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Show tho luckiest 1 have ever seen on any course. lsing a driving iron from the tee, the ball I'iew straight and true across the pond and hit the green about twenty feet in front of the cup. Jn fear of rolling roll-ing into the hack trap. I played the shot with considerable back spin. The ball landed on one of the rolls on the green and just had sufficient legs to run into the cup. A very remarkable shot. yes. but also one with a lot of luck, for really most of the tjreat golf shots are lucky for one reason or other. My shot was particularly particu-larly luckv because the ball struck one of those rolls which gave it just enough impetus to reach the hole. WATER 15 GREATEST H1101 GOLFER By GARDNER WHITE, Former Flushing Club, N. Y., Champion. Cham-pion. Playing over water is undoubtedly the hardest obstacle on a golf course. The sight of water furnishes the mental hazard haz-ard that frequently will baffle the best of champions. To Illustrate this, I will mention the home hole on the Garden City links, a one-shot hole which is entirely en-tirely over water. During a Metropolitan championship several years ago I once saw Jerome D. Travers drive three balls, one atter another, into the water and then give up in disgust. The tee is directly on one side of a large-sized pond. The green is almost straight across the water, with sand traps to the left and a very deep depression running along the rear of the grenn to catch tec shots tb:i t. are too strongly played. Cunning over tne tricky re'en are gentle rolls, which feature the Garden City putting places. Two years ao. while competing in a club tournament, I ntotiatd that eighteenth hoi? i:i a single stroke, easily the best shot I ever made and cr:o of |