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

That same year, Clemente helped his team beat the New York Yankees to win the World Series - the national baseball championship.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Truman's popularity increased. However, most Americans did not expect him to win the election in nineteen forty-eight.

VOA: special.2011.08.11

He is only the second African to win the prize since it was established in nineteen eighty-six.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

They needed just one more victory to win the best-of-seven games series and the NBA title.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

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

Lysacek became the first American man to win gold in figure skating since nineteen eighty-eight.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

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

VOA: special.2010.07.12

But he did not have the two-thirds majority needed to win the nomination.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

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

VOA: special.2009.08.29

Candidates needed two-thirds of the votes to win the nomination.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

Lincoln hoped Johnson would win the support of Union-loving Democrats.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

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

Officials in Tokyo have expressed confidence they would win any legal confrontation, which threatens to destabilize relations between the Asia-Pacific partners.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

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

Few analysts had expected his cabinet choices to win such broad approval, especially after his controversial re-election, following the disputed June 12 election.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03