The fifty-nine year old Watson needed to make a short attempt on his final hole to win the British Open.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

He is a successful online player, but so far his biggest win in live tournament play was eighty-two thousand dollars.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

The delegates agreed that a man must win two-thirds of the convention's votes to be the party's candidate.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

He was the first Democratic Party candidate to win a presidential election in almost twenty-eight years.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

His careful research helped the lawyer Thurgood Marshall win a historic case in nineteen fifty-four.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

In nineteen eighty-three she became the first female composer to win a Pulitzer Prize.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

If there was a chicken-fight, he would try to win money on it.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

Officials said it was a "win-win" situation.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

President Obama has done some last-minute campaigning in New Jersey in the hope of helping Corzine win a second term.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

No 30-minute extra times are being played, so the tournament gives only two points for a shootout win instead of three.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

The U.S.-sponsored Security Council resolution, expected to win easy approval next week, will create a special representative to the U.N.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

In women's college basketball, the University of Connecticut went undefeated (39-0) and won the NCAA title with a 76-54 win over Louisville.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Meanwhile,Mr.Obama's political supporters are launching a grass-roots effort to win public support for his economic policies.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

His South West Africa People's Organization, which has governed Namibia since independence nearly 20 years ago,is expected to win a two-thirds majority in parliament.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Pele. Beckenbauer. World Cup of 1986." At Caf Belo in the working-class Boston suburb of Somerville, Brazilian fans are celebrating a win over Ivory Coast.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

South Asia analyst Gareth Price says it is a no-win situation for the president.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Rand Paul,a grassroots conservative activist candidate, running under the "Tea Party" banner, scored a blowout win over the hand-picked Republican establishment candidate, Secretary of State Trey Grayson.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Club America is in second place after a 2-1 win over AC Milan on Wednesday in Atlanta and a penalty shootout win over Inter Milan last Monday in California.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

After Landon Donovan scored the equalizer, Bocanegra would go on to score the goal that gave the U.S.Men's team a much-needed win to remain competitive in regional qualifying action.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

So,there is a win-win opportunity" "My name is Sarah,Sarah Ratty.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

In Buenos Aires,Argentines exulted after a 1-0 win over Nigeria.

VOA: standard.2010.06.13

In Arkansas, centrist Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln failed to win a majority of votes in the primary against a left-leaning challenger, and is headed to a June run-off for her party's nomination.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Ghana's Under-20 national team wrapped up a fantastic three-week performance by edging Brazil on penalty kicks,4-3, to win their first title in their third appearance in the final of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Bill Demong became the first-ever American to win a gold medal in Nordic Combined and the Steve Holcomb drove his four-man bobsled team to the first U.S.Olympic gold medal in the event in 62 years.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

In the men's 100-meter hurdles, Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados nosed out Terrence Trammell of the United States by one-100th of a second to win his nation's first-ever World Championship gold medal in a national record time of 13.14 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

"And we are going to win in November and President Obama will be a one-term president!" After more than a year of debate, the president is equally determined to make one last push for health care, including a recent stop in Ohio.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

It is a big win for Aziz as Boulkheir and Daddah both had publicly pledged to support the other in a potential run-off against him, if no candidate won more than Aziz ran a populist campaign, calling himself the "Candidate of the Poor,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.19

That is our mission,". "And the president described it in no uncertain terms in his inaugural when he said, 'Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.' And to win this war against al-Qaida, the administration continues to be unrelenting, using every tool in its toolbox and every arrow in its quiver,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.06