Having now got into your stride - let us hope - you will find that the Silver Tassie calls for fresh artistry. It is a blind hole both for drive and approach, the only one of the kind on the course. The guiding post on the hill, however, indicates clearly the line the player must take. The green is hidden by the hill, the surmounting of which is made more formidable by the much spoken of Dougal Cratur bunker. Starting from the tee a bunker with a couple of wide pockets lies slightly to the right but within view. Drive confidently and you will get well beyond that danger. Sometimes it is found that a drive slightly to the right finds an easier stance for the second shot, which also it may be better to keep a little to the right of the gude post, as the fall of the green brings the ball round. A good spoon, cleek, or iron shot should take you to the green. It must be played boldly to carry the lull which is about 40 feet high. The Dougal Cratur bunker is about halt way up the hill just above a spacious grassy hollow at the foot; it awaits the shot that has not quite sufficient elevation. The green lies about 40 feet above the level of the tee, a measure which, in this case, however, is no great criterion because ot the intervening undulations. That will be more clearly realized by reference to the plan. The distance from the tee to the pin is 360 yards as the crow fies; but as the goh ball flies it many have another measurement varying according to the circumstances. Although the green is in a hollow over the hill, the rising inclination of its surface and the ridge behind it are of assistance in the overstrong approach shot.

If you exceed two putts here there is something amiss. But the probability is that, on so encouraging a surface, your putting will be what it is always desirable it should be perfect !

Gleneagles • Kings Course.

• Silver Tassie. . 3rd Hole . 360 yards .