Chapter 19

THE CONSTRUCTION OF COURSES 205

Necessity for thought and ingenuity--The long-handicap man's course--The scratch player's--How good courses are made--The necessary land--A long nine-hole course better than a short eighteen--The preliminary survey--A patient study of possibilities--Stakes at the holes--Removal of natural disadvantages--"Penny wise and pound foolish"--The selection of teeing grounds--A few trial drives--The arrangement of long and short holes--The best two-shot and three-shot holes--Bunkers and where to place them--The class of player to cater for--The scratch man's game--The shots to be punished--Bunkers down the sides--The best putting greens--Two tees to each hole--Seaside courses.