As Tim and Tyler approached the 9th hole on the Finch Golf Club course, they noted that the tee box was lined with wood-paneled display cases. The displays featured the finest in both golf fashion and designer clothes for men and women.
“It’s a golf-up shop?” Tim asked Tyler.
“Who knows?” Tyler responded. “We took out someone trying to teach a scuba lesson a few holes back. Nothing will surprise me at this point.”
A man dressed to the nines came out from behind a display case. He wore a tasteful navy three-piece suit, complemented nicely by his red glasses. He smiled. “Good afternoon, gentlemen. I’m Von.”
“Hi, Von. I’m Tyler, and this is Tim. Are you the owner of this hole?”
“Oh, I just adopted it,” Von responded. “Are you two new at golf?”
“We’ve been playing for years,” Tyler said. “Why do you ask?”
Von looked the men up and down. Tyler wore jeans and a polo, while Tim wore board shorts with a t-shirt that had a cartoon picture of the sun wearing sunglasses. “It just doesn’t seem like you have golf outfits.”
“We play for fun,” Tim said, smiling and putting his ball down.
“Oh, of course,” Von said with a slight smile. “You do look dressed to have fun. Good luck, gentlemen.”
The couple playing behind Tim and Tyler walked up, and Von moved towards them. Tim glanced back as Tyler readied his tee shot.
“Do you think we need golf outfits?” Tim asked, as Tyler’s drive from the tee barely cleared the display cases before hooking left.
Tyler cursed and then looked back at the couple with whom Von was speaking. In matching green attire, the man wore a cap and the woman a tasteful skirt. “They do look like they’re golfing. What does it hurt to browse?”
Tyler and Tim walked up to Von and the couple.
“Oh, I see,” Von told the couple as they approached. “You’re going to go to dinner in your golf clothes? Very well. I hope you have a lovely game.”
Tyler and Tim waited as Von turned around. Tyler smiled. “Show us some clothes.”
“Hey, wait,” the woman in the couple said. “We need to look at some evening wear for our dinner.”
“Much like a golf swing, good clothes are worth a little patience,” Von said to Tyler and Tim. Then Von led the four golfers behind a display case to accessorize.
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