M. and N. are the players, and M. has the "honor." This being his tee
drive, he is allowed to use a rubber or some other kind of artificial
tee, and of course he plays with the ball attached to the
driving-machine. The dial shows that he has driven 115 yards, and has
therefore carried the earth bunker. He sticks in his pin at the 115-yard
point, and N. has his turn. We will suppose that N. tops his ball, and
the dial shows that his ball has travelled only 50 yards. He sticks in
his pin at that point on the map. N. being the farthest from the hole,
must now play again, and this time he must not use a tee, but must
simply place the ball on the "driving-pad." As he is fifty yards from
the bunker he will probably use his brassie, and this time he gets in a
good shot of 130 yards, which will advance him to the 180-yard point.
The play goes on in this manner until both balls have been played inside
the "approaching-zone" or fifty-yard circle. Then the driving-machine is
set aside, and the approach shot is made with a free ball, and at the
stand (Fig. 3) or target (Fig. 2). As before explained, a ball in the
bull's-eye means that the player has holed out, if in the smallest ring
he is one foot from the hole, and six and fifteen feet away for the
middle and outer rings respectively. A ball that misses the target
altogether is held to be "foozled," and must be taken back and played
again (counting a stroke each time) until the player has succeeded in
hitting the bull's-eye or one of the numbered rings. And particularly
note this: if, as in this case, there is a hazard between the player's
ball and the green, the ball must not only hit the target, but it must
do so above the horizontal mark called on the diagram (Fig. 2) the
bunker-line. Failing in this, the player is held to be in the bunker,
and must add a penalty stroke to his score, and try again, until he does
succeed in hitting the target above the bunker-line. The balls being now
within holing-distance they are placed at their respective marks (one
foot, six feet, or fifteen feet from the putting-stand), and holed out
in the ordinary manner.
The small type under the plans give specific directions for the playing
of each hole, and may be varied at discretion. In sand the player must
drive off the bare floor instead of from the pad, and for a heavy lie or
long grass an old bear-skin (or other long-haired skin) rug may be
substituted. The half-circles mean that a ball driven beyond the marked
figures is out of bounds and lost.
Finally, in the event of a long shot that exactly covers the distance to
the hole, the player may be considered to have holed out in that shot.
M. is 110 yards from the green. He drives, and the dial indicates
exactly 110 yards. M. is down by a lucky fluke, and does not have to do
any approaching or putting.
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