Word: putts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Without great soldiers, we can receive such instruction, for instance, from Justin Leonard, whose sixty-foot putt on the seventeenth hole after two-and-a-half days of poor play sealed the American victory. We can look also to his 11 teammates and their captain Ben Crenshaw, who with Leonard staged the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history. They could have lost their will and surrendered, but instead they persevered to vindicate the honor of America. They may not be great soldiers, but they are great Americans who provided great examples of virtue for their countrymen. And for that...
...sport. Remember instead the victory, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history that gave the U.S. team its first championship since 1993. Down 10-6 going into the final day in Brookline, Mass., the American players won their first six matches easily and clinched when Justin Leonard's putt on 17 assured the U.S. team of 14 1/2 points, just enough...
...parking lot of a usually staid Portuguese meeting hall in San Diego, Calif., the Violent Femmes blare from a corner amp as the putt-putting of engines competes with the squealing of high-pitched horns. Many dozens of motor scooters in burgundies, grays and greens line the parking lot, displaying favored ornaments--a Tinky Winky doll hanging from one, a picture of Rocky and Bullwinkle's Natasha from another. Ahhh, the smell of exhaust fumes from tiny tailpipes. Welcome to the Vespa Club of America's annual rally, which recently drew nearly 300 motor scooterists from all over...
...night so magical? Is it the nubby green turf? The plastic Paul Bunyan with a tiny golf ball-sized mouth? The tiny putters you get stuck with when all the adult-sized clubs have some-how disappeared? For Peter A. Gilchrist '00, Harvard's very own miniature golfing champion, "putt-putt golfing" has been the source of tremendous success...
Only until you've felt the crack of a ball hitting the sweet spot of your Big Bertha or the rush of sinking your first par putt can you know just how powerful and alluring this sport is. There is nothing like smashing a ball to kingdom come to put a smile on your face and a spring in your step...