"There was so much trouble around the green , and the green sloped heavy from the back to the front, so if you hit the ball pin-high it could be a double-bogey very easily, " Casper said.

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After Aiden McGeady's initial shot was bumbled by keeper Igor Akinfeev, Keane's angled cross bounced back off the crossbar and the ball then pin-balled back to McGeady who drove across the face of goal.

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When it's time to roll out the dough, Kimball suggests using a one-piece, tapered rolling pin, without ball-bearings.

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In fact, this pin is more like rolling a gutter ball, as it refers to a situation in which a stock closes at a strike price on expiration day.

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Kearney ran onto Contepomi's grubber kick down the left wing and slid the ball inside with his boot for O'Driscoll with a pin-point pass Wayne Rooney would have been proud of.

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Yet a professional tennis player can't lob a ball a few feet into the air and hit an overhand smash without being able to hear a pin drop?

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The hosts lost the ball in midfield and Munster countered superbly, with Howlett showing his paces as he raced onto Denis Hurley's pin-point kick through to score.

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Arsenal remained comfortable in possession and Fabregas delivered a pin-point free-kick towards the charging Sol Campbell but the veteran defender could only parry the ball back to Rob Green with his shoulder.

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