高尔夫诗歌之美
圣·安德鲁斯的斑斓和魔力不但吸引着古代的高尔夫球手，早就有报答其所折服，为它写下了斑斓的篇章。本期《GP高尔夫人》将带你在诗歌中了解圣·安德鲁斯不一样的斑斓和冲动民意。
OPPOSITES AT ST. ANDREWS
Beware when playing the Old Course
It’s not like a home course round
The differences are many
Opposites abound.
For example, at St. Andrews
You’ll have to walk all parts
No riding at the Old Course
It doesn’t offer carts.
On a typical day at St. Andrews
You are sure to feel the breeze
But look in all directions
You won’t see any trees.
Humps and bumps all over
It’s not like a walk in a park
More than a hundred bunkers
Take heed if you’re out after dark.
They started with eleven fairways
But twenty-two holes to play
The walk was out to eleven
Then in the opposite way.
But twenty-two were too many
So they came up with a plan
To reduce the number to eighteen
And modern golf began.
——Leon S White, PhD
ON COURSE
Golf is a singular way
to take temporary leave
following a zigzag path
in search of a small white ball;
to abandon reality,
but stay the course,
hole after hole;
to create a new story,
always different
to be told to someone
before it’s forgotten.
An extraordinary chance
to pretend for a brief time
no matter how unskilled
that each stroke will be flawless;
to endure the pain of failure
without really failing,
and even if only once a round,
to truly enjoy
the pure pleasure
of hitting the ball rock-solid
or sinking a long tricky putt.
——Leon S White, PhD
A gude New Year an’ health an’ cheer,
Tae ilka gowfin’ loon,
An’ may we steer o’ hazards clear,
In life and gowf each roun’.
——刊登于115年前的英国杂志《Golf Illustrated》上的一首诗歌
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