Inspiration for an often-repeated golf story Crossword Clue

• Stroke of luck?

  New York Times · Sunday, June 4, 2017 · 9 letters

• Ace

  New York Times · Thursday, February 4, 2016 · 9 letters

• Ace on the links

  New York Times · Monday, July 15, 2013 · 9 letters

• Driving ambition?

  New York Times · Saturday, September 27, 2008 · 9 letters

• Exciting drive?

  New York Times · Saturday, September 30, 2006 · 9 letters

• Golf dream

  New York Times · Thursday, August 3, 2000 · 9 letters

• Stroke of good fortune?

  New York Times · Saturday, October 22, 1994 · 9 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 11-Down Entitled Brit?
• 12-Down Open, in a way
• 13-Down Silver salmon
• 14-Down Bend it, like Beckham?
• 15-Down Nikola Tesla, ethnically
• 16-Across More bountiful
• 18-Across Patsy + French "to be" + Singe + Pop queen = Sales wonk
• 19-Down One of the friends on "Friends"
• 20-Across Be nosy
• 21-Across River at Arles
• 22-Across Leopold's partner in 1920s crime
• 23-Across Give a few laughs