Golfer's Hazard - A South African golfer putting on the hardened strip. English golfers, to whom immaculate greens are merely commonplace, will be interested in this picture, which comes from the Griquatown Golf course, Griqualand West, South Africa. When players reach the "green" there, they find putting impossible because of the thick sand: so they are allowed to place their ball on a hardened strip at a distance from the cup equal to that at which it finished up on the approach shot. Golfers on the Griqualand course (South Africa) use, a special hardened strip when putting. Thick sands on the "green" make putting impossible, so players place their ball on the hardened strip a distance from the cup equal to that at which it finished on the approach shot. September 03, 1947. (Photo by Fox Photos).