Cuthbert Banks was young, handsome, and plus four on the Wood Hills links, but he could make no impression on the soulful girl of his heart until Vladimir Brusiloff, the eminent Russian novelist, kissed him on both cheeks before the entire Literary Society; after which Adeline's attitude changed from scorn to adoration. Cuthbert is not the only hero: there are golfers of every kind, from haughty scratch players to those who are content with a modest one hundred and twenty for the round.