Dun Whinny has all the essentials of a tine "first" hole, and is exceptionally attractive. The breadth of the fairway inspires a confident swing even in the beginner, but the great point is that players get well and quickly away. You have elbow room and are ne\er unduly pressed by others following; in short, a comtortable and cheertul start is always assured. Like the fairway, the first tee is also spacious and in respect of size is suggestive of thegrand scale on which the King's Course has been conceived and laid out. As will be seen from the plan, the fairway, which is about 355 yards long, is flanked on the right by the Cairn Rig on which the Cairn stands out prominently and on the left by the Gowden Knowes. But neither the Rig nor the Knowes encroach on the broad expanse of splendid turf that lies before you. The green is a fine sloping plateau on the sky-line where the Cairn Rig merges in the Gowden Knowes. about 32 feet above the level of the tee. It is cunningly guarded by bunkers in front and on the left, but, before getting to these, you have to consider how best to proceed from the tee. Braid demands for Dun Whinny a good straight drive along the middle of the fairway. Such a drive will carry you well over a transverse dip in the ground, about so yards ahead, and take you beyond the two bunkers to the right of the fairway ever ready to trap the ball that deviates in their direction. Speaking generally, a long shot from the tee is essential, and it is sometimes deemed best to play for a slight pull, especially if the wind be from the prevailing quarter - south-west. The second stroke must be an accurately played iron shot. If it is short, the bunker in front of the green may provide dire punishment, while, if played too strongly, the result may be little less disastrous. But the rising ground at the back of the green will prevent a bold straight shot from over-running the plateau, especially if it has been played from the left-hand side of the fairway. Getting well on to the green, however, you may demonstrate the science of putting and beat Colonel Bogey. Everything favours two putts at the most, but one is always possible.