Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...course apart, had eleven one-putt greens, posted a fabulous 59. Eleven under par, it was the lowest score ever recorded in a major golf tournament. Though he has blown big leads in his time, this one was too much for his competitors, and Snead coasted to an eleven-stroke victory...
Clark Hudson shot in front as the boats took off from the M.I.T. Boathouse and held the lead for three-quarters of a mile, with McClennen hanging back in second place. After half a mile, Hudson was ahead by a length and a half, but McClennen's low stroke was handling the rough water with a minimum of effort...
Navy almost stole second place from Penn with a tremendous closing spring which provided an exciting finish. The Middies rowed the whole last half-mile above a 38, finishing at a 41. Penn had to push its stroke up to a 37 in order to squeeze ahead by half a second. The Crimson boat, never rowing above a 35, was not even pressed...
Penn and the Crimson both took off rowing at a 42, with the varsity soon pulling three or four seats ahead. Sophomore stroke Perry Boyden then lowered the cadence to a 30--two strokes lower than Penn--and the Crimson began to pull away...
...keep the Crimson shell from drawing ahead, the Penn stroke moved up to a 34, but was almost a length behind at the mile mark. Coming through the bridge a half-mile from the finish, Penn was rowing a 35 and the Crimson a 32 with open water between them...