The Warlock Knowe is the furthest out hole on the Queen's Course. Starting from the tee you still find heathery muirland to the right, an attractive broomy rig to the left and, 340 yards ahead, the invitingly large undulating green in a setting of broom and heather with the loch on the left below. It has the appearance of being a plateau green, and is in a measure of that character relatively to the foregreen, although it is actually 5 feet below the level of the tee. You will do well to note carefully the double dip of the fairway in front of the green, which, being in the form of a delightful billowy surface, checks the ball lacking the requisite elevation. Skirting the fairway on the right there is the winding road- no mean hazard - leading to the neighbouring Roman Camp at Ardoch and divided from the fairway by a wire fence which, it the ball gets out of bounds, is troublesome to negotiate. From the tee to the green about half-a-dozen bunkers have to be reckoned with, and while none arc to be despised, those most to be respected are the three which cunningly guard the green, because they are so placed as to penalise severely the second shot that is sliced or short. And the long steep slope on the left of the plateau on which the green is situated should be kept in mind because it presents full possibilities of disaster. Hut difficulties are meant to be overcome, and there is no reason why any of those indicated should disturb your play or cool your ardour. Play accurately and, having made success your own, you may, perhaps because of the proximity of the road to the Roman Camp, quote gaily the words of the poet who, parodying Pope, wrote: - "And more true joy the ardent golfer feels than Cæsar with a Senate at his heels."

He goes well on the Warlock Knowe who, deriding danger, has a good drive and then with his second shot - an iron or a jigger - lays his ball on the green. In the event of your being bothered by a head wind it is safer to "bang "the second shot right up to the pin rather than to attempt a running shot, the entrance to the green being very narrow. With such play one putt will win or halve the hole, and, of course, reduce the bogey score by one, because Braid has fixed it at four.

Witches Bowster.5TH HOLE . 170 YARDS.