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Dom Joly: Goth to golf addict: what's happening to me?

Published: 11 December 2005

There are three Gs to avoid in life: golf, gardening and gonorrhoea. Until recently, apart from a scare in Bangkok, I'd managed to avoid all three. Sadly I fear that my battlements are about to be breached, allowing the mighty River G to flow through.

It all started innocently enough: a conversation in a pub with an acquaintance who, after a couple of drinks, made the move. Was I a golfer? Did I fancy a game sometime? "Just hacking around," I remember him saying. "Just a bit of fun."

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