Sentence examples for play for position from inspiring English sources

"When you've been through this before, you realize how important it is to play for position, to simply avoid the disaster hole," said Els, who won the Open in 1994 and 1997.

Nicholas, who was at the Irish Open and made a number of her picks for her Solheim Cup team based on players' performances there, echoed Collins's point about needing to play for position from the tee-off.

Goode, Brits and Maro Itoje all made clean breaks but, while the artificial surface remained true in the rain, handling was hazardous and Saracens used the wind after the interval to play for position and use their forward power to wear down Leicester.

It is an admission not just of failure, but of fear of failure: through the play the coach expresses his doubt in his team's ability to move the ball the requisite number of yards, and the belief that it is preferable to just give the ball to the other team and play for position rather than making them take it.

Their low territory has massively affected the possession statistics as Scotland have so far refused to mess around in their own half of the pitch and have chosen to play for position with competitive kicks generally from the base of the ruck with Greig Laidlaw, or straight from the set-piece.

"I think we're just trying to play for position in the Tour Championship," Woods said to the assembled media at the TPC in Boston, "because we know if we're in the top five and we win the Tour Championship, you automatically win the FedEx Cup.

What we are witnessing is what's known in the trade as "playing for position".

"If we win we go through and it's just a case of playing for position in the second stages.

Costa Rica, meanwhile, is playing for position.

The U.S. is also playing for position in the next round of qualifying, because winning the group means the U.S. will open the next round at home against Mexico, which has already won its group.

"We gave them three tries by dropping the ball, but they're a good side who are all playing for positions and we won't take anything from them.