Dress Codes: Good or Bad for the Game?

[AlCzervik]

I like dress codes. I may play like crap, but i look decent.

I get mad when i see a guy in mesh shorts and cutoff shirt playing better than me.

[cshelton]

I think dress codes are good for the game.

However some of our group did get in trouble at Myrtle Beach in Dec for wearing denim. You could wear rain suit pants but not denim. If it was April-Oct sure, but in the winter I dont see where it matters much.

[pjsnyc]

Alright, I think we've hit the wall here. You comparing people with enough money to golf to homeless people being tossed out of church like a drunken sailor shows how desperate you are to find some justification for your looking like a slob.

Great movie...though to be fair, the comparison to church has been made earlier in this thread to support that dress codes are good for the game. I think 'I'm finished' as well with this. Pains me to think it bothered me so much in the first place.

[bigoak]

I would expect someone with jean shorts and tee shirt to be yelling to a friend in another fairway or talking loudly while someone is putting. I would find more people drunk on the golf course with their own cooler.

BUT that is not the rule. BY Far the most courtesy and skill shown to my wife and I was a golfer named Moose. two birdies and an Eagle in 9 holes. My wife asked him" why do you play HERE" His response was because I like to wear tee shirts and I like the people here. His handicap was + 2.

[MO_Hacker]

Good for the game, it's all about respect for the game and your fellow players.

[mochila]

Presentable? I can wear a t-shirt to university, to see my grandmother, walking down the street, but not at a golf course?

Word. Why is golf any different from any other sport? Why is golf a "fancy occasion that requires any different sort of attire? I'm not saying that I mind a dress code at a private/country club place but at a place where 18 holes costs 22 bucks is rediculous and discourages growth of the sport. It gives it a reputation for being just something for rich people. And why does a tshirt look messy or unbecoming. Just because it isnt traditional doesnt mean it is inapropriate or looks bad.

[Billiam]

Word. Why is golf any different from any other sport? Why is golf a "fancy occasion that requires any different sort of attire? I'm not saying that I mind a dress code at a private/country club place but at a place where 18 holes costs 22 bucks is rediculous and discourages growth of the sport. It gives it a reputation for being just something for rich people. And why does a tshirt look messy or unbecoming. Just because it isnt traditional doesnt mean it is inapropriate or looks bad.

Exactly. Most people I talk to about golf say 'oh I don't golf it's a rich boy's game'. A tee shirt doesn't make you look like a scrub. If I went anywhere in town in a tee shirt and a pair of shorts no one would think anything of it. I'm just glad we don't have people like the majority of you at my golf course who would tell me off for what I wear. I guess the game of golf isn't about having fun... it's about dressing nice. My apologies.

[Golfnub88]

Generally, I don't mind wearing a collared shirt.

That said, if it's 107 degrees and I'm playing on the shitty public course here ($15 for twilight hours is amazing, however not well maintained AT ALL) I don't see why I can't wear a t shirt.

If you want me to look fancy, make the course look fancy.

[Billiam]

If you want me to look fancy, make the course look fancy.

Maybe that's why I have my opinion I do. I play at a public golf course that isn't very nice to be honest. I don't ever see people dressed up fancy to play golf. Almost everyone looks like me, or worse. That's why I probaby find it so strange people would want to force everyone to dress so proper for gofling.

[JaY_B]

Every other sport seems to have dress codes at club level, so why shouldn't golf?

Muni level is different, the paying golfer should be able to wear what they like.

In my opinion the importance of dress code and its effect on the game depends on the level of exclusivity of the golf club, it would be bad for golf if your local muni introduced a strict dress code and at the same time it would be bad for golf if a private club slackened its dress code.

In my opinion of course.

[MtGolfer]

Two reasons for the yes.

If I understand you correctly, it seems to me that you're a bit on the fence. First, you say that proper clothes create an expectation or incentive for good behavior. OTOH--and no, I'm not an economist, thank you--you espouse, er, skirting along the edge of the rules. If clothes influence behavior, wouldn't this edgyness carry over into manners as well.......leading to perhaps a decrease in expected behavior?

[MtGolfer]

If there was a dress code at the course and these guys were in violation, you did the right thing. The club will deal with it.

True enough, especially about the lack of marshalls, although at many courses, they often didn't do much even when they were more plentiful. If it were up to me, I'd prefer the marshalls enforce slow play rules, and get on golfers who don't fix ball marks, rake traps, etc. If they have any time left over, then go after the sloppy dressers. Those are my priorities, anyway.

[Voltmoie]

Play at expensive courses and the dress code will take care of itself. Play at the cheap ones and well.... you know!

[TCCcaddie]

would you perchance, be a hooligan?

No, i just found a pic and put a caption with it to argue one side of the argument. Heres one to argue the opposite, all in a joking manner.

[MO_Hacker]

I'd rather see a foursome dressed like that than the group of six in front of us yesterday with the sleeveless t shirts and faded blue jeans

[pjsnyc]

No, i just found a pic and put a caption with it to argue one side of the argument. Heres one to argue the opposite, all in a joking manner.

Actually - thats pretty baller if you ask me...

Edit - ermmmm...grammar?

[Willard46]

A tank top on a golf course? Basketball shorts? I mean, seriously, do you even need a dress code to realize that it's just inappropriate?

This Says It all - on target

[sp91]

This is slightly off topic but it does concern the way Adam Scott dresses. He's wearing this sweater (in the link below) does anyone know what company it is produced by? Thanks

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...02/2205604.htm