Look the part
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hovis
Tour Winner
Blimey homer, just noticed your sig. You like the ping dont ya!
I say "I", turns out HID has treated me although she's being coy on the colours and keeps saying "wait and see" Not sure why but sure it'll cost somewhere down the line. To be honest, Ping fit me perfectly, keep their shape and don't fade so I don't care what make it is. They tick all the boxes I look for in a shirt
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
Scotty Cameron
Head Pro
Got to agree with Homer about Ping clothing, I think it is up there with the best of them. I have about 8 Ping Polo's and they all fit great, some are two seasons old and still look like new. I don't play the clubs, but the clothes get a definite nod from me.
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Playing tomorrow with 6 other forummers. Cleaned my shoes tonight, don't want anyone talking about me 
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
Playing tomorrow with 6 other forummers. Cleaned my shoes tonight, don't want anyone talking about me
Playing tomorrow with 15 other forumers. Might go into the garden and rub some mud on mine to deflect attention away from my golf!
NWJocko
Tour Winner
Gary, if you turn up on the first tee with dirty shoes, smoking and with a poker chip ball marker the world might just end.....
North Mimms
Tour Winner
Gary, if you turn up on the first tee with dirty shoes, smoking and with a poker chip ball marker the world might just end.....
Just make sure you've got a chipper and a ball retriever in your bag too
And a black glove.
Personally I don't care what a golfer dresses like (within the constraints of the dress code). As long as they are decent company for 4-5 hours I'm not bothered if they have dirty shoes or not
stevelev
Journeyman Pro
It says that the judge as well as many others can see the scruffy bugger couldnt be bothered to make the effort to turn up clean and smart.
Scruffy is scruffy does, probably doesnt pick up dog muck after his pet or throws chewy on the pavement and drops litter:whoo:
North Mimms
Tour Winner
:whoo: to you too!
I don't chew gum.
I don't have a dog.
I pick up other people's litter
And I don't insult other forum members on the basis of a bit of mud on their shoes
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
You're holding a job interview.
One of your "candidates" arrives looking immaculate, the other turns up looking like he's slept in a hedge all night and has mud caked all over his shoes.
My "judgement call" tells me one made the effort, the other is a scruffy git who couldn't be bothered.
One of your "candidates" arrives looking immaculate, the other turns up looking like he's slept in a hedge all night and has mud caked all over his shoes.
My "judgement call" tells me one made the effort, the other is a scruffy git who couldn't be bothered.
CheltenhamHacker
Journeyman Pro
And i thought it was just a round of golf, didn't realise it was for an interview
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
It is just a round of golf, but the level of disbelief on this thread that we may be ‘judged’ on our appearance is a bit naive
Everyone does it every day with virtually everyone we interact with, what’s more relevant is what (if any) importance we attach to that judgement (a better word would be opinion as judgement implies some penalty of sorts)
We meet people on the train, at work, on the course or on a golf forum and we form opinions about them based on the things they do, what they say & yes their appearance comes into that also (we even judge people based on their speed of play)
I wouldn’t check but it’s possible that some defending the conditions of shoes as meaningless, irrelevant and ‘unjudgeable’ may well judge other golfers for their use of a chipper or their advice based on their handicap or hundreds of other measures we all use
Bottom line, no one suggesting a DQ for dirty shoes or refusing to play etc etc but to suggest that we can’t form an opinion of an FC with crud encrusted shoes (that being only one of the many things we'll use to form an opinion for that person) it’s just not going to happen (but maybe attack is the best defence)
bluewolf
Money List Winner
Or, we could all try our best not to be judgemental Asshats. We may fail sometimes, but that shouldn't stop us trying. :thup:
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Snelly
Guest
This is not a good example. One pair of shoes are for looking smart in the office (I assume in your example) and the other is for walking around on mud, dew-soaked grass and sand. One needs to be clean, the other doesn't as a quick, early morning stroll through the rough would clean off any thick mud anyway.
Job interviews have nothing whatsoever in common with playing golf with friends.
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Snelly
Guest
You make a good point. The key thing here though is what criteria should you be using to form opinions about a person in this specific situation - the 1st tee of a golf course. I am arguing that some mud on your shoes at this exact point is not a valuable basis on which to judge someone.
If they were at a black tie dinner then yes, or an office with a smart dress code, or a party, or a wedding or countless other social situations where one needs to be properly spruced up.
However, a muddy field on a January morning isn't quite the same and after 200 yards, the dew will have washed them clean anyway.
Speed of play is a different kettle of fish though. If someone is a slow player, I personally think it speaks volumes about their character.
sawtooth
Tour Winner
I wouldn't judge anyone else but I would feel self conscious if my own shoes weren't reasonably clean on the first tee.
