We have already touched on the differences in equipment and accessories from yesterday to today in the world of golf, so now let’s address how we dress. My Uncle Bill always said, “Look shabby, play shabby”.
As I spend my day working in the shop at a local muni, I have seen many faux pau’s in how people dress. I understand that times are changing and now that I’m in my 40’s I may be out of touch from the younger generation, but this is still a classy sport and we need to dress ourselves accordingly.
Why don’t we start at the top and work our way to the bottom. First off is your hat. When wearing a hat, lets try to have it on correctly. Having it on backwards or even off to the side is not helping your image at the course. Maybe having a actual golf hat wouldn’t hurt.
Now we are at the shirt. Now I understand I don’t work at a private country club that requires you to wear a collared shirt, but can we at least wear a shirt that has sleeves, I really don’t think that is too much to ask. If you look like you just arrived from a pick-up basketball game or a Beastie Boys concert, you probably have the wrong gear on. No one wants to see you’re “Guns”, or your armpits. T-shirts with sleeves are borderline, but can still be acceptable, but lets not have something obnoxious on it, such as anything with curse words or even that one with the dog flipping you the finger saying “Fetch this” Remember this a golf, not a bad scene out of Cops.
Now to the pants. Jeans to me are acceptable, I don’t want to offend all the hard working guys that work all day then try to sneak some golf in after work, no since going home to change. Shorts are all ok also, but there is a thing that the younger generation is doing where they have pants on, even nice pants, but they are pulled down to where we all can see there boxers, who in the hell thought this looks attractive. And they are even wearing a belt to hold them there. This look makes you look like you don’t even understand the concept of the belt Trust me, no one wants to see that either.
As far as shoes and socks I don’t have too much on that, but please don’t wear shorts and colored socks that go up over your calf, once again, not a good look. Those short socks in the shop look much better there, and then you don’t get that stupid tan line that everyone will make fun of you about.
In short, all I’m basically saying is lets try to doll it up some when going to the course. Maybe take some time and actually look in a mirror, and please, have a little color coordination, I could swear that over 50% of the players are color blind, some colors just don’t work together. If you are wearing enough colors to be considered the spectrum, once again this is not helping you. A good rule of thumb is no more then 3 colors in your outfit, but remember 3 different green colors don’t count.
Now, if you choose to ignore these helpful hints, or just blatantly want to rebel, you better have some game. All these rules for attire can be overlooked if you are shooting in red numbers, if your not, then trust me, its not a good look.
