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• Morikawa was in the rough just over the top of the hole and his chip came up well short.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2023
• If Brown falls to No. 27, the Heat might have found a diamond in the rough.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2022
• From a gnarly lie in the rough, his third shot from 116 yards found the barranca in front of the green.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• And then Vick found a fairway bunker off the 18th tee and laid up in the rough with Stark in the middle of the fairway.
  — Doug Ferguson, ajc, 14 Aug. 2021
• Tiger has a blind shot to the green from an uphill lie in the rough, with wind and a hard-breaking green.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022
• Morikawa's approach on the playoff hole sailed a touch long, causing the ball to skip over the green and land in the rough.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
• And yet, even in the rough ending, there were signs of a team capable of so much more.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
• The best relievers, like Díaz, are the diamonds in the rough with a few unique traits.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
• Each record has one of these diamonds in the rough that just feels like flying to me.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 7 Feb. 2023
• If that sounds like hunting for a diamond in the rough, that’s what Style is.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 1 June 2022
• Ended up being in the rough there and not making birdie there.
  — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2021
• The Bears and the other teams involved noticed a diamond in the rough.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• The guards at checkpoint No. 15 spoke Russian in the rough accent of the Caucasus.
  — Mstyslav Chernov, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2022
• On the 18th, Stevens put his drive in the rough and sent his second shot well left of the target — behind the group of spectators around the 18th green.
  — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2023
• Zalatoris’ tee shot collided with a tree to the right of the fairway and landed in the rough.
  — Dallas News, 20 May 2022
• Who knows, maybe the Frogs will find another diamond in the rough with Salter.
  — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
• After bombing his drive well left of the green, his ball settled in the rough in a spot nearly behind the 16th tee box.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2021
• Also, be sure to read about my three diamonds in the rough from those workouts.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 4 Mar. 2022
• That said, there are usually a few diamonds in the rough.
  — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 16 June 2022
• Carol Shutt describes her east Louisville home as a diamond in the rough.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2022
• Rescuers were able to quickly find and rescue the teenager in the rough waters but were unable to locate the man, the post said.
  — Nic Anderson, CNN, 10 June 2023
• Who, in that summer of suffering, was going to send a woman with a gaping head wound back to camp in the rough?
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
• Here are my three diamonds in the rough from Friday’s workouts.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 6 Mar. 2022
• Here are my three diamonds in the rough from Sunday’s workouts.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 7 Mar. 2022
• Goodwill is the go-to place for secondhand shoppers who are always on the hunt for a diamond in the rough.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2022
• After a penalty drop, his approach up the hill started left and never cut back, landing in the rough.
  — Doug Ferguson, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2022
• His teammate, Olave, stepped up, and Day eventually pulled in a diamond in the rough.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2022
• With that in mind, there are two moves investors can make to reposition themselves for the next leg of the market cycle: Seek the diamonds in the rough.
  — WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
• But in the rough world of politics, opponents are not about to let personal embarrassments lay to rest.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
• Probably no sport has more gray areas than golf, such as coughing when someone is in the middle of their swing or losing a ball in the rough, then placing down a new one without telling anyone to avoid a stroke penalty.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Sep 2024