Sentences with phrase «yard drives of»

It's a rather lame alibi — bifocal glasses — but I do get a sympathetic response from those who remember my 250 - yard drives of yore.

Bishop noted that the winning, 340 - yard drive of Louis Oosthuizen — no doubt aided by the latest and greatest golf gear the industry has to offer — still fell one yard shy of Jack Nicklaus» all - time leading persimmon driver - powered shot of 341 yards.

Not exact matches

After multiple calls from irate neighbors, «which continued even after Blackman assured the Silvermans that the «parties were small and that everything was under control,» the Silvermans drove out on the afternoon of June 23 and found «about 50 cars in the road, security guards checking IDs» and «at least 100 persons all over their yard.»

Angered by the remark, Palmer drove the first green 346 yards away and made the first of four consecutive birdies.

It has a population of more than 620,000 residents, making it the 27th largest city in the U.S. Prior to World War II, it had an economy driven largely by major stock yards that attracted people and businesses from Omaha and Chicago.

In April, the company began using self - driving trucks in yards and major freight lanes, hauling everything from 5,000 pounds of milk crates to 40,000 pounds of tile.

On Saturday night, quarterback Greg McElroy led the team to one of its most decisive victories of the season, complete with an 88 - yard drive, 239 passing yards, and some sweet ballet - like moves along the sideline.

The other thing we noticed on the drive west was the waning of Obama political yard signs and the waxing of Romney political yard signs.

The next day you are back in Cape Town, in the shadow of Table Mountain, driving through a bright neighbourhood of middle class homes, with front yards, plantings, dogs, people chatting on front steps.

Driving across a few states and noting yard signs, billboards and local conversations may not be the best gauge of national politics.

If your're driving along the coast, you'll hardly see any chilies, though, except for the occasional plant in a residential front yard, underneath lemon or olive trees, together with all sorts of herbs.

Fullback Victor Jones bulled for both of the Tigers» first - half TDs, but Williams accounted for 45 yards in a 73 - yard first - quarter drive that culminated in Jones's first score.

The drive is awkward because the tee box sets up toward the right rough, and there are only 20 yards between the fairway and a grove of trees.

He guided L.A. to a 13 - 0 lead by throwing a two - yard scoring pass to tight end Andrew Glover and by engineering two drives that resulted in field goals of 24 and 27 yards by Jeff Jaeger.

Michigan 16, South Carolina 3, 9:56: Michigan drove 72 yards across seven plays and 3:34 of clock time on its first drive of the second half, capped by a 1 - yard Ben Mason touchdown run.

Even after a fine drive on this 445 - yard par - 4, a long and extremely accurate second shot is necessary to avoid the pond that cuts into the left front of the green.

Maryland did not score until the last minute of the game, exploiting a Miami weakness with a passing attack which marched 80 yards including six pass completions in nine throws through a driving rainstorm.

And after a lovely start — Auburn drove 75 yards for a score on its first possession, and OU went five - and - out — the Tigers quickly ran out of options.

Rory McIlroy started Sunday's round with drives of 354 yards and 357 yards on the first two holes.

While credit for one of the touchdowns went all to the receiver — running back Mark Thompson broke approximately six tackles in his 85 - yard catch - and - rumble late in the second quarter — Appleby was also 5 - for - 6 for 62 yards in the 80 - yard, third - quarter touchdown drive that all but sealed the game.

On the verge of getting their doors blown off, the Trojans respond with a 10 - play, 65 - yard touchdown drive.

The Tigers» next drive featured gains of 11, 14, 11, 16, and 14 yards before a four - yard score.

The Sooners allowed three touchdown drives of 69 yards or more to start the Texas Tech game, then seven points in the Red Raiders» final nine possessions.

It took them all of 45 seconds and five plays to drive 75 yards for the tie on a 30 - yard Hill scamper.

Then, with the score tied again midway through the fourth quarter, Hill engineered a 13 - play, 65 - yard drive that ate almost seven minutes of clock.

So in 1989 he hits 32 homers, drives in 105 runs and wins the MVP Award in the All - Star Game, and then he rushes for 950 yards — 159 of them in one game — and plays in the Pro Bowl.

He's one of the longest hitters in the game, capable of driving it 350 - plus yards.

Haden, the Rhodes scholar rookie, did a bit of scurrying around until he could find open receivers, and he drove his team 80 yards to a touchdown that narrowed the score to 17 - 6.

In fact, on a three - play drive at the end of the third quarter Vereen caught a pass for 50 yards and another for 16 yards.

The Chiefs look to stop the big play (only five teams gave up fewer gains of 20 - plus yards) under the theory that most offenses are too impatient or turnover - prone to sustain long drives.

You take every single drive that PIT got stopped short of the end zone on and see how many yards short of a TD they were on each drive, and that is how many yards under too many yards this defense gave up.

On Sunday the Cowboys were held without a first down until the second play of their fourth drive, when with 9:30 left in the second quarter, Aikman and Irvin hooked up for 17 yards.

They drove 76 yards over 4:18 to take an early 7 - 3 lead, then mauled the Pokes over the course of an 18 - play, 82 - yard, 10 - minute drive.

Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez are killing the Broncos defense, as Hernandez has just two catches for 29 yards but he's added 58 rushing yards on three carries, including a 43 - yard run on the first drive of the game.

Time of Death: Alex Smith drove the Chiefs to the brink of comeback but fell 13 yards short, leaving Washington and Houston as the only teams with longer active losing streaks than Kansas City.

Instead, the Eagles took nearly eight minutes of clock to get a field goal on a 14 - play, 83 - yard drive and allow the Falcons to start from their own 24 - yard line.

Golson didn't get too many snaps, but he completed six of 11 passes for 90 yards and went 4 - for - 5 on the game - winning drive.

Venric Mark returned a punt for a touchdown in the first quarter, the wonderfully named Chi Chi Ariguzo returned a fumble for a touchdown in the third quarter, and the Wildcats scored touchdowns on drives of 21 yards (after an interception) and 28 yards (after another long Mark punt return) in the second quarter.

The first drive where PIT got stopped at the KC 41, on that drive the defense stopped 41 yards short of giving up too many yards on that drive.

He ran it in for the Patriots» first touchdown of the game on the final 6 yards of the drive.

On third - and - 1, Jones made a tackle for a loss of three yards, helping end a Raiders» drive again.

Running back Lance Ball picked up four yards on the first play of the drive, but Willis McGahee lost two yards on the very next running play to put the Broncos in third - and - eight.

Iowa gained just 200 yards in 54 snaps on an icy pitch in Yankee Stadium; the Hawkeyes went three - and - out five times in 12 possessions and twice scored points on drives of fewer than 20 yards.

Wilson led the Seahawks on a 97 - yard TD drive right before the end of regulation and then a game - winning 80 - yard touchdown drive in overtime.

After a 20 - yard run by Eddie Lacy on their second drive set the Tide up at the LSU 23, they committed a substitution infraction, and Lacy was stuffed for a loss of six.

The Sooners took the second - half kickoff and, with Grisham and Looney bulling and squirting for repetitious chunks of yardage, kept possession for eight minutes, driving 79 yards to USC's one - yard line.

After Saturday's 66 at Bermuda Dunes Country Club, during which Couples hit 17 of 18 greens and averaged 293 yards a drive, his longtime caddie, Joe LaCava, said, «He's hitting the ball as well as I've ever seen him hit it.

The Bears put a field goal drive together just before the half, but on their first possession after intermission, the Niners marched 78 yards on 13 plays, most of them short passes underneath the coverage, for a touchdown.

In June he won the National Open, starting the last 18 holes with a prodigious 346 - yard drive to the first green at Colorado's Cherry Hills Country Club — perhaps the single most meaningful golf shot of the year, because he then went on to score six birdies on the first seven holes and record the strongest finish in that tournament's 60 - year history.

Should he go back - to - back - to - back this week and become the fifth player to do so on tour (joining Woods, Tom Watson, David Duval, and Vijay Singh, according to Yahoo Sports), he can look to the way he uncorks mammoth drives (ranked third on tour, with an average of 310 yards off the tee) that he said result from a Tiger - like workout regime.