From his favourite chair on the terrace above the ninth hole, The Oldest Member tells a series of hilarious golfing stories. From Evangeline, Bradbury Fisher's fifth wife and a notorious 'golfing giggler', to poor Rollo Podmarsh whose game was so unquestionably inept that 'he began to lose his appetite and would moan feebly at the sight of a poached egg', the game of golf, its players and their friends and enemies are here shown in all their comic glory.

The heart of a goof -- High stakes -- Keeping in with Vosper -- Chester forgets himself -- The magic plus fours -- The awakening of Rollo Podmarsh -- Rodney fails to qualify -- Jane gets off the fairway -- The purification of Rodney Spelvin.