I have already pointed out that the brassey should resemble the driver, both in weight and lie. The more uniform you can make your clubs in that respect, the greater will be your steadiness. And for that reason I would again suggest that you should discard the brassey wherever the character of the turf warrants it, and use instead either a second driver for playing through the green or the old fashioned spoon which has almost gone out of use. A spoon is simply a driver with the face a little laid back in order to raise the ball more easily, and with the shaft a trifle shorter and stiffer. Whether you employ a brassey or a spoon, it is best not to lay the face back too much, because any artificial aid in raising the ball from the ground is rather to be deprecated. The natural movement of the swing should answer the purpose unless the ball is lying in a hole or on the downward slope of a hill. As for the superiority of the driver or spoon over the brassey, there can be little doubt that the brass on the bottom of the club must alter the distribution of the weight, and so destroy the uniformity of your wooden clubs without any compensating advantage, except in cases where the ground is so hard and rough as to injure the sole of the wooden club.