Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
BEST PAIR OF GOLF COURSES
ARE THE NATIONAL AND MYOPIA
Seem to Be in Glass by Themselves in This
Country-Every Shot Needed to Make
Good Score at Latter Links.

shots land or roll you will be doing
service to the golfer, since he will
try his hardest. knowing the trap is
where it is, to keep away from trouble.
Then after the traps for the first shots
have been made-and on a new course
the traps should be very few at first so
that they can be put in at exactly the
proper places after tournaments have
been played there and sufficient testi-
mony has been given from the tee by
the players-the traps and the bunkers
for the second shots should he made
in accordance with the same system.
Laying Out Traps Correctly.
l remainder seeing Donald Ross at the
time of the state championship in 1911
at Essex county. Mass, standing for
an hour on the last hole and making
note of where the slightly sliced shots
The next time there was a tournament
there il was seen that he had picked
out just the very spot where the poor
shot had found a haven. The same
scheme is or should be tried, of course,
when the bunkering round the hole is
to be done. Here it is much harder. of
course, because il is necessary to ia Ike
into consideration the condition of the
ground in summer and in fall when the
ground is baked and otherwise in order
TO make the course a fair one at all
times. This is another reason why
Myopia is such d good course. Even
when the summer heat burns the gra IS
and added distance is gained off the
drive the bunkers are SO placed tina I
they are s hard az ever. 1T is possible
of course for the player to get over
the hazards for the second shots with
greater ease. but it is always just so
much the more difficult to lay the ball
up close to the hole. There are very
few courses in the world where this
feature is so finely brought to a con-
clusion.
Myopia, as has been intimated before,
calls for every kind Of a shot on the
round. There is 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 very pro-
nounced cut, which viii stop the ball
within a few Yards at the most, the
long drive and brassy SO needed al the
second If should result. a long and
straight iron on several holes and shots
which require testing of that sixth
sense of distance which is rarely re-
quired on other courses Then the putt
ing, where II the greens are as slippery
as usual the most delicate touch fs
needed. Many people have complained
green's and that is why they cannot
make a good score. But these players
are the men who do not play tho course
with any frequency and as a result
they are always trying something new
and not letting the touch of the greens
come through patient practice.
The green's at Myopia are almost al
ways absolutely true, il skittish, and
he who can putt thereon can putt any
where. The billiard-table-like finish
Of the greens teaches a scientific touch.
In the past few years we have
had our amateur championships at
courses where good golf was demand
ed Perhaps the tournament may some
day be held at Myopia. whore all the
time most excellent golf is required.