Sentences with phrase «tee shots for»

Besides having spectacular ocean views of Maui's west coast, the Plantation Course offers elevation challenges and blind tee shots for thrilling challenge.

It's like hiring someone to shoot your tee shots for you.

Not exact matches

Palmer learned the game from his dad: by age five, young Arnie would station himself by the sixth tee and offer to drive shots over a drainage ditch that lay 120 yards down the fairway, for a nickel.

A wayward tee shot into the bunker on the par - 3 seventh just after easily could've sent him down a familiar path, but saves and scrambles like this were the story of Sunday (and of the week) for Fowler.

By the time the sellout gallery of 40,000 (the gates were locked before Palmer teed off) had finally wandered off at the end of the day and left the Augusta National's green acres looking like a dump heap, Palmer stood 10 strokes under par for the tournament — five better than Bruce Devlin, a young Australian who observed, «The way Arnold is playing, I guess the rest of us are just shooting for second place.»

At the par - 3 16th, Palmer hit his five - iron tee shot to within six feet of the pin and sank the putt for a birdie.

For now, the best course near the historic town of San Jose del Cabo is worth the effort, if only to play Norman's staggering drop - shot, par - 3 sixth, its green 100 feet below the tee, with panoramas of 10 miles of beach.

After bogeying the 13th hole to go one over par for the tournament, White hit an approach into the rough at the par - 4 14th and flew his next shot over the grandstands and nearly onto the 15th tee.

I had no particular interest in the game, and it was only out of boredom that I would idly take some air swings off to the side of the tee box as the lads waited for the group ahead to get out of range of the good shot that would never come from any of them.

«I hope you hit it in the water,» yelled the dimwit, who, after Thomas hit his tee shot, bellowed for the ball to find a fairway bunker.

After setting up for his tee shot, Watson stepped back a few times, clearly perturbed by what he seemed to believe was a spectator's shadow but perhaps was his own.

All DJ did on the 420 - yard 71st hole, when he was tied for the lead, was cut a ridiculously long tee shot over the trees and the dogleg, leave himself a 94 - yard wedge shot and stuff it close for what turned out to be the winning birdie.

His gambling tee shot found the deep rough, his iron shot struck an unfamous tree and he had to settle for a par.

Just another ho - hum Saturday at the Ryder Cup for Sergio Garcia, who hit a tee shot into a marshal's pocket, took a drop, and then calmly drilled a birdie putt.

On the par - 3 17th, with the vaunted trio watching from the tee 171 yards away, she rolled a 20 - foot putt uphill and squarely into the hole for birdie and a one - shot lead.

Bowen then arm wrestled the 18th hole for a national TV audience, blocking her tee shot into the right rough, hitting a tree limb with her second, punching a three - iron to the fairway and finally sending a nine - iron over the water to the green.

With the conditions supposedly toughening up for the afternoon tee times, I said earlier today that I'd be shocked if Martin Kaymer (12 - under) didn't go to sleep on a mutli - shot 36 - hole lead at The Players Championship.

But since this is Gary Player, he had to show up 72 minutes before he was due on the first tee to warm up in the darkness for what is just a quick, non-competitive shot.

McIlroy appeared to be in prime position to go for the green in two following an excellent tee shot.

The live coverage will then start at 2 p.m. and run until the last shot is hit, scheduled around 7 p.m.. Here's the tee sheet for Sunday's final round:

If the snooze button is a thing you do, set it for 1 a.m. ET so you're good to go for the first tee shot some 35 minutes later.

In 1956 I was tied for the lead at the Canadian Open after 36 holes and then shot an 80 in the third round by hooking 14 tee shots.

Smotherman hit his tee shot on No. 9 to within 10 feet and two - putted for par.

But, boy, you wonder about not only just the tee shot on 12, but why can't you just control the second shot, you know, and make 5 at worse, and you're still tied for the lead.

After he finished his drill on the 15th, he started the walk to the next tee where the crowd had been patiently waiting for a half - hour to see him hit a shot into the par - 3 16th.

But Cassie is a little too acerbic and inquisitive for her owngood, and trouble finds her like a sliced tee shot finds the woods.

Woods, who may or may not have hit some tee shots past those of Dustin Johnson during their casual Friday round with Brad Faxon and President Donald Trump, can certainly still bring it, at least in non-competitive settings, as driving the green on the par - 4 seventh hole at Albany and draining a 15 - foot putt for eagle during Wednesday's World Challenge pro-am proved.

On Sunday his tee shot plugged in the sand, and the ensuing bogey dropped him out of a three - way tie for the lead.

Laskin was part of the local First Tee contingent at Pebble Beach and was selected to be one of six junior golfers to be paired with a senior teammate for a five - hole alternate - shot skins game.

The blind tee shot, the road lining the fairway and the deathly pot bunker that guards the green all make sure the Road Hole will be a nightmare for almost every player this week.

That doesn't mean it's easy, however, with a very sloped fairway creating some interesting second shots, especially for players who go left off the tee.

I aimed my drive for the 1st tee, played an approach shot to a yard, two - putted and asked myself the age - old question, the ultimate litmus test for a golf course: Would you like to give it another go?

With the tee moved back 20 yards and the bunker on the right side of the fairway elongated by 30 yards, a mid-iron — rather than a wedge — will be the choice for approach shots.

His tee shot on No. 9 flew past the pin, but spun back and just missed rolling in for an ace.

Had his tee shot gone further, he could have potentially made birdie, but was set up nicely for par regardless.

He hit his tee shots on 13 and 15 into pine straw, and for good measure put a second shot into the patrons too.

180 ball speed for Woods on his tee shot at 3.

The problem for Spieth happened on his tee shot — he hit the top of the trees which made it go way short, a whole 267 yards to the hole.

He's 1 - over for the day — backing up a total of four shots now since stepping onto the 18th tee at 7 - under on Thursday evening.

On the second nine, Tiger dumped his tee shot in Rae's Creek for the second straight day at the 12th.

The spotlight coverage will focus on those three classic finishing holes, a risk - reward par - 5 that presents equal chances for an eagle chance or a water ball, the island par - 3 17th green and the long par - 4 18th with that intimidating tee shot with a huge lake all down the left side.

Johnny Miller, for one, believes Spieth will rise again, Phoenix - like, from the ashes of his Masters mess, which included a chunked penalty shot into the water at No. 12 after dunking his tee shot.

Teeing off early on the second day, after carding a first - round 74, Poulter struggled for rhythm and shot three bogeys over the first seven holes to set the alarm bells ringing.

That was one of the reasons Arsenal had so few shots, and took until the 86th minute to get one on target, because the likes of Ozil and Aaron Ramsey were trying to get past defenders to shoot on the edge of the area rather than running on to something that Giroud had teed up for them.

Arnold Palmer, for the first time since 2007, will not be among golf's original Big Three as they hit the ceremonial opening tee shots at the Masters next month, according to Golf Channel's Tim Rosaforte.

Besides that singular striker, he has also managed to create three assists (one of which also came against City), complete 26 dribbles and tee up 18 other shooting opportunities for his team - mates in the league so far, with his progress checked not only by the sacking of Rodgers but also a back injury he sustained in the League Cup against Carlisle as well as the arrival of Jürgen Klopp.

Coutinho's hat - trick goal came from a deflected shot off Salvatore Bocchetti before substitute Daniel Sturridge teed up Mane for the sixth and Salah pounced from close range for the seventh.

And so we did - with the easy online PDF's from Amy's site, a tiny bit of Photoshop (you needn't use that - her project is designed well for literal «cut and paste» as well as digital), two white tees, iron - on transfer paper and a crazy - fun photo shoot with pets.

(If not for the four short par - 3 holes on most courses that require a less powerful club for tee shots, you could be stupid a perfect 18 times.)

When your footwork and strokes feel fluid, the ball looks like a grapefruit that tees up perfectly for you on every shot, and your unforced error count is low, you tend to feel loose, relaxed, happy, and confident on -LSB-...]