There are not many occasions when a player will use the pure run-up shot. As its name indicates, such a shot causes the ball to make its journey entirely by running over the ground. It is, then, practically an extended put, and is admissible only when the ground to be traversed is smooth and free from obstruction that will divert the course of the ball's run. A putter is frequently used for this shot although many players prefer a light iron. If a club with a lofted face is selected the player takes her stance so that the ball is nearer the right foot than the left, and the

» hands are held in advance of the club head so that the plane of the club's face is perpendicular to the ground. This arrangement has the effect of holding the ball to the turf.

For the pitch-and-run shot there are so many different kinds of clubs used that the question of choice of club seems to come down to the preference of the individual player. Braid uses an approaching cleek which he says he finds invaluable, both because its face has very little loft and because it is weighted along the back through that portion that is directly opposite where the club-head meets the ball. Vardon describes his favorite club for this purpose as a straight-faced mashie. He says it is a mongrel club, but one that serves him exactly. However, some style of cleek, mashie, or iron having been selected, the method of playing the stroke remains unchanged.

As the object now is to raise the ball very little and to send it on its way with a low skimming flight followed by considerable run when it strikes the ground, the upright swing of the pitch shot is abandoned and a flatter swing is adopted that will keep the ball close to the ground. Not only is the style of swing changed but the position of the player in relation to the ball is shifted. Instead of standing so that the ball is near the left foot, the player advances so that the ball is nearly opposite the right heel. The feet are the distance apart that will give the player the feeling of the greatest firmness, and the left toe is pointing in the direction that the ball is to go. The hands are kept low and are a little forward of the ball. Great care must be taken that the ball is addressed accurately, as it is of the utmost importance that the ball be hit cleanly and truly. The club-head is carried back through a flattened arc as far as the distance to be covered by the ball warrants. The descending swing is made firmly, with the head and body steady, and the eyes never for an instant leaving the ball until after it is struck. While making approach shots, players seem to be particularly prone to raise their heads and consequently their eyes; this failing is one that must be overcome early in one's career, and relapses must be guarded against at all times.

Mrs. Lilian Hyde Feitner Playing from a bad lie.

Miss K. Harley Finish of a brassie shot through the fairway.

Like the backward swing, the follow-through is low, and the club head is allowed to go out after the ball. The finish of this stroke is very important as everything must be done with the idea of keeping the ball close to earth.

Unless the shot is played up-hill, or against a bank, or over very smooth ground, it is very difficult to calculate the distance the ball will roll when it arrives on the green. Frequently the ball will seem to have scarcely enough motive power to reach the green, and the player will watch it anxiously to see whether it is going to stop too soon, when, suddenly, on reaching the hard, smooth turf, it will seem to become imbued with new life, and will go bounding merrily forward at quite an unexpected rate of speed. In this lies the danger of the pitch-and-run shot. To estimate the amount of force required to carry the ball across lumps or rough grass into the desired position on the green, but not across it, requires nice calculation that can only be acquired after much practice. It is simple enough to understand what should be done, but the doing of it is quite another matter. This is the secret of the fascination of the game, and what, instead of discouraging the player, inspires her with ever-renewed determination to conquer.