Sooo do I have this correct?

Are you sure? Her parents apparently had the authority over her to send her to live with Smails for the summer (because she was being too trampy). But if that's the case and she is of legal age then she is guilty of statutory rape because she had sex with Danny who was still in high school. Also Chevy Chase was 37, even if Lacey were 18 that's still creepy as hell.

Also don't you find it odd that Lacey and Ty having to keep their relationship a secret wasn't a plot point? Just look at how Smails reacted when he caught Lacey and Danny in bed??? He tried to freaking kill him (and that scene was hilarious), Lacey sleeping with Ty was 1000X more inappropriate. Heck Mrs. Smails freaked out just because Dannunzio (sp???) was giving Lacey a back rub.

I really have a problem with the Ty/Lacey romance subplot because A) It has no bearing at all on the plot, B) It's incredibly odd considering the huge difference in their ages, and C) It isn't funny (the antics with Murray, the scene with the Bishop also had little bearing on the plot but they were at least funny). Another thing that's weird is both Ty and Danny both nailed the same girl (and she's Danny's age), yet Ty and Danny remained friends the entire film and this is never brought up. Again you'd think that they'd at least work this incredibly awkward situation that into the plot, but no it goes nowhere.

Now maybe after Smails lost the $80,000 it would have been funny if Lacey jumped into Ty's arms, they started making out and Smails was powerless to stop them as he had just been emasculated in front of the whole club and his spirit was completely broken, that would have been at least somewhat humorous and the Ty/Lacey subplot would have had some payoff.

Maybe I'm looking too far into this, from what I understand the entire cast and crew were stoned throughout the making of this but this subplot has always puzzled me.

OK that might make sense that the reason Smails freaked out about Danny doing Lacey is because he was poor and Smails didn't think he was worthy of Lacey. I guess that makes sense that Mrs. Smails would freak out when seeing Dannunzio (sp?) (who was also Caddy scum) giving Lacey a back rub.

Maybe I"m wrong I always thought Lacey was the same age as the rest of the Caddies.

As for Lacey leaving to go to Nebraska your theory doesn't make sense. She was sleeping around with Ty who had money, couldn't she just do the same thing back home and just find some rich guy to take care of her?

This entire Ty/Lacey subplot still has zero bearing on the plot and it isn't funny (the scene with the Bishop also has nothing to do with the plot but it was hilarious so I let that slide)

Also Ty and Danny both screwed the same girl, that seems like a pretty important plot point and you'd think that would have been brought up at some point?????

How do you know that? Again the actresses age is irrelevant, Danny Noonan was a teenager yet Michael OKeefe was 25. Keep in mind you also have to address why this subplot was in the movie because as I have already stated it is irrelevant and it's not funny.