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Show FIT "SPECTACLES" TO BLIND HOLES Many Clubs Have One or More of Them. Methods of "fitting spectacles" to blind holes on golf links were discussed dis-cussed by Thomas .T. Moreau, a golf architect. While such holes, whose greens are invisible from the tee, are not so popular as they used to be, many clubs have one or more and do not care to rebuild them. Blind greens have been condemned by many because the player cannot see what he is shooting at, but more particularly particu-larly because the ball cannot be kept in sight and the shooter is never sure when the green is clear of players. Schemes for giving sight to blind holes will not overcome the first objection, ob-jection, but will cure the others. Larger clubs are remaking such holes, but other alleviations are possible. The most picturesque plan has been made use of by the Victoria Country club in the capital of British Columbia. Colum-bia. The thirteenth hole of this links, which lies partly among rugged rocks on the seashore, has its tee on some crags. The green is cut off from view by a ridge of granite and one day a golfer let fly a tee shot on this 200-yard 200-yard hole without ascertaining whether wheth-er the players ahead had holed out. The ball hit a man. Then players became be-came wary and waited longer than necessary to tee off. Finally a member presented a large schoolhouse bell, handsomely embossed, em-bossed, and had it installed at the edge of the green. When players have finished putting they sound this tocsin toc-sin as they start for the fourteenth tee and those following know that the way is clear. Another scheme is employed by the Moosejaw Country club in the broken prairie country of Saskatchewan. The club built a lookout platform at the tee of a blind hole and the players may send a caddy up the winding stairs of this tower to see that the way is open and to watch the flight ' and roll of the balls. More romantic and just as effective, and requiring less effort, is the apparatus appa-ratus used by the Calgary Country club in Alberta. This is really a pair of spectacles, for the members have erected a large periscope at the left of the tee. The player may look into the bottom mirror and see that the green is vacant. Then he may place his caddy or opponent at the glass to watch the flight and final resting place of his ball. The shaft of the periscope is some fifteen feet high, but as it is built of plain boards lined with tar paper, the cost is low. The arrangement of mirrors mir-rors places the green in plain view although al-though it nestles in a deep valley beyond be-yond a high ridge. ' |