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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Golf | | Spanish term or phrase: a falta de 9 hoyos estaba peor | The above appears in the following. Any ideas on how to best translate this are most welcome!
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, que ha comparecido ante los medios de comunicación por primera vez después de su victoria en Italia el domingo pasado, afirmó que “La sensación de la victoria en Italia fue rara, las dos veces que gané anteriormente había salido en el último partido y más o menos tenía controlados a mis competidores; esta vez salí con 5 golpes más y, a falta de 9 hoyos estaba peor, con una desventaja de 7". |
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| | I was even further behind with nine to go/going into the stretch | Explanation:
the "stretch" = the last nine holes of a tournament
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Note added at 40 mins (2007-05-12 16:48:32 GMT)
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when he was one shot behind going into the weekend and wound up runner-up ... was poised to join the leaders until dropping two shots down the stretch, ...
www.nwherald.com/articles/2007/03/10/sports/golf/doc45f282e... - Similar pages
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Note added at 43 mins (2007-05-12 16:51:46 GMT)
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"I was even further back" or "further off the pace" as alternatives |
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 David Hollywood
Local time: 02:38
| Grading comment You really know your stuff on the golf course! Thanks, David.
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38 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 I was even further behind with nine to go/going into the stretch
Explanation:
the "stretch" = the last nine holes of a tournament
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Note added at 40 mins (2007-05-12 16:48:32 GMT)
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when he was one shot behind going into the weekend and wound up runner-up ... was poised to join the leaders until dropping two shots down the stretch, ...
www.nwherald.com/articles/2007/03/10/sports/golf/doc45f282e... - Similar pages
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Note added at 43 mins (2007-05-12 16:51:46 GMT)
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"I was even further back" or "further off the pace" as alternatives
| | | Grading comment | You really know your stuff on the golf course! Thanks, David. |
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