The Clicking of Cuthbert

The Clicking of Cuthbert is a short story collection by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom in 1922; the U.S. edition followed in 1924 under the title Golf Without Tears.

These ten tales are linked by a genial club elder who serves as a frame narrator, recounting the scrapes and triumphs of golfers whose passions run as hot as midsummer fairways; he appears in all but the final story.

Across the collection, Wodehouse turns the links into a stage for romantic mix-ups, wounded pride, and improbable come-from-behind victories. Duels of the heart are settled with drivers and putters; a zeal for self-improvement collides with vanity and nerves, and fate sometimes intervenes with a miraculous “click.”

With light, sparkling humor and sentences that glide like a perfect swing, Wodehouse offers a timeless blend of sporting folly and romantic farce—equally delightful whether or not you know a niblick from a nine-iron.

"The young man came into the smoking-room of the clubhouse, and flung his bag with a clatter on the floor. He sank moodily into an arm-chair and pressed the bell.
"Waiter!"
"Sir?"
The young man pointed at the bag with every evidence of distaste."