Dress Codes

[Valleygolfer]

  On 7/26/2016 at 1:22 AM, WUTiger said:

This can be big medicine at private-equity clubs. My former boss was a member at Bellerive CC in St. Louis, and he was put on probation for 6 months for leaving his shirttail out on a 100° F day.

Vg, if you leave your shirttail out when wearing cargo shorts... your picture might end up on a milk carton! 

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I am going to a private club tomorrow.... I don't know if I should chance it... Hate to be black balled...

[WUTiger]

Nice Cargo Shorts! You're sleeping on the sofa...

The WSJ explores the culture clash wrought by cargo attire.

[xcott]

Asking peopel not to play in jeans is really just saving them from themselves. Who on earth would do that.

 

I think men look like idiots in shorts, but I'm ok with someone wearing nice ones on the course

[Elmer]

  On 8/4/2016 at 4:22 PM, xcott said:

Asking peopel not to play in jeans is really just saving them from themselves. Who on earth would do that.

 

I think men look like idiots in shorts, but I'm ok with someone wearing nice ones on the course

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I know a couple guys who will golf in jeans. I never would, although I rarely wear jeans to being with. However, early morning in early April or late October can be quite cold, so I understand the reasoning!

[krupa]

  On 8/4/2016 at 4:41 PM, Elmer said:

I know a couple guys who will golf in jeans. I never would, although I rarely wear jeans to being with. However, early morning in early April or late October can be quite cold, so I understand the reasoning!

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The only reason I can see not to wear jeans on the course is that they're kind of restrictive (at least the way I wear them.)  Otherwise, it's all just fabric meant to hide your shame (yeah, yours, not mine... my hands are huge ) and it doesn't really matter to me.

[jsgolfer]

I played Penobscot Valley CC in Orono Maine (used to be a private course), last Friday.  I get out of my car and one of my fathers friends (they were both policeman and I took his daughter to the Junior Prom) was sitting in his cart right across from where I parked.    

He had on jean cutoff shorts, a white tee shirt with red suspenders and was wearing a gun.  It was too funny.  

[DaveP043]

  On 8/4/2016 at 4:55 PM, jsgolfer said:

I played Penobscot Valley CC in Orono Maine (used to be a private course), last Friday.  I get out of my car and one of my fathers friends (they were both policeman and I took his daughter to the Junior Prom) was sitting in his cart right across from where I parked.    

He had on jean cutoff shorts, a white tee shirt with red suspenders and was wearing a gun.  It was too funny.  

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In my world, a gun supersedes all dress codes.

[jsgolfer]

  On 8/4/2016 at 5:06 PM, DaveP043 said:

In my world, a gun supersedes all dress codes.

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So true!

[Vinny Cap]

  On 8/4/2016 at 4:22 PM, xcott said:

I think men look like idiots in shorts, but I'm ok with someone wearing nice ones on the course

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Curious what you wear when golfing and how hot it is there.

In Mass it can get in high 90's in the summer and I wouldn't even think of wearing pants period.

Shorts all day every day.

[xcott]

  On 8/4/2016 at 5:29 PM, Vinny Cap said:

Curious what you wear when golfing and how hot it is there.

 

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golf pants and collard golf shirt, temps get over 105 with crazy high humidity in the summer. 

 

Personally I find jeans to be very uncomfortable and restrictive, which would make them bad for golf. 

[BamaWade]

Heat indexes here in Bama through the summer are routinely 105.  As I walk and carry, if I wore pants, they'd find me dead in the 5th fairway looking like I'd fallen into a lake.  Okay....maybe 'in the fairway' is a stretch.    Likely the left greenside bunker.

Golf shorts 6 months out of the year, for me.  And the moisture-wicking golf apparel branded ones.  Maybe they have pants that material...I dunno.  

BamaWade

[xcott]

It's 105 right now here without heat index. I would wear pants golfing. They are lightweight wicking material.

[BamaWade]

Fair enough - to each his own.  I'm fortunate the norm here at my home CC (in mid summer) is shorts.  We have a collar, tuck & belt rule to keep a tidy look, but if shorts are the norm, when in Rome...

BamaWade

[Vinny Cap]

  On 8/4/2016 at 6:31 PM, xcott said:

golf pants and collard golf shirt, temps get over 105 with crazy high humidity in the summer. 

 

Personally I find jeans to be very uncomfortable and restrictive, which would make them bad for golf. 

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WOW 105 and pants is tough to fathom.  I would never wear jeans to the course but have seen it a few times.

Like most here, a nice collard golf shirt, dress shorts and soft spike shoes is all one needs to look nice, be comfy and have some fun. 

  On 8/4/2016 at 6:40 PM, BamaWade said:

Heat indexes here in Bama through the summer are routinely 105.  As I walk and carry, if I wore pants, they'd find me dead in the 5th fairway looking like I'd fallen into a lake.  Okay....maybe 'in the fairway' is a stretch.    Likely the left greenside bunker.

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Awesome post!  Almost spit my water all over my keyboard!

[xcott]

pants are not a rule at my club, it's just my personal preference.

actually it's 106 right now with heat index of 121. i'd STILL go out in pants. 

[BamaWade]

These?  I'll think about it.

[Hookman]

It depends on the course and the weather for me. If I'm walking at a crappy course and its hot outside I might wear a t shirt and shorts. However if I'm in a cart and on a nicer course I almost always wear a polo with dress pants.

[Fourputt]

  On 8/4/2016 at 4:22 PM, xcott said:

Asking peopel not to play in jeans is really just saving them from themselves. Who on earth would do that.

 

I think men look like idiots in shorts, but I'm ok with someone wearing nice ones on the course

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I wear jeans to play during most of the "off" season (and for virtually everything else too).  If it's too cold for shorts, then I'll usually be in jeans.  There is nothing restrictive about them if you actually buy sensibly.  I wear mostly Wrangler relaxed fit.  

If you buy the rather impractical skinny fit style, then of course you won't be able to move in them.  Those are "urban" jeans.  You wouldn't catch a farmer or rancher wearing anything that he can't move freely in.

One more little peeve before I go away.  "Collard" is a type of vegetable, mostly eaten in the south, i.e. "Collard greens".  Shirts are "collared".