Word: woods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tervainen continued to play meticulous golf from tee to green while Vik took a wet bogey on the dog leg 15th when he hooked a 5-wood into the drink. He rolled in a birdie putt on number 17 but Tervainen smaked in a 40-footer to hang on doggedly...
...finished eagle, birdie, and par. On the third, a 502 par five, he rifled a three-wood 15 feet from the cup and rapped the eagle putt into the cup. He birdied the fourth by hitting a driver off of the fairway into a strong headwind and onto the apron of the green...
Perhaps the most famous shot ever hit in the Masters was a 4-wood hit by Gene Sarazen on the par five 15th in 1935. Craig Wood was the leader in the clubhouse and was already accepting congratulations. Bobby Jones had ambled down from the clubhouse just in time to watch Sarazen's second shot take two hops and dive into the cup for a double eagle that enabled him to snatch away the victory...
...Peter Smith, who carded a 77 playing in the seventh and last spot on the roster. Smith, who coach Bob Donovan termed "a notoriously slow starter," was in less than midseason form down in Florida but managed to card his trouble free round yesterday without hitting a single wood...
Most Marranos are publicly married and buried as Catholics-"to cover up," as one of them puts it. During Holy Week and throughout the year, many of them attend Mass. But as they go into the church they pray to themselves: "When I enter here I adore neither wood nor stone but only the God of Israel who rules all." Each Friday they light a Sabbath oil lamp, which is hidden inside an earthen pot lest other villagers see it. They prepare a menu consisting only of fish and vegetables because at one time it was dangerous for them...