As in:
Tommy Divits’s hidden agenda was to take Father Stuart under his wings, extract him from the Catholic Church, if necessary, and fashion him into a serious contender to win the U.S. Amateur. Father Lynch, surprisingly, had reached a nearly identical conclusion, only in his plan Stuart would not have to leave the church so long as the Diocese could be persuaded to make a dispensation, and that seemed likely.
Stuart was oblivious to all this. Other than his short-lived mortification with the shanks, what was beginning to sink in is just how much damn fun golf was, for him, and how he constantly counted the days and hours before he could play again. He suspected this desire was sinful, not because golf is necessarily sinful, but because of how his desire to play now competed and with his life of the cloth so to speak. But he would have to be alone with this conflict for weeks to come.
Tommy and Father Lynch had bigger problems to solve. Such as how Stuart would be prepared for tournament golf. Would it be the Tommy Divits School of Hogan? Or would it be Father Lynch’s World According to Harvey Penick?
Tommy decided to settle things straight up and called Father Lynch to ask for an appointment. He was willing to drive up the hill to St. Patrick’s of the Fields, seven iron in hand, and make his case right there in the sacristy if need be.
That wouldn’t be necessary Father Lynch said, he would visit the course on Thursday and they would settle it on the practice green, with words and putters.
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