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So I cycle circa 100+km each weekend in this really hot weather, sweat a lot but no discomfort

Play a round of golf, spend 2 days walking like a zombie with chapped inners.

So clearly, after a robust scientific experiment , I have determined that tailored golf shorts are a design failure, and we should all be wearing skin tight Lycra. Golf is a sport, we should be wearing modern sports clothing.

P.S. you have to go commando in them too !
 
sev112 said:
So I cycle circa 100+km each weekend in this really hot weather, sweat a lot but no discomfort

Play a round of golf, spend 2 days walking like a zombie with chapped inners.

So clearly, after a robust scientific experiment , I have determined that tailored golf shorts are a design failure, and we should all be wearing skin tight Lycra. Golf is a sport, we should be wearing modern sports clothing.

P.S. you have to go commando in them too !
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Only if you go first. And if we survived the vitriol of our fellow members, I'd love to see the attempt at a pint in the 19th :D
 
I agree withthe modern sports clothing idea and the only other time I can remember seeing tailored shorts was as a child in school. That said I dont think lycra is quite the way forward unless you intend to wear something over the top. Put it this way there is a gent at my local who fills both seats on a buggy, I wouldnt want to see him in lycra.
 
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Wenglish said:
I agree withthe modern sports clothing idea and I the only other time I can remember seing tailored shorts was as a child in school. That said I dont think lycra is quite the way forward unless you intend to wear something over the top. Put it this way there is a gent at my local who fills both seats on a buggy, I wouldnt want to see him in lycra.
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Or indeed some of the really old fellas with pipe cleaner legs who the lycra would still look baggy on :)
 
I'm playing in the Deal golf week at Royal Cinque Ports in August really looking forward to it however dress code on the course is Tailored shorts with knee high socks, not only do you look a clown but there is no comfort in this arrangement. Ps I don't have the bod for Lycra.
 
HDID Kenny said:
I'm playing in the Deal golf week at Royal Cinque Ports in August really looking forward to it however dress code on the course is Tailored shorts with knee high socks, not only do you look a clown but there is no comfort in this arrangement. Ps I don't have the bod for Lycra.
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I don't even possess knee length socks and haven't since primary school - who does? Well apart from you obviously :)
 
I tried Lycra boxer shorts from m and s once, missus liked them, but I found the pair of them just too clingy ... So I binned them and back to normality with the missus giving me some room to manoeuvre.
 
richart said:
Does no one else find this image really disturbing ?
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Yes, obviously.

And my wife does not have any say over my under crackers, comfort rules. Well, apart from those special weekends away. I don't insist she wears itchy La Senza lace knickers every day.
 
Lycra. You know when you look back on photos of yourself in the '70's (if you are old enough) and you cringe at the clothes you wore? You can't believe you thought you looked cool. Well, that's Lycra a few years from now.
 
Sweep said:
Lycra. You know when you look back on photos of yourself in the '70's (if you are old enough) and you cringe at the clothes you wore? You can't believe you thought you looked cool. Well, that's Lycra a few years from now.
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That was lycra 20 years ago mate
 
sev112 said:
So I cycle circa 100+km each weekend in this really hot weather, sweat a lot but no discomfort

Play a round of golf, spend 2 days walking like a zombie with chapped inners.

So clearly, after a robust scientific experiment , I have determined that tailored golf shorts are a design failure, and we should all be wearing skin tight Lycra. Golf is a sport, we should be wearing modern sports clothing.

P.S. you have to go commando in them too !
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Sev - I am sitting here eating breakfast and now have an image of you in a pair of budgie smuggling lycra with nappy rash and suddenly I am not hungry!:eek:

I wear under armour undercrackers under the shorts and they do a fine job!:D
 
HDID Kenny said:
Just bought a number of different coloured football socks, I did toy with getting the most ridiculous looking socks just to make a mockery of the rule...
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But in addition to looking a complete tit you will look smart* and will be upholding tradition and etiquette in your knee length socks. ;)

I have 4 pairs of Nike lycra compression boxer short type things that I always wear for golf under my trousers or tailored shorts that I have purchased from my local short selling tailor, especially in the hot weather as I also had chaffing issues. I would thoroughly recommend them, even if you are a bit of a porker as they kind of compress it all in, so to speak.


* according to some outdated concept of socks and shorts looking smart.
 
HDID Kenny said:
I'm playing in the Deal golf week at Royal Cinque Ports in August really looking forward to it however dress code on the course is Tailored shorts with knee high socks, not only do you look a clown but there is no comfort in this arrangement. Ps I don't have the bod for Lycra.
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Correction, they are called stockings not socks.

A small group of men [the committee] love to see a large group of men wearing stockings [so I'm told]
 
i'd rather wear trousers than subject myself to long socks with shorts! Totally pointless.

Lycra shorts I always used to wear under my footy shorts for comfort and to stop chafing and can see it being beneficial on the golf course under shorts but I don't want to something resembling budgie smuggling on course especially when picking a ball out the hole!
 
sev112 said:
So I cycle circa 100+km each weekend in this really hot weather, sweat a lot but no discomfort

Play a round of golf, spend 2 days walking like a zombie with chapped inners.

So clearly, after a robust scientific experiment , I have determined that tailored golf shorts are a design failure, and we should all be wearing skin tight Lycra. Golf is a sport, we should be wearing modern sports clothing.

P.S. you have to go commando in them too !
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There's a picture burned into my cerebral cortex that I will be unable to get rid off.
 
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