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Part XI (continued) through, otherwise a reader is apt to get hopelessly muddled and gain In previous issues I have gone to nothing by reading this article alone. some length in describing how to In taking up our thread from last make a ball travel in a curved course month it now remains for me to enter on a level putting green so that a a little further into the details of how player may play round a stymieing much the putter face should face off ball in cases where it is not wise to the direct line of the putt to corre- try to play over. This same stroke spond with the various angles at which can be made good use of in negotiat- the putter head might be swung ing putts along a side-sloping putting across the line of the putt in impart- green, as the action which causes the ing "cut to the ball." ball to curve on the level, causes it to hold up against the slope of the I will deal with playing a ball to putting green and saves the ball from travel in a curved course on a level rolling away down-hill out of holing stretch and the ball to curve to the distance. Moreover, the ball travels left, which calls for "left-hand cut." straighter along the side slope, which Owing to the endless variety in putts, makes more accurate putting possible. variety in distance, and amount of I have explained the whys and where- curve required, the amount of "cut," fores of every detail connected with or the angle at which the putter head the art of playing a ball to curve on might be swung across the line of a level stretch, except the two remain- the putt, is also endless in variation. ing points, which are given in this So, too, with the setting of the putter issue. To readers who have not read face: there is no one fixed position in the preceding parts dealing with this which it should be held for all curved problem, and wish to master the art, putts. I would advise that each issue con- The setting of the putter face va- taining parts <if this problem be ob- ries as the requirements of the putt tained and the matter studied dean vary. T therefore cannot lav dowt Copyright, 1910, by ARTHUB ['OTTOW. All rights reserved. 198 A ROUND OF GOLF WITH SEYMOUR DUNN left-hand "offset," the one must al- ways he the opposite of the other. By "left-hand cut" 1 mean that the putter head is swung in a course crossing the direct line of the putt, crossing to a position at the finish of the stroke on the left-hand side of the direct line from hall to hole ; and "right-hand cut," the putter head swings to a posi- tion out to the right of the direct line from hall to hole. "Right-hand off- set" means the putter face is set fac- ing out to the right of the direct line from hall to hole, and "left-hand off- set," facing to the left. First, let me point out that, to a certain amount of "cut" of a certain speed, there is a certain amount of "offset" which will harmonize, and no other angle of "offset" will do. No. 1. It must also he understood that endless and added variety is given to any fixed rule for the setting of the putter face that would answer as a guide for all putts alike. lust how much the putter face should he set facing off the direct line for a cer- tain putt, each player will learn to adjust instinctively. The same ap- plies to the correct amount of "cut" to apply; nevertheless, I must give Mime idea as a foundation to start work on, so ] will give a few ex- amples. To avoid unnecessary repetition of words I will use the word "cut" only, which shall mean that the putter head is swung in a direction other than in the direct line of the ball's intended departure, I will also use the word "offset," which shall mean that the putter face is set at an angle facing in a direction other than the direct line of the hall's intended de- Compare the position of the putter head rela- parture. While one may apply right- tive to the line of the putt in this illustration and illustration No. 5. In this illustration the hand or left-hand "cut," also right-or putter head has been swung off the line but little. A ROUND OF GOLF WITH SEYMOUR DUNN \<j\) swing (he puller head in a course very much across the direct line of the putt to the left. If the putt is a short one we must swing the putter head with very little speed, and sup- posing that the "offset" of the putter lace is quite correct, and that the angle at which we swing the putter head is also correct for the short putt. In playing a little longer putt requir- ing all possible curve, the angle of di- rection in which the putter head is swung across the direct line may re- main the same, but the speed at which the putter head is swung must be greater so as to impart greater traveling power to the ball. There- fore, there will be a greater dragging tendency, which must be compensated for by giving a greater amount of Xo. 3. "offset" to the flitter face, or your ball will most likely bit the stymieing the stroke by the fact that the greater ball square, the difference in the or lesser speed with which the putter amount of drag is so great in the head is swung at a given angle of "cut," so there is a greater or lesser tendency of the glancing blow to drag the ball off the line of depart- ure in which the putter face would otherwise naturally send the ball.