Knowing that the strokes that it will take to get around the barn will destroy his score, he begins to rant and rave. His wife hating to see him ruin such a great afternoon makes a suggestion. That way you could send it right through the barn onto the green. He thinks this over and decides that it will work. The ball shoots through the air and right into the head of his wife, killing her instantly.
Months go by, the man mourning all the while.
His friends, hating to see him in such a state, convince him to go golfing with them. They end up at the same course and on the final hole, oddly enough, another terrible slice puts the old barn between his ball and the green. Again he begins to rant and rave at what this dilemma will do to his score. He friend, wanting to please him, makes a suggestion. A boys parents are getting a divorce, and fighting about who the boy will live with.