Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden*

I pretty much had a golf-tastic weekend. And also introduced my brother, Ivor, to the game.

On Saturday, I took Ivor to Tering Bay in Batam, Indonesia, with the rest of the Coolies Centurions Golf Club.

Not only was it his first trip to Asia but it was also his first ever round of golf. He played well – hit some good shots and, I think that by the end of the day, he was hooked by the sport.

And on Sunday, Sarah managed to blag some VIP Hospitality passes to the Singapore Open. So the three of us popped over to Sentosa and followed the likes of Adam Scott and Lee Westwood around the course. Before we took full advantage of the free eats and drinks in the World Sports Group Hospitality tent!

*An old wife’s (or should that read husband’s?) tale that ‘golf’ is an acronym for 'Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden'. In fact, the word is derived from a medieval Dutch word 'kolf' or 'kolve' which meant 'club', which was passed on to the Scots, who, with their dialect/brogue, transformed into "golve," "gowl" or "gouf."