The lie of the putter should be fairly upright so that the often cited, pendulum-like motion may be maintained as nearly as possible. It is a physical impossibility to put this simile into practical use in an exact form as, if it were attempted, the hands would come between the eyes and the ball, and a strange and unnatural grip would have to be adopted. It is obviously necessary that the hands must be nearer the body than the ball and that the body must be slightly stooped. Any extreme of this stooping position may well be avoided, since an attitude that approaches a crouch will certainly cramp the muscles of the entire body and result in stiff and awkward play. The slope of the shaft of the club away from the perpendicular should, roughly speaking, correspond with the slope of the body from the hips upward so that as the player stands, club in hands, her eyes will be directly above the ball. This last is a very important point and deserves special consideration. If the eyes are above the ball, then the eyes, the ball, and the hole will lie in the same plane of vision, and it will be comparatively easy to get an accurate aim. Mr. P. A. Vaile, in "Modern Golf" calls this the "triangle of vision," and I can think of no other phrase that expresses the idea so well. So far as I know there is no other writer who has dwelt especially on this method of insuring a true aim, but it is so important that I must speak of it fully even at the risk of appearing to borrow from him. After all, a true aim is the most essential quality of a successful put. The ball may be tapped, or chipped, or pushed, in short it may be hit any way at all and, if the direction is correct, it has a good chance of going into the hole, but if the direction is faulty the most perfectly executed stroke possible will be futile. It is supremely worth while to take every precaution that will insure the ball's starting its journey in the line that will lead it to the cup.

The accompanying diagrams will show perhaps more clearly than words the usefulness of the "triangle of vision." Let us look at the green from a bird's-eye view and consider C the cup, B the ball, and A the eyes.

In Figure 1 the eyes are beyond the ball so that the player looks back toward her feet, down the line AB to see it, and then away toward the hole, down the line AC. This necessitates her looking down two different lines, AB and AC, and makes the calculation of the third line BC difficult. If, however, the eyes are directly above the ball as in Figure II the player is able to look along the intended line of run of the ball instead of at it, thus having a much better chance of getting a true aim.