Under Armour to Gary Woodland: Tuck in your shirt.

[krupa]

Under Armour reps wanted to know why Gary Woodland wasn't wearing UA underwear when he took off his pants to hit out of the water.  When told that he was, they told him that the next time he needs to go pants-less on the course to tuck his shirt into his underwear so people can see their logo on the waistband. 

 http://www.foxsports.com/golf/story/pga-tour-gary-woodland-underwear-under-armour-hazard-shot-032416 

If I were in Woodland's place I don't think I could stop myself from blurting, "are you f***ing serious!?"

Just how much can companies like UA dictate things like this?  Will Woodland retaliate by going commando?  We'll find out the next time Woodland drops his pants on the course.

[boogielicious]

2 minutes ago, krupa said:

Under Armour reps wanted to know why Gary Woodland wasn't wearing UA underwear when he took off his pants to hit out of the water.  When told that he was, they told him that the next time he needs to go pants-less on the course to tuck his shirt into his underwear so people can see their logo on the waistband. 

 http://www.foxsports.com/golf/story/pga-tour-gary-woodland-underwear-under-armour-hazard-shot-032416 

If I were in Woodland's place I don't think I could stop myself from blurting, "are you f***ing serious!?"

Just how much can companies like UA dictate things like this?  Will Woodland retaliate by going commando?  We'll find out the next time Woodland drops his pants on the course.

This is like when the refs would make my soccer team tuck in their shirts before the game during the checkout part. As soon as the whistle blew, they all un-tucked their shirts! Boys and girls. It was comical.

[krupa]

11 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

This is like when the refs would make my soccer team tuck in their shirts before the game during the checkout part. As soon as the whistle blew, they all un-tucked their shirts! Boys and girls. It was comical.

Now that you mention refs, I'm a little surprised that PGA Tour officials do not allow players to wear shorts but will allow players to take off their pants for some shots.

[boogielicious]

1 minute ago, krupa said:

Now that you mention refs, I'm a little surprised that PGA Tour officials do not allow players to wear shorts but will allow players to take off their pants for some shots.

Ha!  Good point! What's the likelihood that John Daly wears SpongeBob underwear??

[krupa]

18 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

Ha!  Good point! What's the likelihood that John Daly wears SpongeBob underwear??

He could at least keep it thematically correct  

[14ledo81]

Gary should have told them to put the logo on the hem....

[disaster]

On 24.3.2016 at 2:27 PM, krupa said:

Now that you mention refs, I'm a little surprised that PGA Tour officials do not allow players to wear shorts but will allow players to take off their pants for some shots.

Haven't  read anything about the Woodland "incident", but Stenson did the same thing a while ago. He was fined for that

[Golfingdad]

On 3/25/2016 at 6:10 AM, krupa said:

Under Armour reps wanted to know why Gary Woodland wasn't wearing UA underwear when he took off his pants to hit out of the water.  When told that he was, they told him that the next time he needs to go pants-less on the course to tuck his shirt into his underwear so people can see their logo on the waistband. 

 http://www.foxsports.com/golf/story/pga-tour-gary-woodland-underwear-under-armour-hazard-shot-032416 

If I were in Woodland's place I don't think I could stop myself from blurting, "are you f***ing serious!?"

Just how much can companies like UA dictate things like this?  Will Woodland retaliate by going commando?  We'll find out the next time Woodland drops his pants on the course.

The article doesn't show the tone of the conversation, but if I was a betting man, I'd put money down that says the entire conversation was tongue-in-cheek.  I'm sure the reps were being facetious and having a laugh.

[krupa]

20 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

The article doesn't show the tone of the conversation, but if I was a betting man, I'd put money down that says the entire conversation was tongue-in-cheek.  I'm sure the reps were being facetious and having a laugh.

That's pretty much how I took it.  However, I have known some sales guys who would have been serious.