I had mentioned the Spence Shield in my earlier post.
Mr. A.B.Spence was a Tea planter in Peermade & the story goes that he and some of his buddies while quenching their thirst after a round of Golf at the Guindy golf course decided to form a golfing society. With the introduction of Prohibition in 1949, those desirous of partaking liqour had to register as an " addict." Thus was formed the Addicts Golfing Society of Southern India.
It should then come as no surprise that the 19th at the Peermade Course is so popular ( Spence being one of the founding father of the Addicts) The idea here being to get together in the name of golf and have some FUN.
The Addicts song reproduced below epitomizes the spirit of the Peermade golfers in more ways than one:
"I'm a member of the addicts,
and golf is my game, I cannot Chip, I cannot Putt,
But I play it just the same.
I play not for the glory,
I play not for the Cup,
I play for what's inside it,
I hope there'll be enough."
This is not to say that we don't take our golf seriously - we do, but in the right spirit.
On the golf course the skins & other bets are fiercely contested, with no quarter given - though a lot is asked for.
You must have heard about the unimaginable treasure trove that was found in the underground vaults of the temple in Trivandrum. We too found a Silver Trophy at the club a few years back. This we discovered had been donated by the Royal family of Trivandrum - nobody knows when exactly. The trophy, The Tampuran Cup, was to be awarded to the winner of the inter club golf tournament between Trivandrum Golf Club & Peermade Club, & to be played alternatively at each club.
We have managed to revive this tournament & we are now looking forward to the Trivandrum golfers coming here to play in the 1st week of December. To date the home club has always had the advantage & we hope to keep it that way this time too. (See, we do take our golf seriously)
Mr. A.B.Spence was a Tea planter in Peermade & the story goes that he and some of his buddies while quenching their thirst after a round of Golf at the Guindy golf course decided to form a golfing society. With the introduction of Prohibition in 1949, those desirous of partaking liqour had to register as an " addict." Thus was formed the Addicts Golfing Society of Southern India.
It should then come as no surprise that the 19th at the Peermade Course is so popular ( Spence being one of the founding father of the Addicts) The idea here being to get together in the name of golf and have some FUN.
The Addicts song reproduced below epitomizes the spirit of the Peermade golfers in more ways than one:
"I'm a member of the addicts,
and golf is my game, I cannot Chip, I cannot Putt,
But I play it just the same.
I play not for the glory,
I play not for the Cup,
I play for what's inside it,
I hope there'll be enough."
This is not to say that we don't take our golf seriously - we do, but in the right spirit.
On the golf course the skins & other bets are fiercely contested, with no quarter given - though a lot is asked for.
You must have heard about the unimaginable treasure trove that was found in the underground vaults of the temple in Trivandrum. We too found a Silver Trophy at the club a few years back. This we discovered had been donated by the Royal family of Trivandrum - nobody knows when exactly. The trophy, The Tampuran Cup, was to be awarded to the winner of the inter club golf tournament between Trivandrum Golf Club & Peermade Club, & to be played alternatively at each club.
We have managed to revive this tournament & we are now looking forward to the Trivandrum golfers coming here to play in the 1st week of December. To date the home club has always had the advantage & we hope to keep it that way this time too. (See, we do take our golf seriously)
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