COURSES MUST LEAD
“It should be borne in mind that the standard of golf is rapidly improving, and what may appear very difficult today may not be so to-morrow,” states Dr. A. MacKenzii, the British golf architect. “The tendency should be to place the bunkers further from the tees, provided there is an alternative route open to the weaker player. There is no reason, for instance, why, on occasions, there should not be a voluntary carry of 250 yards from the tee in the direct line to the hole. This will have the effect of stimulating players to lengthen their drives, and is absolutely fair if the weaker p'ayers have alternative routes to the right or left or short. If they get trapped, it is entirely an error of judgment on their part. On the other hand, the fairways and greens should be large, but the bunkers should be immediately on the edge of the greens, so that the man who is wide of them has such a difficult pitch that frequently he is worse off than if he is in a trap/*
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 8, 31 March 1927, Page 7
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183COURSES MUST LEAD Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 8, 31 March 1927, Page 7
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