| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Some drives | Thomas Joseph | 26 Jun 2025 |
| Golfers hit some to these prepared greens at the end (3-5) | ||
| Starting drives | Wall Street Journal | 05 Oct 2024 |
| Golfers' opening drives | USA Today | 15 Dec 2020 |
| Opening drives in golf | USA Today | 07 Aug 2020 |
| First strokes | USA Today | 12 Oct 2018 |
| Drives | New York Times | 17 Aug 2018 |
| They may be long drives | The Washington Post | 31 Mar 2018 |
| They may be long drives | LA Times Daily | 31 Mar 2018 |
| First strokes | ||
| They may be long drives | ||
| Drives | ||
| Drives on the links | USA Today | 03 Dec 2016 |
| Drives | LA Times Daily | 29 Oct 2016 |
| Drives | ||
| Round starters | Thomas Joseph | 16 Apr 2015 |
| Hole starters | LA Times Daily | 04 Jan 2015 |
| Hole starters | ||
| Number one hits? | ||
| Drives | ||
| Golfers' opening drives | ||
| Long drives, hopefully | ||
| Starts of long drives, hopefully | ||
| Long drives, hopefully | ||
| Some lead to long drives | ||
| Drives | ||
| Certain drives | ||
| Drives | ||
| Starts of long drives, hopefully | ||
| Drives |