- Back from vacation the Boys decide to take up a sport, Foggy brags of his golfing past but when they hunt up his clubs they leave a lot to be desired, but Compo finds a new way to earn a bit of money
- The episode starts with Foggy (Brian Wilde), Clegg (Peter Sallis) and Compo (Bill Owen) out in a field about to play soccer (in their shirt sleeves and trousers). After some conversation, the game begins with Foggy in goal. Unfortunately, an overenthuasiastic kick at the ball by Compo causes Compo's welly to come off and hit Foggy in a sensitive place.
Back at the cafe, the trio tell Sid what they've been doing, and Foggy then decides that he finds soccer too "crude" and states that he prefers golf. Sid doesn't believe that Foggy can play golf, especially when he discovers that Foggy hasn't played since 1939. So Sid issues a challenge. Foggy is to play a round at the local golf course that afternoon.
Back at Foggy's lodgings, the trio rummage around the attic, looking for Foggy's golf clubs. More precisely, Foggy looks, while the other two mess about commenting on Foggy's landlady's old photos and clothes. When Foggy eventually finds his wooden clubs, he is disappointed to find that they have warped, due to being left too close to the radiator.
Back at the cafe, Sid rushes a customer out and hurries up with the tidying-up, in the hopes of closing up early. Ivy wants to know why, and after a few prevarications from Sid, she reveals that she knows he's going to play golf with the trio. She hits him with a tin tray as he flees the cafe.
At the golf club, a rather posh golfer is dismayed to see Clegg and Compo arrive by bicycle. Foggy then appears wearing "plus fours". Foggy, being somewhat ashamed of Compo's appearance, makes him the caddy.
After a drink in the bar, they go out onto the course. At the first tee, they come across the same posh golfer trying to make a shot. Compo keeps on making noises while he tries to concentrate, so much so that the golfer leaves without taking his ball. Foggy says he'll return it to him later, even though you get a shilling back for lost balls. Now suddenly Compo is very interested.
The rest of the episode intersperses Foggy's pathetic attempts at golf, with his distorted clubs, with Compo's sometimes bizarre schemes for gathering golf balls that are still in fact in play.
Foggy's ball lands in a little stream which crosses a road. As he attempts to make the shot, he gets covered in water as a number of rally cars go through the stream.
Then we see Compo selling golf balls to a long queue of golfers.
Just before the closing credits, we see the trio plus Sid at night, still out on the golf course, as Foggy is determined to finish his round.
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