Wodehouse, P. G. Fore! The Best of Wodehouse on Golf. Mariner, 1999.
Next to Bertie Wooster and his man Jeeves, my favorite Wodehouse character is “the oldest member” featured in the stories here, most of which were written in the 1920s. He is an old codger who used to play golf but now just hangs out at the bar looking out on the ninth green. Like the ancient mariner, he grabs passersby and regales them with advice and tales, whether they want to hear them or not. His stories always involve golf and usually involve golfers with romantic difficulties, which golf either helps them solve or makes them worse. I don’t play golf, but Herbert Warren Wind, the longtime golf columnist for the New Yorker magazine loved him and has written a book about him. If you are as ignorant about the history of golf as I am, you may want to look at Wikipedia’s obsolete golf clubs page—yes, there really is one. You do need to know the difference between a mashie and a niblick. These stories inspired two thoughts: wouldn’t it be fun to see modern golfers playing a links course with 1920s equipment, and did Wodehouse intend the anatomical innuendo in his character’s name? ( )

Wodehouse is so much fun to read. I've read this book several times now and it is as much fun each new time as it was the last. Mr Wodehouse has a very fine sense of the ridiculous and crafts his stories around the game of golf, and club life, with a wonderfully creative use of English language. I think I need to read some "Jeeves" again - just for the fun of the language and situations created to amuse us. ( )

Contains (new):
1. The Medicine Girl
2. There's Always Golf
3. The Letter of the Law
4. Archibald's Benefit

plus 23 previously published short stories