1.   As the ball trickled past the hole the ugly rasp of a burst of submachine-gun fire tore through the sunlight.

2.   Anyone who tried to land an approach shot near the hole got to watch his ball trickle back down.

3.   After Spencer landed, he peeked into his glove to make sure the ball had not trickled out.

4.   Aldair collided with Yoshikatsu on a header attempt, and the ball trickled within a foot of the Japanese goal before being booted away.

5.   But slowly, the ball trickled down the slope and kept going, and going, off the green and into the water.

6.   Eventually, a ball trickled to him.

7.   He tried to hit a seven-iron over a creek but instead his ball trickled into the water.

8.   The ball trickled back into the same bunker, forcing Pak to blast out again.

9.   The ball trickled into center field, allowing both runners to advance.

10.   The ball trickled away from Reds second baseman Pokey Reese and Gonzalez took off for home plate.