Orikoru
Tour Winner
That part is shocking. 'Grow the game' eh?
Beggars belief.
Dress codes
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Beggars belief.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Was gonna say - who in their right mind rings up a club before a round to say "Hi - I just wanted to enquire if blatant sexism was still a problem at your club?"
Bazzatron
Q-School Graduate
Might have to eat your dinner in the car park if it's men only dinner though.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I'll have to be non-binary then. That'll stump them as non-binary didn't exist when dress codes were written.
Seriously? You think that is a genuine question that needs asking? Struggling to get my head around that one.
Albo
Well-known member
You summed this up better than I ever could have
Bazzatron
Q-School Graduate
Might need to phone ahead and ask if they mind brown faces in there.....see how dumb it sounds?
Backache
Assistant Pro
One thing I would say about the above scenario is that Albo did say it happened many years ago. This does not make it more acceptable but in my experience casual sexism of this sort is far less common in golf clubs than it previously was.
Arthur Wedge
Active member
Yes - very much so , there are plenty of clubs with archaic rules out there
Arthur Wedge
Active member
Because unfortunately some golf clubs still have rules that are discriminatory
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
You do realise who this poster is don't you??? It is a former prolific poster who has (rightly or wrongly) some very set parameters. I happen to be in your camp and it should have been irrelevant
Arthur Wedge
Active member
We have witnessed multiple times poor discriminatory rules within some golf clubs and that includes blatent sexism
It wasn’t that ago there there plenty of clubs that didn’t allow women members or women visitors
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Don't worry mate, we all know who it is, I don't think he's making a secret of it.
Beezerk
Money List Winner
Bit like Klopp, it will only be a matter of time before the mask slips.
*hovers over ignore button*
SteveW86
Head Pro
Bit like Klopp, it will only be a matter of time before the mask slips.
*hovers over ignore button*
I’m not sure there is any mask if you look at his profile.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Bit like Klopp, it will only be a matter of time before the mask slips.
*hovers over ignore button*
Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the football thread
Beezerk
Money List Winner
That’s not what I meant. Last time he left for a few months he came back all nicey nicey for a week or so then bang, back to form and being someone I had to put on ignore so I could enjoy the forum better. I’m expecting the same this time around
Swango1980
Well-known member
Backache makes a good point, the poster said this was many years ago.
I'm sure a lot of you grew up a few years before me, but I was a kid in the 80's and 90's. My grandparents were members of a golf club in Northern Ireland. The bar was effectively split into two, creating a separate room in the far end. This area was strictly Men Only. There was also a snooker room just before you got to the changing rooms. Again, only Men were allowed in the snooker room.
The above seems absolutely ridiculous and shocking to me now, and I wouldn't dream of thinking I'd walk into a golf club today that has similar guidelines. But, going back to the 80's and before, I wouldn't be surprised this was extremely common at many clubs? In fact, did many clubs not ban women from playing and/or being members completely? In that case, and depending how long ago Albo is talking about, I suspect bringing a woman along to the golf club might mean this is the first question that was asked. Is this allowed? As horrific as that sounds.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
You shouldn't have to call a club to ask "is this still the 1950s or do you treat women with respect "
Backache
Assistant Pro
My impression is that the decade when it actually started to change was the 90's when in order to access funding available to sports clubs, clubs had to treat men and women on an equal basis.
Not all clubs immediately followed this route but many did and the social attitudes probably followed.
