600 FOUR GENERAL RULES, ETC. 



Four General Rules. 



1. Do not take your eye off the ball. 



2. Do not aim too long-. 



3. Aim to pitch to the left of the hole. 



4. And, the most important of all, Be up. 



On Putting. 



The ball must be hit true. The eye must be 

 kept on the ball and not on the hole (no matter how- 

 close it may be to it). 



The best way to select a true line is by kneelinc^ 

 down behind the ball, and also before the ball from 

 the off-side of the hole, and study the ' lie ' of the 

 ground, taking some mark between the ball and the 

 hole, which is the true line play for the mark, and not 

 the hole. But first, judge of the strength required to 

 get into the hole beyond the mark. This is done by 

 the distance that the 'putter' is drawn behind the ball, 

 the centre of it having been squared on the ball. Rest 

 a second when it is drawn to the distance guessed, 

 before striking. The right hand should be lower down 

 on the shaft, and holding more tightly than the left, 

 and the club should follow the hit, which must be 

 firmly given. 



It requires some considerable practice before a 

 putter is, as it should be, made part and parcel of the 

 player. He should learn to know the true swing in 

 line and balance before he tries it on a green. This 

 can be learned on the fioor of any uncarpeted room, 

 where the lines on the fioor will serve as a euide to 



