Finer encouragement than is given to players at the Howe o' Hope could not be imagined, and at no stage of the game is it likely to be more welcome. Playing from an elevated tee your first impression may be that with the Hell's Holes bunkers menacing you on the lower level ahead you are in an awkward position It is not really so. They simply provide interest and demand a reasonable standard of golf. The specially fine fairway beyond - a wide expanse of glorious turf - actually makes the 445 yards from tee to pin seem quite a short distance, the reason being that you are playing downhill and adding distance to every long shot. The fall from the tee to the green is indeed most marked, the measure of it being about 6;, feet. There are, of course, hazards beyond the fearsome Hell's Holes; a deep morass lies well to the left, and round about the green there are six bunkers that show no respect tor any shot that may be loosely played. Yet despite all dangers, the keynote of this hole is the "hope that springs etenia' " The green, as the plan indicates is large, and a Ion:' second can reach it. If, however, a third should be nearer your strength you may make amends by putting with precision. The green will lend you every assistance, and it will be your own fault if you exceed the bogie score, fixed by Braid at five.

Thwe howe o' tee