What's In A Name?

“A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet.”  I stole that from some English dude.  So why Geaux Golf?  Basically, because it didn’t sound pretentious or elite.  It sounded exclusive, a call to arms to go and grab yourself some clubs and some cheap balls, and go hit a few.  Take it serious or take it light.  Shoot for a score or shoot for a good time.  We encourage people and families to breathe in the fresh air, look at the birds and all of God’s creation (gators here down in south Louisiana), and enjoy being outside and not in front of a screen or stuck on a freeway.  Golf is an escape.  So, go please, go golf.  It was a perfectly worded paradigm for what we do, how we live.  We are not scratch golfers, but we do Geaux Golf.

Now, being of French descent—in fact, my ancestors were among the people who were exiled from Nova Scotia, Canada, then called Acadia, and dispersed from their homes during the Grand Derangement—I am proud of my heritage and the working-class roots from which I grew.  My lineage, along with thousands of others found their way to Spanish owned, but largely French speaking Louisiana in the 1750’s, ingratiating themselves in their new home and bringing their own culture with them, while combining it with the Creole European elements which already existed in the area, eventually becoming the people today known as the Cajuns, renowned for their good food and Joie de Vivre (Cheerful Enjoyment).  So, as a nod to that heritage, along with names like Boudreaux and Thibodeaux and many other surnames who use their French vernacular for the O sound found in English, we decided to spell Go with the French spelling, EAUX.  So, there you geaux.