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Poll Results: Should Pros be allowed to wear shorts?

Poll expires: Oct 31, 2013  
  • 69% (44)
    Yes
  • 6% (4)
    Never
  • 23% (15)
    Depends on the Event
63 Total Votes  
post #19 of 49
10/12/12 at 12:58am
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Originally Posted by jamo View Post


Nor do male golfers wear knee-high socks.

 

Unless you are Joel Sjöholm.

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post #20 of 49
10/12/12 at 1:49am
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Originally Posted by luu5 View Post

 

Unless you are Joel Sjöholm.

 

Thanks for that mental image.

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post #21 of 49
10/12/12 at 5:42am
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Originally Posted by jamo View Post

Nor do male golfers wear knee-high socks.

At certain of the more traditional (ie really full of themselves) clubs in the UK, you have to wear knee-high socks if you are going to play in shorts.

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post #22 of 49
10/12/12 at 9:51am

I always find it a bit odd when men care a lot about what other men are wearing. Just saying......

 

It does look like the white belt is mandatory if you wear shorts though.

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Originally Posted by Paradox View Post

for the one who say pants should be worn on tour...what is your reasoning?

 

Do you always wear pants when you play?

 

Not an attack..just curious about the reasoning.

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post #23 of 49
10/12/12 at 9:59am
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Originally Posted by Wansteadimp View Post

At certain of the more traditional (ie really full of themselves) clubs in the UK, you have to wear knee-high socks if you are going to play in shorts.

It was that way at most of the clubs in Australia also about 20-25 years ago...not sure how it is today, but I think they loosened up some after they saw Greg Norman wear short socks in one of the skins games or something similar.

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post #24 of 49
10/12/12 at 10:10am
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Originally Posted by Wansteadimp View Post

At certain of the more traditional (ie really full of themselves) clubs in the UK, you have to wear knee-high socks if you are going to play in shorts.
That is hilarious. The sort of GC that some of the fellows in Rumpole's Chambers played at I suppose. Not Horace himself of course - he wouldn't be seen dead on a golf course.

Could you name one or two of these clubs for our edification, or does this fall under the Official Secrets Act?
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post #25 of 49
10/12/12 at 12:45pm

I think we should make them wear kilts to honor the Scottish roots of this lovely game!

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post #26 of 49
10/12/12 at 7:11pm
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Originally Posted by Chas View Post


That is hilarious. The sort of GC that some of the fellows in Rumpole's Chambers played at I suppose. Not Horace himself of course - he wouldn't be seen dead on a golf course.
Could you name one or two of these clubs for our edification, or does this fall under the Official Secrets Act?

Strangely a really exclusive members club, Swinley Forest in Surrey, really doesn't go to town on the dress code, except for the Lunch Carvery - jacket & tie required.

 

However, Royal St Georges who you may think would be looking to cash in on its name and status has the following code: -

 

http://www.royalstgeorges.com/visitor_information/dress_code/

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post #27 of 49
10/12/12 at 7:26pm
i dont get people even caring what they wear....r u telling me you enjoy pro golf on the pga on the tv more or less depending on shorts vs pants? personally i watch the shots not their legs and whether i can see them or not. it is funny that women fought for and continue to fight to get equal rights of men...yet the pga forces men to wear pants in unbearable heat...while women get to wear what they want...and what they want is normally shorts. why can women wear them and men not? why does anyone care.....i say for sure it should be allowed. i and my friends cannot wait until the weather gets even the slightest bit warm enough to justify shorts and i dont go back to pants until season is almost over where i live. i stil wore shorts in cold weather the other day cuz air on my legs and the freedome of movement and comfort is important.
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post #28 of 49
10/12/12 at 10:22pm

Didn't Payne Stewart wear some kind of special short pants on Tour?  And long stockings.  He looked, when compared to the others he played against, like rather  a  'dandy'.  Would those Payne Stewart  trousers be permitted today by the PGA Tour?  And does the European Tour  have the same dress restrictions as the American PGA Tour?  HaHa, what if there were no dress codes for the pros, what kind of trousers would John Daly wear then? All so absurd. 

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post #29 of 49
10/13/12 at 12:15am
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Originally Posted by Wansteadimp View Post

 

http://www.royalstgeorges.com/visitor_information/dress_code/

hmmm, and what are "cargo" shorts exactly (banned by Royal St. George's, see link)?  Are those the sort of shorts that photographers wear with lots of pockets in them for carrying lenses and other essential items?  I could use a pair of those for all the extra balls I sometimes find myself needing out there on the track.

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post #30 of 49
10/13/12 at 5:49pm
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Originally Posted by Chas View Post

hmmm, and what are "cargo" shorts exactly (banned by Royal St. George's, see link)?  Are those the sort of shorts that photographers wear with lots of pockets in them for carrying lenses and other essential items?  I could use a pair of those for all the extra balls I sometimes find myself needing out there on the track.

Pretty much, thought he fashion police at my place seem to consider anything more than 2 pockets at the front and 2 back pockets as being cargo shorts!

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post #31 of 49
10/13/12 at 5:53pm

Slacks.  Just looks better.

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post #32 of 49
10/13/12 at 6:05pm

Many years ago Greg Norman was asked if the PGA Tour players could wear shorts since they were allowed on the LPGA Tour. He said" Hell yes, I have better looking legs than half of the LPGA players"

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post #33 of 49
10/13/12 at 10:53pm

Hmmmm...I'm thinkin' you gotta pass a knobby knees test. Knobby knees...forget it! Oh, you can't wear dorky English-style long socks either...not even athletic length socks. It's gotta be shorty socks just past the ankle bone. Oh yeah, and you can't have blue-white legs. Tan em first then bring em to the golf course. There, OK, now I'm for shorts. Well, not all shorts. Gotta be knee length shorts, forget those mid-thigh hiking shorts. OK, there you go. z5_smartass.gif

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post #34 of 49
10/14/12 at 12:18am

Not sure what side I'm on actually !

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post #35 of 49
10/15/12 at 11:02am

I have noissues with shorts being worn..even for reg. tourn. events. As long as they are long and hav tucked in shirts.

 

On the other hand, the White Sox wearing shorts isn't really an argument since we're only talking about professional sports here...LOL

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post #36 of 49
10/15/12 at 12:33pm

Yes.  Seriously... it's 2012 not 1912.

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