Korean LPGA Players - What's up with the long sleeves?

[snowman0157]

Has anyone else noticed that many of the Korean LPGA players always wear long sleeves(regardless of weather conditions)? ..usually under their 'golf shirts'. Does anyone know why they do this?

[DavidFehertysBike]

Ive never noticed. Maybe its to conceal their cybernetic implants.

[ElWagonne]

Must be cultural....I've noticed Korean men doing the same around here. Me being culturally naive and knowing that it's close to 100 degrees, I don't see how they can be comfortable, but hey, if they like it.....I love it.

[JWL1957]

Most of them are ex-sailors and the LPGA has a no tattoo policy ???

[senorchipotle]

in the asian culture, the shade of skin is an indicator of social status. the wealthier a person, the lighter their skin should be hypothetically cause they work in an office, etc. the darker skinned people are looked down upon as manual laborers. it's really stupid, but that's the gist of it.

[Yukari]

in the asian culture, the shade of skin is an indicator of social status. the wealthier a person, the lighter their skin should be hypothetically cause they work in an office, etc. the darker skinned people are looked down upon as manual laborers. it's really stupid, but that's the gist of it.

Yup, that is exactly what it is. Before I got married, I would wear golf shirt and shorts to play golf. Now my Korean wife would never would allow me to play if I didn't wear a long sleeve shirt, even in 90*+ weather. So she buys me a really light, breathable long sleeve shirts for me to wear. It is very comfortable. In fact, it is actually cooler wearing it because it keeps the direct sun off the skin. I was really surprised the first time I wore them.

[snowman0157]

thanks for the insight.. I figured it was cultural, just wondering. btw, Senorchipotle: I learned to play at Tenison back in the 70's and often still play there and Cedar Crest. Nice Munis.

[SpoiledRotten]

Maybe they just don't like a two toned "golfer's tan".

[senorchipotle]

Maybe they just don't like a two toned "golfer's tan".

lol... i had a couple korean and japanese friends while studying in france a few years back. the japanese girls didn't even acknowledge the korean girls even though we had the same classes. and neither would really go out and do anything active during the heat of the day. they have virtually nothing in common with our western cultures. a few here and there would break the mold and try to assimilate with the rest of us, but it was extremely rare.

[rstyle]

All of us that do a lot of fishing in the southeast wear long sleeve shirts for sun protection. There are many new fabrics that are "breathable" and soft are not uncomfortable. You may see them in the Columbia and Patagonia sites.
Was wondering, since all the talk about melanoma, how long before golfers would start using them
Unfortunately, most of the good ones made for fishing do not have collars

[plop]

Being Asian myself, I can say that it's mostly, if not all, about beauty. Non-American born Asians prefer girls with white fine skin as opposed to tanned one. I think this applies to most east and southeast Asia. Not sure about other regions.

For some genetic reason or whatever, Asians won't become tanned. They just turn black and that doesn't suit Asian eyes. I guess Michelle Wie is an exception.

[pittpanther]

For some genetic reason or whatever,

I have NO IDEA what in the world this sentence means...

[Ben]

An important factor that rstyle hit upon is that Asians in general appreciate their skin. They don't want wrinkled, sun baked skin, nor are too fond of skin cancer. Therefore long sleeves to cover themselves up better. Some companies these days even make sleeves out of their "dry" material. http://store.nike.com/index.jsp?coun...34/pgid-197336 No sweating nor overheating.

[senorchipotle]

Being Asian myself, I can say that it's mostly, if not all, about beauty. Non-American born Asians prefer girls with white fine skin as opposed to tanned one. I think this applies to most east and southeast Asia. Not sure about other regions.

man, i've seen lots of stuff in my day, but i have yet to see a black asian! by asian, i mean orient, not indian peninsula and surrounding areas. the darkest i've seen are laosians, but they're pretty damn dark to begin with. i honestly think it boils down to social heirarchy, just like india, america, europe, and the rest of the world. people are inherently exclusive, so they look for something to separate themselves.

[golfro]

Being Asian myself, I can say that it's mostly, if not all, about beauty. Non-American born Asians prefer girls with white fine skin as opposed to tanned one. I think this applies to most east and southeast Asia. Not sure about other regions.

what the hell are you talking about lol. i'm korean and i get tan just fine... and no i dont turn "black"

man, i've seen lots of stuff in my day, but i have yet to see a black asian! by asian, i mean orient, not indian peninsula and surrounding areas. the darkest i've seen are laosians, but they're pretty damn dark to begin with. i honestly think it boils down to social heirarchy, just like india, america, europe, and the rest of the world. people are inherently exclusive, so they look for something to separate themselves.

orient. lol

[senorchipotle]

orient. lol

what's so funny? i know ''oriental'' has a certain negative connotation, which is what happens when speech becomes overly PC. but the SE asian haplogroup are by definitian orientals. for the life of me i can't see how that's become a racist terminology. we can call someone from france a frenchman, but god forbid you call someone from china a chinaman.

[PiustheDrGolf]

You also can easily find asian women who wear a long sleeve for only left arm and drive a car in southern california or other southern states. I am guessing if they are at Australia, they probably wear it on right arm.

[golfro]

what's so funny? i know ''oriental'' has a certain negative connotation, which is what happens when speech becomes overly PC. but the SE asian haplogroup are by definitian orientals. for the life of me i can't see how that's become a racist terminology. we can call someone from france a frenchman, but god forbid you call someone from china a chinaman.

you answered your own question. oriental has a certain negative connotation, just as "negro" has its own negative connotation. They are both rooted from non racist terms but through history, they now have negative connotations. accept it.

calling an asian person oriental is equivalent to calling a black man negro. they're both outdated terms. has nothing to do with becoming overly PC. Don't start that PC arguement because I'm sure theres a lot of people who still use the "n" word regularly who would make the same PC arguement. btw. in historical context, orient was a term actually used to describe the middle eastern region, not the far eastern region we now commonly know as asia.