoes; he memorized Gary Player's Positive Golf, watched Dow Finsterwald's Golf Tips on TV, and visited a Sam Snead Driving Range three times a week. He used balls with rubber centers, steel centers and liquid centers, switched from a cash-in putter to a bull's-eye putter to a mallet-head putter. And he still couldn't break 100. "I don't understand it," he complained. "I played worse last year than the year before, and worse the year before than the year before that." Asked a friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Make Mine Aluminum | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

There is no telling what the score might have been if Nicklaus' putter had been hot. Twice in the next eight holes he hung birdie putts on the lip of the cup; on the 15th, he blew an easy 41-footer and took a bogey. But he birdied the llth, and 13th and the 14th, and on the 495 yd., par-five 17th, he collected his second eagle-covering those 495 yds. with a drive, a No. 4 iron and a 12-ft. putt. With a par on the 18th, Jack was finished. His score: 33 on the front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: A Different Game | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

...three rounds, while Nicklaus was shooting 71-67-72 and trying to get properly acquainted with his borrowed, white-painted putter, center stage belonged to a 23-year-old Texas amateur named Marty Fleckman. The son of a Port Arthur lumber dealer, Fleckman became the first amateur in 34 years to lead the Open after 54 holes when he fired 67-73-69 for a one-stroke margin over Nicklaus, Palmer and Billy Casper. Then out for the last round came the four contenders-and a physiognomist could have picked the winner. Fleckman was visibly nervous; Arnie was intent; Casper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: One Man's Game | 6/30/1967 | See Source »

...Sinclair, playing number five yesterday, fired an excellent 76, just four over par. A strong putter, the lanky senior overpowered his opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Golfers Edge Pennsylvania, Columbia | 4/22/1967 | See Source »

Previous | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | Next