There are also cheetahs hiding out in the short grass plains and leopards silently waiting in the treetops.

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The thing which attracts the geese to those airports is all that short grass which they can graze upon.

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So the players try to curve their drives, into the slope, to keep the ball on the short grass.

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Something had stirred in the short grass nearby.

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His strategy of laying back to make short grass lies more probable (he hit 10 of 14 fairways, with two of his misses in the manageable first cut) meant he was hitting mid or long irons into many of the greens.

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The manufacturers say it will be able to land on short, unpaved runways or soft grass fields.

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The elegant six-foot 15-year-old from Hawaii found some difficult spots in the rough, but her power saved her on several occasions, although a fourth dropped shot came at the 16th when a wedge from the thick rye grass sank into more trouble short of the green.

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It has similar tight fairways but the rough is not penal, and the dome-like greens form the main defence, surrounded by close-cropped grass, placing an emphasis on accurate irons and a top-class short game.

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