The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-22
Hoppe, Cochran and Sutton Onb Ones Who Can WIN
NATIONAL AND O
ARE BEST TWO r
Seem to Be in a Glass by Themselves in This
Country at Present Time-Every Shot Needed to
Make Good Score at Myopia.

dread % TO what che next shot villa
bring forth and ~ . result the strokes
are reared" ah0ts whjch make the In
evtahle min a ever present danger
wen II 1t be ~ the very last hole. There
10 always some bunker ~hich ohkcheo
you Just che hrst moanenk that you are
on your guard, which II the sign. I
saSOld cay. Of 6he supreme In Trapping.
The scientific method OF bunker
ing . course u not to do II by FOOT rule
and by measuring no distances from
the tee or from the green 1t 10 rather
to nave some one stay for hours Near .
given spot and make nots Of whore all
me shots which como nom the drivers
OF the average good players end up and
mako careful nots of those which are
sliced and pulled which should Do pun
shed in some way or other. Then "
o stick a trap In where the greatest
number Of poor shots land or roll you
Will be doing q servics TO the golfer.
since ne will try his hardest knowing
the trap Il where Il 10 to keep away from
trouble. Then after the traps TOR the
nrst shots have been mAds-and On .
now course ~ traps should be vary
few at hrse % that they can be put in
at exactly the proper places After tour
naments have been played there snd suf-
ncient testimony has bean given from
tho tee BY the players-the traps and
h bunlcers for the second shots ehould
Be- made in accordance with the same
system.
I remember seeing Donald Ross At tho
time Of the State championship In 1911
at Essex County. Maas.. standing for an
hour on tho last hole and making note
Of where the slightly sliced shots landed
after the first and SECOND shots. Ths
q time there was a tournament there
It "a seen hat he had picked out Just
the very spot where the poor shot n
found q haven. The Same scheme II or
should be tried. OF course, when the
bunkering round the hole Is to be one
Here II Is much harder. Of course. BE-
acuse It Is necessary TO take into con
alteration the condition OF the ground
in summer n In fall when the ground
N baked n otherwise In order to make
the course a fair ono at all times. This
Ia another reason why MyOpia Is sucn
q good curse Even when the summer
heat burns the grass and added distance
N gained of the drive the bunkers are
80 placed that they are as hard as ever.
1t Is possible OF course for the player
10 get YER the hazards for the eecond
shots With greater CASA but II Is al
ways Just % much h more difficult to
lay tho ball up close to the hole. There
In very few courses In the world where
this feature Ia 80 finely brought to .
conclusion
Myopia. as has been intimated before.
calls for every kind Of a hot on the
round. There 10 the fine dogs leg hole
on the fourth. the spared brassy or the
spoon from the sixth tee. the absolute
necessity TO know how to play the
mashie niblick pitch with n very pro-
nounced cut. which will stop tho ball
within a few yards at the most. the
long drive and brassy no needed at the
second II . I should result. \ long and
straight iron IN several holes and shots
which require a testing Of that sixth
sense Of distance which IL rarely re-
quired or other courses. Then the putt
ing where II the greens are as slippery
as usual the most delicate touch Is
needed. Many people have complained
that they cannot putt on the Myopia
greens and thai is why they cannot
make a good score. But these players
are the men who do not play the course
with any frequency and as a result
they are always trying something new
and not letting the touch OF the green's
come through patient practice.
The greens at Myopia are almost al
ways absolutely true. X skittish. and he
who can putt thereon can putt any
where. The billiard table like finish Of
the greens teaches a scientific ouch.
In the past few years we have had
our amateur championships at courses
where good golf was demanded. Per-
haps the tournament may some day be
held at Myopia, where all the time most
excellent golf is required.