I Know it is Tradition but it is Still Annoying

[need_my_wedge]

The problem is very straightforward. Trainers are for playing sport in and are inappropriate footwear for anything other than that. If you are not playing sport, you should not be wearing trainers. Running shoes for running, tennis shoes for tennis etc. Going in the bar at the golf club - proper shoes required. I personally recommend RN Williams boots.

http://www.denewear.co.uk/store/comfort-turnout/

One of my current pairs have lasted me for 13 years and I have worn them most days. Expensive but brilliant value.

Cheers,


Snelly.

I'm wearing a pair of these (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0027P8G...ve=22134&creativeASIN=B0027P8GJI&linkCode=asn) right now, but am letting the side down coz I'm wearing them with jeans..... and I will be dropping into the clubhouse later in same said dress.

 

[DaveM]

If you want boots this is the place.

http://www.beatwear.co.uk/acatalog/Boots.html

 

[chrisd]

To think that I only posted on this thread to get my posting status up to Tour Winner!



Chris

 

[DaveM]

To think that I only posted on this thread to get my posting status up to Tour Winner!



Chris

Et tu brutus...

 

[Dodger]

Snelly Snelly Snelly ,your posts are always good for a read even the ones i dont agree with , sometimes tho , i get the idea you get pretty set on the idea that you are right & everyone else is wrong , this post is either a wind up or the starch in your y fronts are leaking into your system, can you remember the last time you did something silly and had a laugh ? have you ever managed to have a laugh at yourself ? do something silly today just for the laugh of it , life is supose to be fun , from some of your posts in this i believe you could be one of the members from the forrest of arden that ruined the round for our fellow forumer and his dad (i know it wasnt you) but you whether you believe it or not you are coming across as that type of person , "if your not playing sport you should not be wearing trainers " come on dude .. go out today , break the speed limit by 1 mile , get fuel in your car and go over by 1penny & dont pay the penny, drive to a sports shop with the window down, buy a pair of trainers & tracksuit bottoms & hoody, close the curtains , turn the radio up & chill out for 5 mins , its could be fun you know . try it once ..

Bill,after the morning I have had you have no idea how much that post has cheered me up.

A real spit the coffee out toward the screen moment.

Genius.

 

[sev112]

Nice boots Snelly - but how on earth do boots ever get past a clubhouse dress code - what boots are aceptable and which are not - wellys ?


In fact, one for the traditionalists - what would your club say if turned up dressed totally in accordance with your dress code . i.e. a yellow checked jacket, a lime green shirt with collar, a piano key tie, a pink belt, drainpipe trousers and a pair of red winklepickers.

Acceptable ? Presumably yes.
Just as long as they are not wearing a great pair of expensive Italian Loafers/deck shoes, a top quality cotton grandad shirt (i.e. no collar), designer beige jeans, and a fine quality leather waist length jacket (again without collar).

I know which i woudl prefer to see - but you all stick to your silly traditions for the sake of conforming.

 

[sev112]

I never failed to respect the referee and shake hands with the opposing team after the match. Tradition , and also respect, demands it.

yeah, Sepp Blatter was saying something similar out "leaving stuff on the pitch at the end of the game" quite recently . he quite rightly got heavily chastised for that . And the sooner various sports grow up and gets rid of instances of innapropriate violence rather than referring to the "traditions of the front row" and stamps it out teh better.

 

[User20205]

Acceptable ? Presumably yes.
Just as long as they are not wearing a great pair of expensive Italian Loafers/deck shoes, a top quality cotton grandad shirt (i.e. no collar), designer beige jeans, and a fine quality leather waist length jacket (again without collar).

I know which i woudl prefer to see - but you all stick to your silly traditions for the sake of conforming.

I wouldn't question the dress code, I would wonder why Sonny Crocket had turned up !!

 

[sev112]

I wouldn't question the dress code, I would wonder why Sonny Crocket had turned up !!

I thought that was a photo of Snelly

 

[MadAdey]

Do not even start me on this one.... I got reprimanded for wearing a pair of expensive white shoes in the clubhouse by some old git in his scruffy old loafers as his are black and mine look like trainers. I also got questioned on the at the first tee as my golf shirt had no collar on it so was not a golf shirt. After much argument I took it off and showed him the TW nike logo inside it meaning it was golf clothing and that just because his £5 T-shirt had a collar does not make it golf clothing. I asked him would he say the same if Tiger or Ernia had turned up to play in it?

 

[richart]

Do not even start me on this one.... I got reprimanded for wearing a pair of expensive white shoes in the clubhouse by some old git in his scruffy old loafers as his are black and mine look like trainers. I also got questioned on the at the first tee as my golf shirt had no collar on it so was not a golf shirt. After much argument I took it off and showed him the TW nike logo inside it meaning it was golf clothing and that just because his £5 T-shirt had a collar does not make it golf clothing. I asked him would he say the same if Tiger or Ernia had turned up to play in it?

At our course it doesn't matter what it says on a label, if your shirt does not have a collar you don't play the course.

 

[MadAdey]

At our course it doesn't matter what it says on a label, if your shirt does not have a collar you don't play the course.

So what your saying is that it looks better to see people in scruffy collared T-shirts rather than smart designer golf shirts without collars.

 

[bluewolf]

yeah, Sepp Blatter was saying something similar out "leaving stuff on the pitch at the end of the game" quite recently . he quite rightly got heavily chastised for that . And the sooner various sports grow up and gets rid of instances of innapropriate violence rather than referring to the "traditions of the front row" and stamps it out teh better.

You do seem to have a habit of replying with out of context examples don't you. As you well know, Sepp Blatter was referring to Racism on the pitch, not fouls. You will never rid Sport, especially Impact Sports of instances of aggression. These should be penalised and routinely are. If you bother to look, you will notice that RL takes a strong stance on dangerous play. It doesn't cop out like football and state that "the ref saw it and gave a free kick, so that is sufficient" Players get put on report and penalised retrospectively. Dangerous tackles have also been stigmatised (take the Welsh RU World Cup Semi Final for example). Please tell me what sports you consider to be an example to the rest? Crown Green Bowling? Tiddlywinks? People understand that in some sports there is the chance of injury, they still do them..
Oh, and by the way, its "the, THE, T. H. E" not "teh"....

 

[sev112]

You will never rid Sport, especially Impact Sports of instances of aggression. ... Players get put on report and penalised retrospectively. Dangerous tackles have also been stigmatised (take the Welsh RU World Cup Semi Final for example).

Legislate and punish as much as you want - until you get rid of the violence at the most basic individual player level then legislation will never get rid of that. The players must all collectively "want" that . I might have missed it, but i dont recall the "let's stamp out deliberately hurting people in rugby matches" campaign ? Note i said "deliberately", not "accidentallY".

Some people, many people, said you will never get rid of racism in football, but a culture change is what's needed, and Blatter's recognition that he was miles off course in his personal veiws might make a signficant difference to many.


PS Thanks for the spelling help - but no doubt you hadnt worked out that in fact i can spell, i just cant TYPE

PPS Water polo is quite a violent sport, hand ball suffers from quite a lot of broken noses, and lacrosse is just carnage.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Legislate and punish as much as you want - until you get rid of the violence at the most basic individual player level then legislation will never get rid of that. The players must all collectively "want" that . I might have missed it, but i dont recall the "let's stamp out deliberately hurting people in rugby matches" campaign ? Note i said "deliberately", not "accidentallY".

Some people, many people, said you will never get rid of racism in football, but a culture change is what's needed, and Blatter's recognition that he was miles off course in his personal veiws might make a signficant difference to many.


PS Thanks for the spelling help - but no doubt you hadnt worked out that in fact i can spell, i just cant TYPE

PPS Water polo is quite a violent sport, hand ball suffers from quite a lot of broken noses, and lacrosse is just carnage.

Interesting point on other sports but not really relevant to golf unless we're going to get of golf rage and nine iron aggresively inserted into the body and head of partners and opposition. My club is pretty relaxed about collars and providing it is a golf shirt (aka Nike mock etc) then its fine. It seems there is more concern about whether it is tucked in or not or is that just opening it up to even more division between the traditional tucked in at all times birgade and the liberal let it hang out if you like community

 

[bluewolf]

Legislate and punish as much as you want - until you get rid of the violence at the most basic individual player level then legislation will never get rid of that. The players must all collectively "want" that . I might have missed it, but i dont recall the "let's stamp out deliberately hurting people in rugby matches" campaign ? Note i said "deliberately", not "accidentallY".

Some people, many people, said you will never get rid of racism in football, but a culture change is what's needed, and Blatter's recognition that he was miles off course in his personal veiws might make a signficant difference to many.


PS Thanks for the spelling help - but no doubt you hadnt worked out that in fact i can spell, i just cant TYPE

PPS Water polo is quite a violent sport, hand ball suffers from quite a lot of broken noses, and lacrosse is just carnage.

So your upset by human aggression, for your own sake, don't turn on the news. You might have a coronary... Its a basic human character trait and is present in all of us. And please, stop comparing violence on the pitch with racism. Its a different thing entirely. Please tell me you understand that. It doesn't help your point, and in fact it makes it look like you don't understand what you are arguing for... Back on topic, aggression is present in all sports, some manage to control it better than others, but the positive benefits of sport far outweigh the negatives. Sport, when taught correctly, can have a huge positive influence on people from all walks of life.. Would it be fantastic if all players could control the aggression at all times? Hell yaeh... Do I think that will happen in my lifetime? Absolutely not..
And again, please tell me what Sport you think is a positive example to others. Which sport has a zero tolerance policy for aggression on the pitch?

 

[Smiffy]

Who is Ernia?

 

[SatchFan]

Who is Ernia?

Erica's little partner.

 

[richart]

So what your saying is that it looks better to see people in scruffy collared T-shirts rather than smart designer golf shirts without collars.

No I am saying the rules of our club say your must have a collar on your shirt. Think you will find this is a fairly standard rule at most clubs. Just because something is 'designer' doesn't mean it meets golf club rules.

 

[sev112]

So your upset by human aggression, for your own sake, don't turn on the news. You might have a coronary... Its a basic human character trait and is present in all of us. And please, stop comparing violence on the pitch with racism. Its a different thing entirely. Please tell me you understand that. It doesn't help your point, and in fact it makes it look like you don't understand what you are arguing for... Back on topic, aggression is present in all sports, some manage to control it better than others, but the positive benefits of sport far outweigh the negatives. Sport, when taught correctly, can have a huge positive influence on people from all walks of life.. Would it be fantastic if all players could control the aggression at all times? Hell yaeh... Do I think that will happen in my lifetime? Absolutely not..
And again, please tell me what Sport you think is a positive example to others. Which sport has a zero tolerance policy for aggression on the pitch?

We might have to disagree on this this, because you think i don't understand you, and i think you are not listening to my points.

You moan about me equating racism to agression in sport (which i didnt) and then you compare nice acceptable aggression in sport with the mindless violence, murder and rapes that are on the news ...???

Ah yes, the positive benefits of aggressive rugby players ... would that be going round town centres with their rude bits hanging out singing extremely uncouth songs and the like - of course, i am exaggerating cos you'd never see a professional rugby player do anything like that

Have a nice day