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Jacket & Tie

CliveW said:
It is all about respect. I agree that collars and ties are uncomfortable, but you are prepared to wear one for a wedding or funeral yet wouldn't if asked to a formal interview? Sounds a bit like double standards to me.
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Should entry to a sports /social club require a formal interview?
 
Crow said:
I must be odd because I quite enjoy wearing a jacket and tie occasionally.
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I think you must be as I am now 70 and have not worn a tie for any event other than several funerals and one wedding in the 10 years since I retired.

I won't play in Seniors matches for that very reason.
 
MetalMickie said:
I think you must be as I am now 70 and have not worn a tie for any event other than several funerals and one wedding in the 10 years since I retired.

I won't play in Seniors matches for that very reason.
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What about when you played at The Berkshire about 3 years ago and wore jacket and tie for the food after 😉
 
Liverpoolphil said:
What about when you played at The Berkshire about 3 years ago and wore jacket and tie for the food after 😉
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Fair cop, gov!

I had forgotten (kept my collar undone though) 😉

Wonder if I could use the For Sale section on here to get rid of a load of silk ties?
 
CliveW said:
It is all about respect. I agree that collars and ties are uncomfortable, but you are prepared to wear one for a wedding or funeral yet wouldn't if asked to a formal interview? Sounds a bit like double standards to me.
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I'm not the op, I'm not the one going to the interview. Let's imagine I was, if they required that then I suspect it would not be the right club for me and I would not look to join it. No boat rocking, no ruction, I would join elsewhere. I don't find ties respectful but I do respect the right of a club to demand one. Equally I have the right to go elsewhere, quietly and without fuss.

I wear a tie at funerals as it is still seen as required and I don't want to rock the boat at an occasion that is already sensitive. Weddings are similar, it is about the bride and groom, not the bloke in the pew who isn't wearing a tie. Saying that the last wedding I was at the tie came off the minute the speeches were over, as they did with a number of blokes. It wont be long before people stop wearing them at these occasions as well and once that movement starts I'll be with them.

Weddings and funerals are emotional days with lots going on. I don't put golf club interviews in the same category, not even close..
 
Not so long ago that we had to change into jacket and tie after every club match for the dinner. These days its more relaxed and we tend to have a brunch before going out and sandwiches and chips after so you're not tagging another couple of hours onto the day which works far better and means no more jacket and ties. We do have some select events where it is mandatory and as a one off then I have no issues. I still think if the OP has t wear a J&T for the interview then thats the done thing to do. Once you get in, unless they insist on the same attire in the bar after certain times, and surely there can't be many if any clubs still doing that, then unless you play in matches I can't see you needing it again
 
By jacket and tie I assume means jacket, shirt and tie, but how about blazer, shirt and tie?
On the course I assume only neatly tucked at the waist polo shirts are acceptable.
Otherwise the polo police will arrive.
 
Re tradition and class.

I have a friend who is a minor aristo and member of Turnberry and Prestwick. Very old school type so loves Prestwick and puts up with Turnberry for business reasons.
He was invited for a game at one of the newish ultra expensive Scottish private clubs and was telling me how he got on.

' Lovely course and the clubhouse was stunning, didn't like them taking my clubs away and cleaning them before play and most of the members seemed to me like nightclub owners and rich car salesmen. Not really our type Doon'
I did have an inward chuckle at the 'our type', the guy owns a 5,000 acre estate. :love:
 
IanM said:
So. You get a choice to join a really really decent course and some would turn it down cos they ask you to wear a tie to an interview?

Fair enough, don't go. 😁 it's not compulsory
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I’m a member of a really decent course & didn’t have to wear a jacket & tie for an interview. The two things aren’t necessarily connected.
For me, an insistence, would reveal a lot on some underlying attitudes within the club that aren’t compatible with what I would want
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Re tradition and class.

I have a friend who is a minor aristo and member of Turnberry and Prestwick. Very old school type so loves Prestwick and puts up with Turnberry for business reasons.
He was invited for a game at one of the newish ultra expensive Scottish private clubs and was telling me how he got on.

' Lovely course and the clubhouse was stunning, didn't like them taking my clubs away and cleaning them before play and most of the members seemed to me like nightclub owners and rich car salesmen. Not really our type Doon'
I did have an inward chuckle at the 'our type', the guy owns a 5,000 acre estate. :love:
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Which course did he play?
 
therod said:
I’m a member of a really decent course & didn’t have to wear a jacket & tie for an interview. The two things aren’t necessarily connected.
For me, an insistence, would reveal a lot on some underlying attitudes within the club that aren’t compatible with what I would want
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I didn’t say they were connected. Some require it, some don’t ....I just said that if the course was good enough, it seems churlish to have a huff about smartening up for the meeting.
 
I cannot bear the suspense any longer!
Did you go for the interview?
What did you wear?
Do you have any pictures of your attire?
How was the interview?
Have you joined?
 
I don’t see anything wrong with a club setting high standards. I wouldn’t dream of turning up for any kind of interview without looking smart. I like the traditions of golf and the jacket and tie interview, no hats inside are part of that in my opinion. Most clubs are pretty relaxed these days though. The long standing, historical or more expensive ones are still holding onto these traditions and high standards and I look forward to it.
Those of us that are lucky enough to be playing Sunningdale in a couple of months will no doubt be applauding the traditions and history in there. Would that be the case if the halls were full of pictures of the members in jeans and caps with their feet up on the furniture?
I say we hold onto some of these little traditions.
 
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