Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/316 - Queer Golf/Solution

by : $316$

 * Queer Golf

Solution
The two best distances are:
 * $100$ yards (known as "the appproach")

and:
 * $125$ yards (known as "the drive").

Hence:
 * Hole $1$ can be reached in $3$ approaches
 * Hole $2$ can be reached in $2$ drives
 * Hole $3$ can be reached in $2$ approaches
 * Hole $4$ can be reached in $2$ approaches and $1$ drive
 * Hole $5$ can be reached in $3$ drives and $1$ backward approach
 * Hole $6$ can be reached in $2$ drives and $1$ approach
 * Hole $7$ can be reached in $1$ drive and $3$ approaches
 * Hole $8$ can be reached in $3$ drives
 * Hole $9$ can be reached in $4$ approaches

which is $26$ strokes in all.