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A Golf Poem



In My Hand I Hold A Ball,



White And Dimpled, Rather Small.

Oh, How Bland It Does Appear,

This Harmless Looking Little Sphere.

By It's Size I Could Not Guess,

The Awesome Strength It Does Possess.

But Since I Fell Beneath Its Spell,

I've Wandered Through The Fires Of Hell.

My Life Has Not Been Quite The Same,

Since I Chose To Play This Stupid Game.

It Rules My Mind For Hours On End,

A Fortune It Has Made Me Spend.

It Has Made Me Yell, Curse And Cry,

I Hate Myself And Want To Die.

It Promises A Thing Called Par,

If I Can Hit It Straight And Far.

To Master Such A Tiny Ball,

Should Not Be Very Hard At All.

But My Desires The Ball Refuses,

And Does Exactly As It Chooses.

It Hooks And Slices, Dribbles And Dies,

And Even Disappears Before My Eyes.

Often It Will Have A Whim,

To Hit A Tree Or Take A Swim.

With Miles Of Grass On Which To Land,

It Finds A Tiny Patch Of Sand.

Then Has Me Offering Up My Soul,

If Only It Would Find The Hole.

It's Made Me Whimper Like A Pup,

And Swear That I Will Give It Up.

And Take To Drink To Ease My Sorrow,

But The Ball Knows ... I'll Be Back Tomorrow.





Stand proud you noble swingers of clubs and losers of balls....

A recent study found the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a Year.

That means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon.

Kind of makes you proud. Almost feel like a hybrid.
"Don't sweat the small stuff." "I am responsible for the effort -- not the outcome. "
Original Post
Big, I liked your poem!

I only played golf on a regular basis for one season, in a women's league at a local par-3 course. I was a beginner and not very good, but with my softball-playing background I could swing the club. But even as a beginner, I would usually manage to hit one good T-shot each time we played. One shot that flew straight and true down the fairway without hooking or slicing, and landed near the green, giving me hope that I would par that hole. Now I know, after reading your poem, that this was just a trick the ball played on me, to get me to come back the next week. I think that little trick-of-the-ball - the one good shot per round - is probably what keeps a lot of amateur golfers coming back!

Julie

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