For leisure the game that so many do play <br />For a round of golf 'tis a beautiful day <br />By the wide slow flowing river that crawls to the sea <br />Men and women practice their strokes before their evening tea. <br /> <br />As a boy I believed hobby golfers had easy jobs <br />And that those who enjoyed golf were well to do snobs <br />But such antiquated thinking not relevant today <br />As all kinds of classes the game of golf play. <br /> <br />A beautiful day for a beautiful game <br />For most hobby golfers with no aspirations to fame <br />After work they go to the golf course in the evening sun <br />And play the eighteen holes for the sake of fun. <br /> <br />Of the praises of golf everybody doesn't sing <br />But for the participants a game without physical contact can be such a fun thing <br />In the golf course by the river that to the sea crawl <br />The crack of the iron on the stone hard golf ball.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-a-round-of-golf/
