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Word: tees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Peter Dobereiner, in recounting Crosby's exploit, wrote: "Stepping onto that tee, with the ocean crashing against the rocks below and the sea lions honking derision, the golfer is a tumult of emotions. Fear, awe, admiration and indecision fight for supremacy...Nowhere is he offered the chance of a richer prize or a more enormous failure. It is quite possible to stand on that tee and hit ball after ball into the Pacific and many a man has done so. On the other hand, Bing Crosby can look back and reflect that his life has not been in vain, even...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: From `King of Jazz' to King of Golf | 10/21/1977 | See Source »

President Dwight Eisenhower, for whom Roberts provided a man-made fishing pond on the club's par-three course. It was there, near the third tee, that Roberts took his own life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 10, 1977 | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

Johnson started off his round by going five-over par after five holes but then buckled down to play the remaining 15 holes in one-over. Johnson started his round on the 14th hole, which he promptly bogeyed. His Waterloo came on the par three 17th. He plunked his tee shot into a greenside bunker, bellied his sand shot over the green, and took a triple bogey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Linksters Third in Toski Tournament | 10/4/1977 | See Source »

...benefits and drawbacks of the different defenses in perspective when he says, "We can do more things with our defense. At Colgate they teach total execution because they play everything the same down after down. Naturally, if you do more things you don't do them all to the tee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Hamilton Block Party Is Back Together Again in Milford | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

...last match that could have gone either way pitted Mike Brannan against Britain's Ian Hutcheon. Hutcheon was a commanding two up after 16 holes but on the 17th he left his tee shot out to the right and caught the bunker that had cost Siderowf so dearly minutes earlier. Three times Hutcheon rained blows down upon the sand and three times the ball failed to budge. He now stood...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Walker Cup Returns to Shinnecock | 9/21/1977 | See Source »

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