strokes
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He hit 79% of fairways and was third in the field in strokes gained putting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Type 2 diabetes is serious, and can lead to severe complications, such as heart attacks and strokes.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
After a lenghty, and at times animated, discussion involving DeChambeau, his caddie and officials, the U.S. golfer was assessed a two-stroke penalty that dropped him into a fifth-place tie and three strokes back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Bryson has been penalised two strokes for inadvertently improving the area of his intended swing, so the intended backswing on the fifth hole when he was playing his second shot," a R&A spokesperson told reporters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Dad sits on my bed and strokes my hair.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
