# Wallace Chesney — Golf Stories character guide

> Wallace Chesney in Golf Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Wally, Chesney

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

## Snapshot

A cheerful young golfer engaged to the teasing Charlotte, whose desperate search for confidence leads him to a lunatic putter in a secondhand shop.

## Who they are

Wallace Chesney is a keen club member whose good-humored fiancée, Charlotte, joshes him about his bunker play and invents crippled opponents for their handicapping schemes. Earnest beneath the banter, he buys patent clubs compulsively and longs for the confidence he believes is golf's grand secret. His discovery of an absurd putter at Cohen Bros. sets the story's comic transformation in motion.

## Relationships

### [Peter Willard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/golf_stories_se/characters/peter_willard)

_friendship_

Peter and Wallace are good friends, frequently playing golf together and sharing a camaraderie.

### [Peter Willard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/golf_stories_se/characters/peter_willard)

_friendship_

Peter and Wallace are good friends, frequently playing golf together and sharing a camaraderie.

### [Peter Willard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/golf_stories_se/characters/peter_willard)

_friendship_

Peter and Wallace are good friends, frequently playing golf together and sharing a camaraderie.

## In the story

### [The Magic Plus Fours](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/golf_stories_se/chapters/the-magic-plus-fours)

Experiences a transformative moment on the tee, embracing the unpredictability of golf after a long streak of perfection. Later becomes obsessed with the Plus Fours, believing they grant him confidence and skill.

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