Sentence examples for tournament firing from inspiring English sources

DUBLIN, Ohio — Steve Stricker's challengers came out swinging in Sunday's final round of the Memorial Tournament, firing at flags, pouring in birdie putts and eliciting Augusta-like roars from the galleries that swarmed Muirfield Village Golf Club from early in the morning until nearly 8 30 at night.

Greenberg, who served as a guest studio analyst during the 2012 N.C.A.A. tournament, was fired in April after nine seasons at Virginia Tech.

After disappointing results in pre-Olympic tournaments, India fired its two assistants and then, on July 19, its coach.

He even gained international recognition by claiming the player-of-the-tournament award after firing Spain to the European Under-16 Championship title in 2001, scoring the winner from the penalty spot in the final against France.

David Toms picked up Saturday where he left off at his last tournament at Atlanta Athletic Club, firing a 65 to become the first early morning starter to move into contention.

PLAYER MATCHES AGE: Gary Player shot his age for the first time in a tournament yesterday in Nashville, firing a 64 to share the lead in the BellSouth Senior Classic in Nashville.

McIlroy had started the tournament in spectacular fashion, firing a 63 to end day one at the top of the leaderboard.

With the Netherlands on the brink of missing the tournament, Hiddink was fired in June.

At this tournament, though, perhaps fired by the disappointment of the World Cup, Messi has begun to take responsibility.

In men's basketball, parity looks like this: Big Establishment Team (Kentucky) does not make the N.C.A.A. tournament, so it fires its coach (see ya, Billy Gillispie), goes out and throws large amounts of money at another "hot" coach (come on down, John Calipari!) to fix everything instantly.

He may well set the tournament on fire.