# Mortimer Sturgis — Golf Stories character guide

> Mortimer Sturgis in Golf Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Sturgis

**First appearance:** 0000-archibald-s-benefit

## Snapshot

A middle-aged golf fanatic who requires his future bride to play the game, and who falls hopelessly in love with a champion instead.

## Who they are

Mortimer Sturgis is a devoted golfer who winters at the Hotel Superbe in Saint Brule with ninety-four clubs and a habit of chipping in his bedroom. He has long stipulated that any wife of his must play golf, having once dropped a girl who confused Harry Vardon with Dolly Vardon. At dinner he meets Mary Somerset, a wrist-slung championship player, and his stored-up love collides with his golfing ideals.

## Relationships

### [Betty Weston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/golf_stories_se/characters/betty_weston)

_romantic_

Betty and Mortimer are engaged in a lighthearted romantic relationship, with Mortimer often trying to impress Betty.

### [Betty Weston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/golf_stories_se/characters/betty_weston)

_romantic_

Betty and Mortimer are engaged in a lighthearted romantic relationship, with Mortimer often trying to impress Betty.

### [Betty Weston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/golf_stories_se/characters/betty_weston)

_romantic_

Betty and Mortimer are engaged in a lighthearted romantic relationship, with Mortimer often trying to impress Betty.

## In the story

### [A Mixed Threesome](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/golf_stories_se/chapters/a-mixed-threesome)

A carefree man of thirty-eight who takes up golf for the first time and becomes completely obsessed, neglecting his fiancée Betty.

### [Sundered Hearts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/golf_stories_se/chapters/sundered-hearts)

Discovers his wife is a croquet champion, experiences emotional turmoil, and ultimately decides to forgive her.

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