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Word: shakier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...matches are 18 holes, which means that luck rather than superior skill is likely to decide the outcome. At St. Anne's last week, Little had more good luck than bad. In the first round, playing shaky golf, he nosed out an opponent who was even shakier, one up. In the next rounds, while he was playing better, most of the British golfers conceded the best chance of beating him, like Jack McLean, Cyril Tolley and Leslie Garnett, were being eliminated from the tournament. Before the semi-finals he gave his expatriate U.S. opponent, Robert Sweeny, a few hints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At St. Anne's | 6/3/1935 | See Source »

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