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Text in [brackets] below added for comparison to existing course layout.
Hole 8 — 140 yards
Use present No 9 tee [Holes 5, 6, 7 must have been 6,7,8]
Green pitch - raise front 1' 6" to 2' and rear about 3'
Stake ground at outer stake as grade
No 1 + 2 bunkers [green front left and right] cut in face of terrace & finished face to be 4' - 6" deep
No 3 + 4 bunkers [even with rear of green left and right] with a face finished 4' deep
Green sketch:
Take ground at centre stake as grade
At A [front left and right] raise 1' 6"
At B [rear left and right] raise about 3'
On rear build an undulation C [irregular spine mounding] - 3' above outer edge of green
All grades to blend easily into putting surface
3 + 4 - over [no further page - maybe Ross considered more notes on bunkers at rear of green]
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