Charles Lamb said that he felt disposed to say grace on twenty occasions in the day beyond that of his dinner when he would set out on a pleasant walk or have a friendly encounter.
So it is with golf.
We want to return thanks for much more than the playing of it; for the good companionship it gives in beautiful places, for the friendliness of club houses and conviviality of golfing dinners, for the traditions of old courses, for the exploration of fresh ones."