But Wales' Jamie Donaldson's bid failed after losing a six-way play-off.
And that anticipation grew that little bit more last week when he beat Robert Karlsson and Robert Garrigus in a three-way play-off for his first US Tour title in 12 years - even if his victory was heavily aided by Garrigus's triple-bogey on the par-four 18th when the American needed only a six to win.
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She even played with one or two other girls along the way, in the organization that allows co-ed play all the way up to its 11-12-13-14-year old, 105-pound division.
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I've been criticised for the way I play - that's the way it is.
There is one upshot to podcast sharing, though: if you receive an audio podcast from a friend it won't be three-play DRMed the way shared songs are. (Say, do we smell some tracks-shared-as-podcast hacks coming on?) But there's a pretty big downside to podcast sharing, too.
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Carter-Williams fed Rakeem Christmas for a slam dunk and less than a minute later Southerland slammed another home to complete a three-way passing play in the lane with Christmas and Triche to move Syracuse within 28-27.
Both surged through the field - Mickelson equalling a tournament record with a score of 30 over the first nine - but neither could force their way into a play-off won by Argentina's Angel Cabrera.
Players must not play the ball dangerously or in a way which leads to dangerous play - the umpire deems it to be dangerous if it causes legitimate evasive action by players.
The long-play vinyl records gave way to cassette tapes and then compact discs.
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But although all three were fit to play, it was one-way traffic in the first half as Coventry, facing a strong wind, dominated early on.
It's when they get on the pitch, it's they way they lead and they way they play - and Steven always does that very well.
Thanks to the addition of Kinect, Xbox 360 has also transformed social gaming and entertainment with a whole new way to play - no controller required.
"He hasn't had the best of runs so far in the tournament and to come out and play the way he did - get a hundred in the fashion that he did - shows a lot of character in the lad and I'm happy for him, " Porterfield said afterwards.
This is a riskier play than, say, Archer Daniels Midland, but Chesapeake is a good way to play a long-term boom in natural gas, and Pabrai is betting heavily that the worst is behind the company.
Another nerve-wracking way to play Asia is through the currencies, which have been in freefall, too.
Alwaleed figured it was too big to fail and that Citi's brand name and worldwide presence made it a great way to play global growth -- much as Warren Buffett uses Coca-Cola, Gillette and Disney as proxies for international investing.
The Latitude 10 does not require new mobile device management or software licensing, supports new and legacy Windows applications, is compatible with Adobe Flash and connects with existing peripherals to allow end-users to work and play the way they always have.
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Straight from a play-the-ball, Briscoe weaved his way in from the left wing for a brilliant solo effort, an eighth try in 13 games this season for the 21-year-old England international.
Judging by the million-dollar football salaries, you'd be forgiven for thinking the UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations -- agreed in 2009 as a way of controlling clubs' ever-rising expenditure -- had done little to stem spending.
Before we can begin to play with any technology in this low-tech way, a fairly deep knowledge base needs to be in place (think about how much we needed to know about computers before real hackers could be born).
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So Qwest's best scenario may be a two-part play, breaking up its local and long-distance businesses and reducing debt along the way to make the remaining pieces more attractive.
The point is that, for those who insist on putting columnists in a blue box or a red one -- a harmful trend that, by the way, too many of my colleagues play into by offering endorsements and becoming partisan cheerleaders -- I can see how some would be tempted to place me on the right side of the aisle.
The third-place play-off was a great game and a wonderful way to end South Korea's World Cup.
With this new social e-commerce play, Sina would also have another way to monetize the Weibo platform besides the plain display advertising.
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With Kinect, Xbox 360 transformed gaming and entertainment in the living room with a whole new way to play games and find entertainment - no controller required.
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It works in essentially the same way -- DIAL lets you play streaming video on compatible TVs without having to launch the app first -- but there are a few key differences.
Blackpool had the more urgency, knowing a win would guarantee a play-off place, but could not find a way past Gerken for the second time in the game although substitute Stephen Dobbie's rasping 25-yard shot was tipped over.
Ben - my son, Ben Taylor - said, Mom, I want to hear you - I want to hear you play these the way you did when you wrote them, and with any new thoughts and any new emotions that come into play now because, obviously, times have changed and years have gone on between the time that you first wrote them.
One way to play that theme is with small-cap drillers, especially those that withstood Katrina and Rita.
As you plot your next campaign, a hybrid social-studio model is the new way to play the game.
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