Part 1, Chapter 3 Summary

Section 1 - Will's golf game suffers from a recently acquired tendency to slice. He also continues to have episodes where he experiences a type of flashback. After his first slice, he is assisted in hunting for his errant ball by Lewis Peckham, who is a professional golfer and Will's friend. Out in the rough Lewis points out a small cave opening and tells Will that the fissure leads to a larger cave that Lewis owns.

After another slice, Will searches through the wooded rough by himself and experiences an extended flashback. He recalls that as a twelve year-old boy he was exceptionally detached and emotionally distant from his father, while his father was always very emotional.

He remembers going on one quail hunting trip with his father where nothing went right. After the guide's dog blew another covey of quail, Will's...