Dress code.....again!

[chris661]

I mean come on..... if Augusta can except Women! :whoo:

Should have kept it that way..........

 

[Andy]

Sorry but I agree with him. What do juniors contribute in real terms. Hardly anything in terms of revenue and its true that many once they reach a certain standard show no loyalty and go somewhere where daddy thinks they can be a big fish. Many push all sorts of rules including dress code to their limits and I'd rather have one full paying member who comes in, gets involved in comps and in the 19th and just accepts the club and the rules for what it and they are

Our juniors spend all day at the course from early morning to night. They eat in the clubhouse \ proshop and spend a fortune on clothing \ equipment. Some probably spend more than full members even though it's probably Dads money, who cares as long as they contribute.

With the attitude of you 2 is it any wonder juniors dont take up the game.

And most juniors follow fashion, hence no auld fuddy duddy chinos.

 

[Fader]

I think all clubs should have relaxed dress in the bar, how you dress doesn't have any bearing on how you repsect the etiquette of others. That comes from plain and simple manners, I do think their should be a standard of dress on the the course. In the clubhouse though never understood that one at all.

 

[Val]

Dress code in the bar is far more touchy subject that dress code on the course, jeans and trainers in the bar should be no issue.

 

[Bomber69]

Should have kept it that way..........

Why, please explain yourself.

 

[Foxholer]

Lets be a bit realistic here. Junior golfers bring little to a GC in all honesty, so why bother courting them with relaxed dress codes, be it in the bar or on the course, not many are going to become Rory Mcilroys. Most pay hardly anything in fee's and when they become adult golfers they move on to another club as readily as anyone else with money in the pocket. I'd rather have 1 adult member paying full money and adhering to the dress codes without constantly moaning about not being able to wear what they want when drinking a lucozade than have 20 junior members that pay less combined than an adult member and want to wear there keks around their ankles showing off their shreddies to all and sundry.

If that's the attitude of sufficient at your club, then I can understand why they go elsewhere!

Juniors are the Future of Golf, pure and simple. Your club is already encouraging them by allowing them to play on reduced subs etc. You appear to be discouraging them - not by the clothing policy but certainly ty the rest of the attitude I detect in the above post!

 

[Airlie_Andy]

Just to clarify once and for all I don't think anyone is advocating jeans on the course so those arguing against it are just wasting their time and confusing the issue. As for Jeans in the club house etc I really do wonder about some people who allow anybodies attire of choice to annoy/offend them so much. Why do you care what clothes somebody else is wearing while they have a drink etc? If jeans annoy/offend you so much I really do feel sorry for you. I pretty much wear jeans all the time when dressing casually. I wear trousers for work and when I'm playing golf. If I'm going to the club to just use the driving range and then have a drink then if I had to specifically get changed into trousers to do it I just wouldn't bother, I'd go to the driving range that's closer and isn't attached to a club so you can wear whatever you like. I've yet to hear an argument against casual attire in the clubhouse that isn't basically snobbery.

 

[Bomber69]

Personally I don't agree with folk wearing jeans on the course as I think it detracts how the game was played years ago but jeans in the clubhouse or practise area are fine. But given the choice I would rather play behind someone wearing jeans than some Chomper who thinks he can play golf spraying it all over the place and holding up play, these are the guys who piss me off so if it meant letting guys play with jeans and keeping them Chompers off our course then jeans would win hands down.


Chompers you need to look behind you and stand aside your giving our great game a bad name......:whoo:

 

[MegaSteve]

Don't see how or why juniors got introduced into this thread... No junior I know would be seen dead in a pair of jeans either out on the course or in the clubhouse...

If jeans were to become the norm... Then the next 'discussion' would be... What hue of trackie bottoms are acceptable? How low do we want to 'raise the bar'? Shell suits anybody???

For the record I can get around in three and a bit hours unimpeded raking after myself in bunkers and repairing my pitchmarks... Though what the hell that has to do with the wearing of jeans in the clubhouse I haven't a scooby doo....

 

[Bomber69]

Don't see how or why juniors got introduced into this thread... No junior I know would be seen dead in a pair of jeans either out on the course or in the clubhouse...

If jeans were to become the norm... Then the next 'discussion' would be... What hue of trackie bottoms are acceptable? How low do we want to 'raise the bar'? Shell suits anybody???

For the record I can get around in three and a bit hours unimpeded raking after myself in bunkers and repairing my pitchmarks... Though what the hell that has to do with the wearing of jeans in the clubhouse I haven't a scooby doo....

Agreed juniors are the future of all our clubs and we should treat them with respect for playing the game & stand aside when we hold them up.

 

[Bomber69]

Should have kept it that way..........

Bump.........

Once again Chris please explain why they should not have allowed women Golfers, I feel you have some underlying issue here and would like to here your take on why they should not accept women members and I don't think a reply of it was a joke will suffice.

 

[Snelly]

What is the point of this thread now? It has moved on from the original question, which is fine but is now utterly pointless.

Let me make it easy for the hard of learning amongst you. If you don't like dress codes at golf clubs then don't go there and leave them for the people that do. Instead, go to your local golf "centre" where you can watch football on sky sports, drink Stella, wear your white trainers, lounge in your jeans, read the Sun, compare tattoos and discuss the relative merits of cheap Tesco wine and gas barbecues. You will have a whale of a time and I won't have to mix with you so everyone's a winner!

In the meantime, I can go for 18 Chav free holes of foursomes at my local top 50 ranked heathland course, get changed into a decent tailored suit, enjoy a rare rib of beef with a cote du beaune and retire to the members bar to talk about things that you would not want to understand or be interested in.

Best we don't mix. You think I am a dinosaur and I think you are a prole. It has always been this way and always will be. Every peg has a hole, find your niche and enjoy it and don't think that you should foist your idea of golfing heaven on others as it is probably their idea of hell.

 

[thecraw]

What is the point of this thread now? It has moved on from the original question, which is fine but is now utterly pointless.

Let me make it easy for the hard of learning amongst you. If you don't like dress codes at golf clubs then don't go there and leave them for the people that do. Instead, go to your local golf "centre" where you can watch football on sky sports, drink Stella, wear your white trainers, lounge in your jeans, read the Sun, compare tattoos and discuss the relative merits of cheap Tesco wine and gas barbecues. You will have a whale of a time and I won't have to mix with you so everyone's a winner!

In the meantime, I can go for 18 Chav free holes of foursomes at my local top 50 ranked heathland course, get changed into a decent tailored suit, enjoy a rare rib of beef with a cote du beaune and retire to the members bar to talk about things that you would not want to understand or be interested in.

Best we don't mix. You think I am a dinosaur and I think you are a prole. It has always been this way and always will be. Every peg has a hole, find your niche and enjoy it and don't think that you should foist your idea of golfing heaven on others as it is probably their idea of hell.

Indeed, practice what you preach old bean!


:rofl:

Also I don't really drink, would a cup of tea suffice or is that a bit "chav" although up here its "ned" culture but I take your point!

 

[d2cko]

Bump.........

Once again Chris please explain why they should not have allowed women Golfers, I feel you have some underlying issue here and would like to here your take on why they should not accept women members and I don't think a reply of it was a joke will suffice.

Just to play Devil's Advocate...

I don't think that they should've let women in because they were forced to by society. Augusta is a members club with a very select group of members who set the rules for their club. They clearly decided early on that they wanted a club where they could go and get away from the womenfolk. Not my cup of tea but it's their club and they can set the rules as they see fit. It's a shame that they've been forced into this!

 

[Snelly]

Indeed, practice what you preach old bean!


:rofl:

Also I don't really drink, would a cup of tea suffice or is that a bit "chav" although up here its "ned" culture but I take your point!

18 holes followed by tea and toast with you sounds great to me to be honest. Must fix up a game. I'm in Prestwick at the end of the month but could fly to any airport and drive down.. Might go to Troon for a game with a pal too.

 

[MadAdey]

Not got enough time to read all the responses apart from the first page. My club do not allow jeans, but people do wear jeans style trousers and no one seems to have a problem with that. No problem with people wearing jeans as long as they are smart jeans not ripped scruffy ones. Defiant no to trainers, then again I do not tend to wear trainers often, I always wear shoes with my jeans.

It is about time clubs entered the 21st century with the rest of us. Wearing jeans is not considered scruffy today. I remember when I first started to go to night clubs you had to wear trousers and shoes, now you can go in jeans and trainers. The world has moved on why do golf clubs not go with the times?

 

[Oddsocks]

See the above post sums it up nicely. I wear jeans for work two days Aa week as I'm on site, and alot of the time casually outside of work, but jeans don't mean trainers and tee shirts.

Relax the rules to dark blue/black denim with shirt and shoes and in my opinion this is still smart. But jeans trainers abd a tee shirt..... This does not get my backing!

I know certain clubs take this approach to snag extra bar revenue but is it they hard, Saturday I was looking for a car, knew I'd stop at the club on the way back for dinner so purposely put on dark jeans, shirt and shoes. Comfy enough for day wear, smart enough to not look chavy in the gold club. A happy medium!

 

[Whee]

Some of you are going to get awfully lonely on your perches. Actually, judging by how upset you are over someone wearing a pair of jeans, in a golf club of all places! I'd suggest you're already very lonely.

Life's short enough.

 

[Oddsocks]

Not lonely by any means, lOve the fact that clubs are relaxing areas such as dress codes but do beleive "some" golfers as pushing it just a tad to far!

 

[richy]

Sorry but I agree with him. What do juniors contribute in real terms. Hardly anything in terms of revenue and its true that many once they reach a certain standard show no loyalty and go somewhere where daddy thinks they can be a big fish. Many push all sorts of rules including dress code to their limits and I'd rather have one full paying member who comes in, gets involved in comps and in the 19th and just accepts the club and the rules for what it and they are

No wonder your juniors up and leave when they reach 18 if this is your attitude.