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Steve Bergman, playing fourth for the Crimson, won Harvard's only other point. Two holes up with two to play, he lost the 17th, and went to the last hole needing only a tie to win his match. With his opponent breathing down his neck. Bergman smacked a 7-iron four feet from the stick and snatched a two-up victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bruins Surprise Golf Team, 5-2; Crimson Newcomer Pulls Upset | 5/5/1966 | See Source »

...varsity golf team ran its record to 7-2 for the season by defeating Boston College, 5 to 2. in a meet held Friday. Golfing in the number one position, Captain Fiske Warren led the squad with a two-up victory over Larry Sanford...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOLFERS BEAT B.C., 5-2 | 5/8/1961 | See Source »

...while his wife (Deborah Kerr) urges him to save up, buy a farm and settle down. To keep peace, he takes a job as a "rouseabout" in a shearing shed. But as soon as he has some savings, he nicks off and goes broke in a game of two-up. So it's back to drifting, and though the life is rough as bags, the wife has to admit that she likes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 19, 1960 | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

...night") but philosophical ("I'd give anything to win the tournament, but I don't intend to spend my life trying to win it"). At the start, her swing looked flat, and Mrs. Porter had a three-up lead at the 18-hole lunch break, still led two-up after 26 holes. But she three-putted the 27th and Anne got her short game going better than ever. She birdied three of the next four holes (one with a brilliant 25-ft. putt) to take the lead. At the 34th hole, Anne cautiously surveyed a difficult uphill nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pretty Putter | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

...opponent. And in the hot, sticky afternoon, the older man began to weaken. Three times during the match Palmer pulled even; twice Sweeny held him off. Then, with a fine par 4 on the 32nd, Palmer went ahead. On the next hole he shot a birdie 3 to go two-up. Dog-tired, Sweeny came back to halve the next hole and win the 35th. But from the last tee Sweeny pushed his drive into the rough, chipped up to the green in three. Palmer ran his third shot three inches from the pin. Sweeny shook his head, shook Palmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tough & Tiring | 9/6/1954 | See Source »

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