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''Jamboy'' myth or legend

  • 22-07-2009 10:16am
    #1
    maidenireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭


    Hi all,

    In a recent discussion in the local it was said that a ''jamboy'' was a person who was brought to a golf game by the golfer (usually british gentry) to attend along with the caddy, the ''jamboy'' was covered in jam or sugar to keep the mosquitos and flies away from the golfer and caddy.

    I went on to google and this is said to be true and states that this practice is still alive and well in Malaysia, Vietnam and parts of India.

    There are other reports that Arnold Palmer started this as a rumour many years ago and that it is totally untrue.

    Can anyone settle this once and for all and send me some concrete evidence.

    Cheers


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  • #2
    Hobart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,839 ✭✭✭Hobart


    maidenireland wrote: »
    Hi all,

    In a recent discussion in the local it was said that a ''jamboy'' was a person who was brought to a golf game by the golfer (usually british gentry) to attend along with the caddy, the ''jamboy'' was covered in jam or sugar to keep the mosquitos and flies away from the golfer and caddy.

    I went on to google and this is said to be true and states that this practice is still alive and well in Malaysia, Vietnam and parts of India.

    There are other reports that Arnold Palmer started this as a rumour many years ago and that it is totally untrue.

    Can anyone settle this once and for all and send me some concrete evidence.

    Cheers

    I believe that it is true, and I remember reading an article in the Guardian sometime ago on it.

    The one thing I would say, is that I worked and lived (and played Golf) in Malaysia, and it certainly was not a practice there.


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