New Year’s Golf Resolution In Poetry

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

SWEAR off pulling, swear off slicing,
Swear off ever looking up;
Swear off doing all but shooting
For the center of the cup.

SWEAR off topping, over-swinging,
As you stand upon the tee;
Swear off doing all but holing
Out in three.

- Anonymous, published in Lyrics of the Links, 1921

Although more than a hundred years old, and coming from the age of balata balls, hickory shafts and persimmon heads, this resolution speaks as much to us in the AI age as it did back then.

The photo above is of the Washtenaw Golf Club in the early 20th century.