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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK THE BEST IN AMEfiICA! 1 Has TXo Equal In This Country Say Otiwald Klrklj in "Outing" PINEHURST, I con sider the most scien tifically trapped course in the country, says Oswald Kirkby in March Outing. The laying out was done by Donald J. Ross, who, I believe, knows more about the scientific trapping of a golf course than any man in America. At Pinehurst you encounter the most interesting hazards. Courses "number three ' and "number two ' ' excel number one in this respect. You are face to face with what they call at Pinehurst "whisker bunkers.' ' On these bunkers grow long clusters of sand Unless your ball goes like a bullet from the tee you must sacrifice a stroke in order to obtain position from the carrying of the traps that cross-line the fair-way. A person not used to the sand links is apt to run into difficulty on his first visit to Pinehurst. There is a secret of the sand putting greens that must be solved. I think Walter Travis knows it better than any man in this country. Ouimet encountered it a year ago and was dis appointed over his showing. The point is that it is difficult to approach on the sand greens. I understand that Ouimet has a theory that the problem can be solved with a low running chip shot which will strike just off the green and roll dead. Others say that the running-up ap proach putt is the only solution to the problem at Pinehurst. 2 QB T.YS SEVENTEENTH HOLE NO. 2 OR CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE grass, out of which it is often extremely difficult to force your ball if you are trapped. At Pinehurst probably the seventh hole on the second course is the most difficult. The par is five, bogey six, and the length of the hole is six hundred yards. The tee shot is uphill and if the player gets a long drive it is possible to carry the traps which run horizontally across the entire hole. There are very few golfers who can carry these traps on the second. A sliced ball from the tee takes you into the rough, and this rough is very difficult because of the sand. A pulled shot from the tee takes you into the woods, which is out of bounds. On the other hand, a topped ball from the tee takes you into a gully by which you usually lose two strokes. The green is guarded to the left by a trap with a rough to the right and deep sand traps at the back of the green. The secret of this hole is the drive. A long drive is essential if you hope to clear subsequently the waiting traps ahead. Paul Tewksbury, of the Woodland Club, visited Pinehurst with Ouimet. Tewks bury was inclined to disagree with the champion regarding his scheme for ap proaching the green. He declared that on the Northern courses the fresh turf produces a condition which 'is substan tially uniform throughout, but that at Pinehurst there is a variety of resistance. It ranges from springy turf to harder spots, precluding the possibility of an accurate estimate of just what the ball will do after it strikes. You get a kick off at Pinehurst which cannot be figured on, and which many of the best golfers believe can only be overcome by the low running-up shots. It is interesting to note that Travis and "Chick" Evans, when they, visit Pine hurst, both use that course's prescribed method of approaching, livans is sup posed to be the country's leading expo nent of the mashie approacn, ana iravis has Ions excelled at Pinehurst because h understands the sand green as no other player has ever been able to understand it. DIXVILLE NOTCH NEW HAMPSHIRE THE BALSAMS, June to October THE BALSAMS WINTER INN October to June New eighteen-hole Golf Course and Club House unequalled in the Summer Resort Field. Playing length over sixty-three hundred yards. Superb Location. Ask Donald Ross, who supervised its construction, for particulars, and write for special descriptive booklet Tennis, Boating, Bathing, Fishing and Wilderness Life. As the northernmost point reached by New Hampshire's splendid system of highways, and famous for its rare scenic beauty, Dixville Notch is a favorite rendezvous of motor tourists. Garage, machine and supply shops. Two well appointed hotels in the center of a vast estate embracing four thousand acres and including farms, dairy, fish-hatchery, hydro electric plant and abundant spring water supply. For booklets, reservation or information address, CHARLES H. GOUIiI, Manager Dixville Notch, N. H. Veuve Chaff ard Pure Olive Oil BOTTLED IN FRANCE in Honest Bottles Full Quarts Full Pints Full Half-pints S. S. PIERCE CO. BOSTON Sole Agents for the United States and Canada Just the thing after a round of Golf f(Mklftk f Tfi? Mineral Water TV Tjiyc The Mineral Water De Luxe From the famous White Rock Mineral Springs at Waukesha, Wisconsin Office 100 Broadway, New York Sold at the Club House and Hotels CAMDEN, CAROLINA The Kipkuiood ,o JANUARY TO APRIL THE BUCKWOOD INN, Shawnee on Delaware, Pa wwj mj 20 to October 15 18 Hole Golf Co u men Among- the Dett T. EDMUND KRUMBHOLZ
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