Word: slammin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Slammin' Sam was wisecracking with relief. He was one slim stroke in front of a jammed-up field, still within easy reach of such familiar figures as Doug Ford, San Francisco Amateur Harvie Ward and Defending Champion Jack Burke Jr. A new tournament rule, restricting the final two rounds to the top 40 players, had eliminated such venerable Masters as Golf Professor Ben Hogan and Dentist Gary Middlecoff, 1956 Open champion. But there were 18 rough holes and 39 rugged competitors left...
...total score of 289. Patton, with a commendable finishing 71, was home a stroke behind. Now Hogan was forced to gamble, and still his putts refused to drop. He needed a birdie three on the 18th to win. He had to settle for a par that tied him with Slammin' Sammy Snead...
...Pinehurst, N.C., Slammin' Sam Snead over the field, with a 13-under-par 275, for his second consecutive (third altogether)North and South open golf title. ¶ In Brisbane, Australian Tennis Champion Frank Sedgman over U.S. Champion Art Larsen, a smashing, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory for the Queensland title. ¶ In Baltimore, the Greentree Stable's One Hitter, twice conqueror of Noor, over a second-rate field for the winner-take-all $15,000 Pimlico Special. ¶ In Manhattan, perennial (22 years) world Court Tennis Champion Pierre Etchebaster (TIME, Dec. 26) over Challenger Alastair Martin...