Dress codes

So you’re suggesting a fine, prison sentence or even a loss of licence just because he won’t tuck his shirt in.

Bit extreme.
No, the punishment should be for anyone who feels the need to tell someone else to tuck their shirt in or they have the wrong colour socks on.
 
Maybe it depends whether you join a golf club because you like playing golf or because you like being a member at "the club".
Fortunately there are options, so those of us in group A and those of us in group B mostly don't have to mix it up in the real world.

If there really must be a "shirt tucked in" rule at any golf club then it should be that a belt must be worn if the shirt is tucked in.
 
No, the punishment should be for anyone who feels the need to tell someone else to tuck their shirt in or they have the wrong colour socks on.

Pro am at my place today

A pro walked in after, cap on backwards

Didn't comment on it

Just gave him a high five , to be fair he is one of the coolest guys I've seen play golf. Always smiling
 
If club asks you to tuck your shirt in…then you tuck your shirt in. End of. Same applies for any and all aspects of dress code - you do as the club asks - and you don’t question the club on it.

Sorry if that upsets those who want to do their own thing - often what I might want to do as an individual is not the right thing to do…and I always try and do the right thing.
 
If club asks you to tuck your shirt in…then you tuck your shirt in. End of. Same applies for any and all aspects of dress code - you do as the club asks - and you don’t question the club on it.

Sorry if that upsets those who want to do their own thing - often what I might want to do as an individual is not the right thing to do…and I always try and do the right thing.

That’s not the attitude!

Turn up with your shirt untucked and only tuck it in if expressly asked too regardless of what the dress code says
 
If club asks you to tuck your shirt in…then you tuck your shirt in. End of. Same applies for any and all aspects of dress code - you do as the club asks - and you don’t question the club on it.

Sorry if that upsets those who want to do their own thing - often what I might want to do as an individual is not the right thing to do…and I always try and do the right thing.

Maybe it’s a generational thing Hugh. If I was visiting somewhere I’d look up their dress code before I visited. I don’t want any hassle or embarrassment, just wanting to enjoy the day. If a club has a rule, any rule, it is of the member’s choosing. I wouldn’t want to upset or disrespect those members by not adhering to it.

As for dress codes in the various clubs I’ve been a member of, when there’s been enough members saying it’s time to change it, it’s gone to an AGM and a change has occurred.

On a personal level, I feel scruffy with my shirt out when visiting a club but, equally, I don’t give it a second glance if someone else has theirs out. Live and let live.
 
Maybe it’s a generational thing Hugh. If I was visiting somewhere I’d look up their dress code before I visited. I don’t want any hassle or embarrassment, just wanting to enjoy the day. If a club has a rule, any rule, it is of the member’s choosing. I wouldn’t want to upset or disrespect those members by not adhering to it.

As for dress codes in the various clubs I’ve been a member of, when there’s been enough members saying it’s time to change it, it’s gone to an AGM and a change has occurred.

On a personal level, I feel scruffy with my shirt out when visiting a club but, equally, I don’t give it a second glance if someone else has theirs out. Live and let live.
It’s all about respect…and respect for standards of dress requested is just a point on the respect spectrum. If some golfers don’t give a monkeys for a dress code and feel entitled to do whatever they want, then we can hardly moan about youth and adults of today not displaying respect to such as teachers and doctors.

One of the reasons my wife was keen for my 11 yr old lad to start playing golf (20yrs ago) was that she recognised that it would teach him the meaning of respect outside of home and school contexts.
 
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