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Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden?
This is one of those more recently made up acronyms possibly resulting from the controversey of a Country Club in Georgia in the news for not allowing women competitors. . . I got a lot of e-mail stating that this was the origin of the word. . . The best source I can find is the O.E.D. , and they state that it probably is from the old gaelic word meaning "to strike". I'm neither a golfer nor a fan, but have no quarrel with those who are I'll stick with Tolkein