The Trystin' Tree is as pleasing a green as its name implies, and recalls nearly as many happy memories. Braid will tell you that it is the pick of the nine, and there are many golfers who say the same, although others join issue and express distinct preference otherwise. Where all are attractive choice is difficult. The hole is blind from the tee and somewhat of a dog-leg. As will be seen from the plan it curves to the left. In the play Braid advises you to drive straight across the depression between the Deuk Dubs and the Auld Quarry - both water hazards - to the middle of the fairway, placing the ball in such a position that the green will lie in full view for the second shot. The green is 375 yards from the tee, so that with the first shot favourable, a good cleek or iron shot for the second should get you very near to the flag if you play for the pleasing port formed by the spinney of fir trees on the left and the bunker which has been placed to guard the green on the right. Either shot, if not straight, is sure to be punished, because all the way there is on the left the ditch alongside the spinney, and on the right the heath and the heather "rough" of the aeroplane landing ground. If you are timorous you may keep well to the right and thus avoid the fir tree spinney in your second shot - with the risk of other difficulties - but "faint heart never won fair lady," and it is better to play the game. The green, which is about 38 feet above the level of the tee, is beautifully undulating, and lies sweetly located behind the spinney in a setting of heather and grassy slopes near the tree which gives it its name. A bogey five is generous. A four is not a remote possibility. This hope makes an inspiring beginning., and at this early stage of the game it is just as well to have a stroke in hand - if you can get it.