one-shot

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Drawing the most attention in the morning was the threesome of McIlory, third-ranked Tommy Fleetwood and fifth-ranked La Cañada native Collin Morikawa, who was coming off Sunday’s one-shot win at Pebble Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

For drivers, we had gen AI, one-shot models, reasoning, moving to agentic autonomous agents, and physical AI.

From Barron's • Oct. 8, 2025

Scottie Scheffler battled the worst of the torrential downpours that battered Royal Portrush to shoot a commanding 64 and open a one-shot lead over Matt Fitzpatrick at the halfway stage of The Open.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

The 25-year-old started the final round with a one-shot lead and extended her lead to two with her first birdie of the day at the sixth as her playing partner Julia Lopez Ramirez struggled.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025

Knowing this was my one-shot ticket out of Jankburg, Pennsylvania.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle