Look the part

"Life is too short to stuff a mushroom" - Shirley Conran

I feel the same about buffing and polishing my golf shoes.

But I am obsessed about the state of my granite worktops. Each to his or her own!
 
How people look doesn't bother me, pristine or thrown together is no reflection of ability in my opinion.

When playing junior football as a youngster, we made a final and turned up to see the opposition in the car park getting of a nice coach, and looking groomed in nice shiny tracksuits - the polar opposite of us. Our coach, a clever man who sensed we were thinking we were basically beaten before we'd even made the pitch turned to us and said loud enough for the opposition to hear "Any w****r can wear a tracksuit".

We thrashed them. I play a monthly society with a guy that looks like he's been dragged through 3 hedges backwards but is a fabulous player - always surprising people as they've assumed a certain ability from his appearance.
 
There was never going to be a right or wrong in this thread.
In the op I never judged the man in question I just thought it was a bit disrespectful
at the time.
After reading a couple of posts that was the wrong words.
Each to their own of course.

In life generally people do things different.
Some wash their car every day some don't.
So is the first obsessive and the other lazy,or does the first care what people think
and the other does not.
When I used to work in sales in the morning meeting you could quite easy see
who was prepared to have a good day and who was not.
Of course it never was always right but some had pride in their appearance and some did not.

When I played football we got fined for dirty boots so they were cleaned before every game.
Im certainly not saying we should all clean our shoes spotlessly but it is a 2 minute job
that prolongs the life of the shoe.
I do believe in general like others have said it says something about someone that turns
up scruffy and unclean,but it could easily say something about someone whos obsessive
in other aspects,imo.
 
pokerjoke said:
There was never going to be a right or wrong in this thread.
In the op I never judged the man in question I just thought it was a bit disrespectful
at the time.
After reading a couple of posts that was the wrong words.
Each to their own of course.

In life generally people do things different.
Some wash their car every day some don't.
So is the first obsessive and the other lazy,or does the first care what people think
and the other does not.
When I used to work in sales in the morning meeting you could quite easy see
who was prepared to have a good day and who was not.
Of course it never was always right but some had pride in their appearance and some did not.

When I played football we got fined for dirty boots so they were cleaned before every game.
Im certainly not saying we should all clean our shoes spotlessly but it is a 2 minute job
that prolongs the life of the shoe.
I do believe in general like others have said it says something about someone that turns
up scruffy and unclean,but it could easily say something about someone whos obsessive
in other aspects,imo.
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Yet again, just because I don't lick my shoes clean after every round, it does not mean I am scruffy or unclean.

I just have different priorities to you.

I tend to see beyond someone's shoes
 
North Mimms said:
Yet again, just because I don't lick my shoes clean after every round, it does not mean I am scruffy or unclean.

I just have different priorities to you.

I tend to see beyond someone's shoes
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Lick my shoes[are you serious] wipe them clean.
I believe dirty shoes makes the person look scruffy.

Once again I was not judging the person at all I know him well and see him
almost everyday.

I hope your priorities are different to mine.
 
pokerjoke said:
Lick my shoes[are you serious] wipe them clean.
I believe dirty shoes makes the person look scruffy.

Once again I was not judging the person at all I know him well and see him
almost everyday.

I hope your priorities are different to mine.
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Course I'm not serious about licking them clean!
(Must learn to use pointless smileys)

I spend all the time I save on shoe cleaning developing a sense of humour....

We'll never agree. If we ever play together, I'll make a special effort to clean my shoes, but you would see that the rest of me is not scruffy at all! I've even been told "I scrub up nicely"

I guess having worked in a career with a uniform in the past, I enjoy setting my own rules these days.
I'm very laid back
 
stevek1969 said:
im not petty or judgemental, i take pride in my appearance it doesn't take much or long
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It might not take long but after I have spent half an hour slapping the makeup on so that small children do not run from me, screaming in terror....I haven't got time for shoes. (Insert smiley of your choice here)
 
pokerjoke said:
Do you think its disrespectful to your fc if you turn up scruffy and covered in mud.
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Yes... BUT everyones definition of scruffy is different.

Most of my golf gear is not new or second hand. I do iron it and keep it in decent condition but its a little faded and worn in places.

I only really have one "new" golf shirt but I never think of myself as offensive to other golfers!
 
Bought a couple of new Nike shirts back in January in the Pro's sale which have been hanging up in the wardrobe until today.

So, sun shining and only a polo needed I donned the blue one. I felt like I looked the part and played some of my best golf this year.

Could of course just be coincidence...or could it 😃
 
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