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Run them over, stop, put the cart in reverse and back over them to be sure you got them!
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I agree!
Run them over, stop, put the cart in reverse and back over them to be sure you got them!
If I go to the nicest public course in Western PA and wear a T shirt and athletic shorts, what will they do? I mean this is crazy to me. Its golf.
hiss at you, look and stare, maybe even snicker behind your back.
You go to Stonewall up in Ellwood city, nicest course I can picture off the top of my head, wearing basketball shorts and a tee shirt, they probably don't let you on.. I mean, if you make a scene will they give in? Not sure how strict people are now a days but you'd look very foolish and you'd stand out..
around here, south hills courses like Lindenwood, scenic valley, butler, linden hall (Pretty much all the courses running down 51 in the south), you'd be fine.. anyone that golfs without a shirt on needs punched. I don't care what the course..
you go to a nicer course, drop 80-100 bucks for a round, I don't think it's too much to ask to put a shirt on with a collar. I mean these shirts these days are quite casual and comfortable, with shorts and a pair of golf shoes that look exactly like a sneaker. that's not exactly defining "stuffy" in my opinion.
This isn't the past where you had to wear pants, ugly brown golf shoes with metal spikes and a long sleeved, button down shirt with a sweater tied around your neck.
If an adult doesn't own a shirt with a collar or only wears tee shirts, maybe golf isn't the sport for him or at least stay off the nicer courses. COme join me at south park, I don't judge and I usually have a few beers extra that I snuck in while no one was looking..
This isn't the past where you had to wear pants, ugly brown golf shoes with metal spikes and a long sleeved, button down shirt with a sweater tied around your neck.
If an adult doesn't own a shirt with a collar or only wears tee shirts, maybe golf isn't the sport for him or at least stay off the nicer courses. COme join me at south park, I don't judge and I usually have a few beers extra that I snuck in while no one was looking..
I can't imagine doing anything for "fun" that requires me to dress a certain way or someone could give me crap. Unless it's a safety thing, of course.
So avoid the nicer courses and you and everyone else will be good to go.
Man, you have to love pittsburghers, don’t you?
I just don't get it though. Why would a shirt with a collar be a requirement to ride around in a golf cart and hit a ball 50 times? I mean I can see a Country Club or a restaurant or a theater having that type of dress code but a public golf course?
Olde stonewall I believe is semi private where it does allow for a membership to play at a Reduce fee. But it’s just how golf has always been played. If someone is going to cry over having to wear a specific shirt (and the new ones are very comfortable and do a terrific job of hiding the slight dad bod I have developed) than it’s clearly not the sport for you. I enjoy the social aspect of playing it. Basically everyone in business has some working knowledge around the golf course. It’s unbelievable what I’ve been able to get done during a round of golf and a few beers afterwards
I don’t know. Who cares. Most people get dressed up for church, you want to be the guy with the Steeler jersey on or the Crosby jersey on at Sunday mass, cause it’s your right, go ahead. They’ll let you in, God and Jesus will still like you.
when you go out to a nice restaurant with the wife or girlfriend, you can wear a tee shirt and basketball shorts too. You don't have to put on a nice shirt. Do you do that? Do you wear a tee shirt and shorts out on dates? Restaurants, 99% of them, don't have dress codes. it's not a safety thing.. HOw many restaurants have you been too that have a mandatory dress code?
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You will certainly find some people wearing Stiller jerseys at Sunday mass. My thing on that is that mass is supposed to be a formal event. While there is no dress code (and I don't think there should be), I think it is respectful to at least dress business casual. Same goes for a nice restaurant. Now, if we go to Red Robin, I'm wearing a t-shirt and cargo shorts (and not the daisy dukes which are so popular now that go 3 inches above the knee). But golf? Its riding in a cart and hitting a ball. I don't understand why a certain type of shirt is required. The best I can think of is "tradition?" I don't like golf and don't play it but if you told me that due to some grand tradition, you have to wear a collered shirt, ok, I guess.
Many golfers in tour events now, especially the ones who work out and want to look buff, wear those clingy Under Armour type shirts, with no collars. They may be made of exotic, antiwet material (read: polyester), and likely would cost as much as a nice suit if you'd go to buy em at Dicks... but let's face it, they're t-shirts.
in most places, its NOT Required. we've said that a few times. at your nicer, expensive locations, it is. same as a restaurant.. red robin, wear what you want, cheap public course, wear what you want. Nicer restaurant, you'll look out of place wearing a tee shirt and baggy shorts but they'll still let you in, take your money and you'll just look out of place, just like a nicer golf course. A really expensive restaurant, and golf course, they require you not look like a slob, they want people to look respectful. Play along or go elsewhere.
Restaurants and golf courses are actually a very good analogy. I just don't get why you are cool with it in most facets of life but you have issue with it in golf? you want to push the Golf Wasp angle, just say it..
What does being a "pittsburgher" have to do with it? Who actually gets bothered by what anyone is wearing? I would understand not wanting to see something offensive or that shows off...parts...but beyond that, it's weird.
I just find it interesting and odd, that's all. I didn't grow up golfing and only golfed a couple times so its something I am totally unfamiliar with. I am an outsider when it comes to golf. So you telling me for some courses you have to dress a certain way just seems really bizarre. It serves no purpose. It's not a formal event like church, wedding, expensive dinner.
Nope, I love when you guys wear your penguins jerseys to church and your baggy shorts and tee shirts to nice restaurants and golfing. You look like clowns, making the rest of us look better.
For that, I thank you because truthfully, in the looks dept, I need all the help I can get.
I’ve changed my stance on weddings with dress attire. I used to be a ‘shirt, tie, jacket guy. I’m starting to re-think that.
I’m thinking going forward I do the slacks, sport coat, button down shirt (no tie) look and take the coat off the second I walk in the door look.
Weddings need to be more casual IMO. We take these things too serious.
A million things about golf that is confusing. The biggest one is, why in the hell did I ever get into this in the first place.
Expensive as hell, equipment is pricey, takes forever (I can drive to an orioles game and drink 3 beers at a bar in inner harbor in less time than it takes to play a round of golf on a Saturday) and it’s 99% frustration with very random moments of enjoyment.
Be glad you stayed away, you are better off.
it's not a formal event.. that is your opinion as a golf novice. to those that hold its history deer, that might not be the case..
It serves no purpose. as with pretty much every tradition in that it is what it is and that has how it has evolved...ever look at a baseball uniform? talk about features that serve no purpose.
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Well, nobody cares (should care) what you wear to church. I don't personally ever recall seeing a penguin jersey in church but I'll take your word for it. And we aren't talking about going out to eat. I was at the Lamont once and I felt overdressed. We were talking about playing a goofy game. So if I'm reading this right, you do it because you like feeling better than other people or something. Do all golfers feel this way? Do you stand at the urinal and make fun of the guy that doesn't have the latest golf fashion or didn't spend big on his hat? Is that why it's so expensive? Are there things you shouldn't say or do when you play that will offend other golfers? Was Payne Stewart a fashion diva or was he being a clown? Are the magazines about golf kind of like Cosmo for old guys? Sorry for all of the questions but I hadn't considered that people play golf because they want to think of themselves as better than everyone else. In retrospect, it's not that surprising considering who starts all of the golf threads on this board but it must be terribly difficult to keep up on the fashion trends and risk being thought of as a "clown".
why would a shirt be required then? I mean if it is a sunny hot day, why make someone wear something as they are riding around in a cart hitting a ball? Shoes? grass is soft, no need really...
not sure how you can "see" it being required in one circumstance...sitting at a table or watching a play but not "see" it being required in another...hitting a golf ball...
equally apropos or equally stupid, cannot be both...
the more interesting question is what kind of guy whines about wearing a polo shirt and a pair of pocketed shorts?
See, after reading all of this, I worry that I wouldn't have the right kind of pocketed shorts. Mine might be too baggy or worse, not expensive enough.
You lost me at looking at other guys’ junk at the urinals. After that I stopped reading.
Ive said 30 times in this thread that nothing is required. I don’t belong to a club, public golf courses don’t require anything, the ones I go to anyways. Why is this not sinking in.
Again, dress like a slob to dinner, Church, golf, on dates, to weddings, it’s your choice.
I didn't write that but it's okay. I can't possibly imagine the pressure involved if that was part of it, too.
Because it’s about maintaining some level of civility.
Hit the driving range with your cutoffs and wife beater
At work
I’m no prude- but if you can’t bother wearing a polo- and dress like an adult-
Hit the driving range instead
They will tell you to go somewhere else if you don't comply with the dress code!
One of the reasons its the nicest public course in Western is partly because of the dress code.
I've been at place with no dress code and guys take off their shirts and play.
Order is important!
Rules are important!
Golf is a great American sport developed in Scotland, moved to the UK, didn't do well and of course America Made Golf Great Again!
It's a perfect sport for America, provides opportunity for all globally, as long as you work hard, improve your skills and become successful!
Great sport!
Golf is a great American sport developed in Scotland, moved to the UK, didn't do well and of course America Made Golf Great Again!
It's a perfect sport for America, provides opportunity for all globally, as long as you work hard, improve your skills and become successful!
No team to rely on, it's you, against your opponents and the golf course!
Golfers have to be driven, smart, and focused for four days of four to five hour competition not two hours.
Imagine if the NBA had to do that???????????
It's a perfect sport for America, provides opportunity for all globally, as long as you work hard, improve your skills and become successful!
No team to rely on, it's you, against your opponents and the golf course!
Golfers have to be driven, smart, and focused for four days of four to five hour competition not two hours.
Imagine if the NBA had to do that???????????
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If one can't follow the rules for appropriate dress, how is anyone to expect he'd follow the rules on the course?
Golf is nothing, if not a game of following the rules.
I've been on courses where the dress code is very relaxed, and on those very courses I've seen someone hit an arrant shot that landed on the wrong green. He drove up to, and almost on the green, and hit the ball with a 3 wood off of the green.
I could go on and on; repeatedly hitting into the group in front; not fixing ball marks; hitting multiple balls on each hole; being loud; driving too close to the green; driving on the tee box; etc...
Golf is a game of tradition, self policing, and rules. If those aren't something one wants to follow, then golf would not be a sport I'd recommend.
Also, I'd like to see a return to wearing one's best to church. If a Steelers jersey is the best one has, then it's fine by me. But if it's not, whatever is best should be worn. IMHO.
Golf is nothing, if not a game of following the rules.
I've been on courses where the dress code is very relaxed, and on those very courses I've seen someone hit an arrant shot that landed on the wrong green. He drove up to, and almost on the green, and hit the ball with a 3 wood off of the green.
I could go on and on; repeatedly hitting into the group in front; not fixing ball marks; hitting multiple balls on each hole; being loud; driving too close to the green; driving on the tee box; etc...
Golf is a game of tradition, self policing, and rules. If those aren't something one wants to follow, then golf would not be a sport I'd recommend.
Also, I'd like to see a return to wearing one's best to church. If a Steelers jersey is the best one has, then it's fine by me. But if it's not, whatever is best should be worn. IMHO.
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