Sentences with word «flagstick»

But as old - timers recalled stories of past Crosbys played in rain, sleet and snow, with winds bending flagsticks nearly parallel to the green, it seemed to signal that perhaps the Tour has forgotten that golf began on the rainy, windswept highlands of Scotland, not the manicured fairways of Ponte Vedra, Fla., and when conditions are miserable, the foremost rule of golf should be «Play on, laddie.»

It landed within a foot of the flagstick and ran five feet past.

Spieth then went into his backswing and hit a low shot that landed softly and settled within about 30 feet of the flagstick.

There were low irons stuffed on top of the flagstick.

Jack Nicklaus, on Friday, saw his bunker shot glide past the flagstick, turn left and migrate 40 feet to the far fringe.

He's clicking in all areas of his game right now, and had it not been for a flagstick debacle at the Masters, he would be a 4 - time winner this season.

J.B. Holmes is scorching the Golf Club of Houston, and thanks to holes like the par - 3 seventh, where his tee shot clanged off the flagstick, is on a serious 59 watch after making the turn at 7 - under 29.

An approach shot right at the pin is really good, until it hits the flagstick and caroms away.

Probably,» the AP quoted Nicklaus as saying Wednesday about the storm that swirled around Augusta after Woods» third shot to the par - 5 15th slammed the flagstick and caromed into the water and his resulting illegal drop.

UPDATE: Kaymer has pulled away on the back nine, following a couple bogeys and a brutally unlucky bounce off the flagstick for Spieth.

During Friday's play at Augusta, Woods hit his third shot to the green at the par - 5 15th and the ball ricocheted off the flagstick into the water fronting the green.

The essentials of what occurred are well - documented: Woods» third shot caromed off the flagstick into the water in front of the green.

Smotherman ripped his second shot toward the flagstick and hit the green pin high before the ball rolled just over the back fringe and settled in the short rough behind the green.

He left a tee shot 36 yards from the flagstick, but he pitched it to three feet and had a tap - in to save par.

He hit a 340 - yard drive to the left edge of the fairway on the par - 4 first, 93 yards from the flagstick.

O'Meara responded by rifling a two - iron that hit the flagstick and almost dropped into the hole for a double eagle.

The bogey at the 10th, however, was the result of a brutal break as Spieth's ball appeared to hit the flagstick and caromed off the green.

Tied at 13 under with Tway, who was two groups behind him, Crane made a bold decision to hit a peeler (my term for a high, soft cut shot) at the flagstick (above), even though the pin was tucked in the far right corner of the green and a 12 - mph wind was blowing from left to right.

It was there that his mom got to witness the shot that would win it, an incredible ball into the island green just 3 feet from the flagstick.

But for that flagstick ricochet and ball - drop fiasco at the Masters, Woods and LaCava could well have put Tiger's 15th major in the books.

If you're Watson, by now you're accustomed to beating Nicklaus in major tournaments because you've done it before at the Masters and in the British Open, so you lay open the blade of a sand wedge and plop the lob - chip shot softly onto the putting surface and then watch the flagstick get in the way of the ball to keep it from running all the way to the Lodge.

Still, the New Course shots are fun to play, the course is wide - open, the flagsticks are as thick as broom handles — and there's not a damn tree in sight.

We saw Kuch pour in a putt off the green yesterday, and there he was again on Friday draining it with the flagstick still in the cup:

In 2013, even before the full impact of Woods» disastrous fracas with the flagstick on the 15th hole had come to light, the worldwide leader enjoyed its highest - rated (3.0) and most - viewed (4.2 million watchers) Friday telecast since it began broadcasting the Masters in 2008.

It began on the very first hole, where he dropped a dart right on top of the flagstick to give notice to his playing partner and 36 - hole leader Matt Jones.

It is not so much a skull anymore as it is a large bucket in which names, places and random golf thoughts have been jumbled like so many range balls: yips, chips, birdies, eagles, Eales (Paul), Els (Ernie), Jeff Gove, Davis Love, Rocky Thompson, Rocco Mediate, rye grass, Sawgrass, flagsticks, flat sticks, fairway woods, Tiger Woods, what I would not give to be out of this god - forsaken room; Aoki, Azinger, and my ordeal had barely begun.

And Henley did that perfectly, staying in play and then dropping approach shots right on top of the flagsticks from there.

The Wosports Laser Rangefinder is designed for both golfing and hunting with PinSeeker technology for locking in on the flagstick while on the golf course.

If you're familiar with Nikon camera technology, you'll understand why we like the COOLSHOT 20: its First Target Priority Mode picks out the flagstick even if other objects are nearby.

Duval's golf ball was sitting on the front of the green, about 18 feet from the flagstick.