In playing a stimie, one either has to play over the other ball or around it. If the balls are from seven inches to a foot apart and the further ball two feet or more from the hole, the hole can be made either way. If, however, the two balls are so close together that it is impossible to loft one over the other, one either has to slice his own ball around the other or to hit his ball with force enough to send the other over the hole and his own into it. If, however, one's opponent's ball is close to the cup and one's own ball two club lengths or more away, the only possible stroke is to slice the ball enough to the left to curve it into the hole. This shot, however, is probably the most difficult one to make of any in golf.

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