1 November 2026

Puzzle sentence and answer

The sentence

Eight years after putting her clubs away, a 100-year-old champion golfer swings again on the same course where she won a state title in 1995.

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100-year-oldchampiongolferswingsagain

Kept 'won' or 'title'? That is what she did in 1995, not what happened today. Kept 'eight' or 'years'? That is how long she was away; 'again' already says it. This one really happened. Anita Weiner took up golf at 52, won the Texas Senior Women's Golf Association Championship in 1995 and put her clubs away at 92. Five days after her 100th birthday she swung again at TPC Houston in Sugar Land, standing in a VertaCat, a machine co-developed by Anthony Netto, a paralyzed military veteran who flew in from San Diego to fit her into it. FOX 26 Houston, 29 October.

Every word, accounted for

EightHow long she stayed away.

yearsGoes with eight.

afterA little word. It only holds the sentence together.

puttingWhat she did eight years ago, not today.

herA little word. It only holds the sentence together.

clubsWhat she put away.

awayGoes with putting.

aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.

100-year-oldHow old she is. Stays.

championWhat she was. Stays.

golferWho she is. Stays.

swingsWhat she did. Stays.

againThe point: after eight years. Stays.

onA little word. It only holds the sentence together.

theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.

sameGoes with course.

courseWhere.

whereA little word. It only holds the sentence together.

sheA little word. It only holds the sentence together.

wonWhat she did in 1995, not today.

aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.

stateGoes with title.

titleWhat she won, long ago.

inA little word. It only holds the sentence together.

1995When she won it.

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