Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

Agatha Christie and golf
Archibald Christie, the first husband of Agatha Christie, was a keen golfer.

Golf in the works of Agatha Christie
Golf serves as a plot device in several stories by Agatha Christie.
 * 4.50 from Paddington - Lucy Eyelesbarrow plays golf (as does Miss Marple in the 1961 adaptation Murder, She Said).
 * The Mystery of the Blue Jar - Jack Hartington repeatedly hears a woman scream, when he plays golf.
 * Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Bobby Jones finds the body of a dying man, whilst playing golf with Dr Thomas.
 * The Murder on the Links - The body of a murdered man is found on a golf course.
 * A Pocket Full of Rye - Vivian Dubois plays golf, alongside Adele Fortescue.
 * The Sunningdale Mystery - The body of a murdered man is found on a golf course.
 * The Lie - John Gregg enjoys playing golf with his sister-in-law, Nell Reeves.
 * Murder in the Mews - Jane Plenderleith tries to get rid of golf clubs by throwing them away while playing a round.
 * The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Geoffrey Raymond enjoys playing golf in his free time.
 * The Seven Dials Mystery - Lord Caterham discovers to be quite fond of playing golf.
 * The Case of the Discontented Husband - Reginald Wade enjoys playing golf and tennis.
 * The Love Detectives - Sir James Dwighton had just returned from the links just a short time before he was murdered.

Golf in adaptations

 * In Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of The Murder on the Links, the hotel in which Poirot and Hastings stayed (which was owned by the victim) was called Hotel du Golf.
 * In the ITV adaptation of Murder in the Mews, Hastings and Poirot play a round at Wentworth to try to catch sight of Jane. Poirot appears to be playing for the first time but hits a one-on from the tee.
 * The Underdog (Agatha Christie's Poirot episode) - In the original story, the only attraction of Abbots Cross was golf. In the adaptation, Hastings is invited by Charles Leverson to partner him at a golf competition. This results in Poirot and Hastings being guests of Sir Reuben Astwell on the night he is murdered. At the end of the episode, Hastings scores a hole in one after Miss Lemon tries to hypnotise him.