The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18

on the testing vaIue OF the nv9 cnAmpton-
ship links In Horace Hutchinson's new
book, Golf Greens and Greens Keeping
agrees with tho professionals, who by their
votes declared that Sandwich contains
more good holes than all Of the othe: four
combined.
sIhe really bad shot Is inv ariabIy pun
ished at Sandwich /" says Hilton, and Gls0
= IL Is the finest test Of accurate driv ing to
be found In the kingdom
Yet in further support OF the faIlacy
OF laylng out a course on given distances
the British professionals III all the courses
they have laid out have in no instance
made a copy Of the Sandwich holes In
the rotation of holes and the mature OF
hazards they have used the ground at
their disposal to give as much variety a.
possible consistent with fine goff. FMS 10
exactly what our course designers have
been doing in this country. At the outset,
tnder the wrong directions OF the pro-
fessionals who had TO be depended on and
in obedience to the then accepted scheme
OF the British amateurs that there should
be q cross bunker for every first and second
shot, our courses were monotonouB and
often a Blu as We have led the British
players in new styles in balls and clubs
our amateurs were very quick to put
thought into the placing Of hazards.
Thinking golf" as applied by Fowler in
designing Walton Heath two years ago,
had been previously the guide OF our
golfers in changing and adapting Myopia
and other links.
There is a series OF monographs by noted
golfers in Mr.. Hutchinson's book, but they
do not show a great agreement on any one
point. Cross hazards for the tee shot are
not banned by a unanimous vote. a matter
in which our experts take a more decided
stand than the British ones. Here, under
the new dispensation, rough grass or loose
sand is regarded az sufficient punishment
for a topped drive, while there may be a
more exactinR punishment for a badly
Is.AaNA and IANR I-trv InnnAa Rrnrd
the only professional who writes in the book,
would seem to ndorse the American idea.
He says: 1T is much better to place hazards
so as to catch the many shots which are not
quite good, rather than the few very bad
ones"
AZ we express the opinion in AmericaS
the player who tops on the tee gets III that
il coming to him, the crime carries its own
punishment" The opinion that a topped
drive should be punished is expressed
the new book. Even James Braid stands
for tee bunkers at 40 to 100 yards. Fowler
thinks there should be cross hazards at
100 to 100 yards. G. X. Hutchinson thinks
the bunker on the third hole at Sandwich,
lso yards on the straight line from the tees
the best he knows.
There ia absolutely no agreement on the
size and shape of bunkers. Horace Hutch
inson prefers those placed diagonally, or in
echelon. On two shot holes. Colt is against
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the reason-which seems a poor one-that
a change of wind makes it sometimes i'm
possible to carry the hazard. He says
further: 1t is now urged that the COM
pulsory hazard for the second shot he
dropped altogether" {. X. Hutchinson
wants a hazard to carry on the second shot,
out not close TO the hole. Fowler thinks
the best cross hazard is the one to catch
the second shot. On long holes he would
place them at 800 to $40 yards from the tee,
RI patpb "A tpnna6 SECOND even fhOIrh the
best drive with a following wind would get
into them.
All agree that rough grass is fine as a
continuous side hazard. SIDE bunkers are
Endorsed, the best 40 placed that they will
not be affected by the wind. James Braid
indorses side bunkers at $50 to 100 yards
from the tee. Side hazards and hazards in
and across the fairway to the hole are agreed
on as the most severe tests of skill. Colt
regards pot bunkers as preferable to all but
natural ones. c. x. Hutchinson say that IL
hidden in the centre of the course pot
bunkers cannot be deemed good hazards.
He believes, too, that a topped ball from
the tee should ALWAYS be punished. bu .
that there should not always be a hazard
to carry.
Regarding cross hazards to guard the
putting greens, Fowler expresses the Amer
lean idea in his statement that they are
a source of trouble to the weaker players
and are really a help and a guide to the
better players" Horace Hutchinson il
opp sed to all blind approaches. Fowler
and Colt say that when possible mo ap-
proach shot or short hole should be blind"
As to these latter opinions, Coli Illus
frdied notes that Horace Hutchinson votes
for the fifth at st. Andrews as the best
three shot hole, although it has a blind
approach. Also that of the fifteen holes
voted as the best of the five championship
links eight of them are blind holes. The
best holes at Fox Hills, Morris county,
our st. Andrews, Baltusrol and Dyker
Meadow are blind holes, also the fine short
hole at Nassau.
To sum up the British ideas, based on
their many fine natural links, and the Amer
lean ideas, worked out by degrees on land
often far from ideal for golfing, the best
holes are made by their hazards and by the
change they give from the other holes in
the chain. At Hackensack. they declare.
I'VE have no two holes alike The rule,
with an avoidance of -levelling" holes, is a
good one to follow in starting a new course.
Many of the -levelling' holes, now pro-
nounced a weak point here and abroad,
when laid out for the solid ball were good
holes. A new course Toes not have TO
accept such holes as a heritage from the
old conditions,