Probably just me but why dress like your grandad?

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Lovely story in this months GM on page 181 about a young lad (well young compared to me) working his way through the ranks of a club and becoming club captain at 29. Great way to encourage youngsters into the game and all that.

Then there is a picture of him and guess what, he's dressed like someone from the 1940s in something that M&S would probably baulk at for being a bit old fashioned.

How difficult would it have been for him to wear something vaguely modern, something slightly in tune with how 29 year old dress in the real world, something attractive to the kids of today so they don't think, hey, if I join this club and work my way up, one day I can look like my great uncle Albert.

But other than his blazer fair play to the lad anyway.
 
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeese no more dress code posts they just descend into chaos and slanging matches. they have been done to death over and over and over and over.
 
I'm no fashionista by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm pretty sure the whole 'vintage/retro' thing is 'in'...maybe this guy keeps up with that type of fashion rather than the modern day golf fashion?
 
I really don't see the issue, by looks of things the lad is wearing a club blazer. Good for him.
 
I really don't see the issue, by looks of things the lad is wearing a club blazer. Good for him.

I'm with Craw, i can't see an issue. He's the club Captain, wearing a club blazer, so what.

What should he be wearing to represent his club, a ripped teeshirt jeans and a wolly hat?
 
I'm with Craw, i can't see an issue. He's the club Captain, wearing a club blazer, so what.

What should he be wearing to represent his club, a ripped teeshirt jeans and a wolly hat?

Right that just went a bit too far. An orange Ricky Fowler Puma number on backwards I can accept!
 
Lovely story in this months GM on page 181 about a young lad (well young compared to me) working his way through the ranks of a club and becoming club captain at 29. Great way to encourage youngsters into the game and all that.

Then there is a picture of him and guess what, he's dressed like someone from the 1940s in something that M&S would probably baulk at for being a bit old fashioned.

How difficult would it have been for him to wear something vaguely modern, something slightly in tune with how 29 year old dress in the real world, something attractive to the kids of today so they don't think, hey, if I join this club and work my way up, one day I can look like my great uncle Albert.

But other than his blazer fair play to the lad anyway.

I don't see how you can says its something M&S would baulk at when all you can see is him wearing his Captains Blazer, Club tie and a white shirt?! For all we know he could have been wearing a pair of loudmouth trousers with the newest of modern day footwear!

Plus, im not sure about other clubs, but it is a tradition that the Captain has a Captains Blazer, if GM is coming to talk to you about being the clubs youngest captain, you are hardly going to turn up in a pair of jeans and opened button shirt are you?! you would put on your club tie and captains blazer!!
 
I really don't see the issue, by looks of things the lad is wearing a club blazer. Good for him.

What he said ^^^

Club Captain in a blazar, shirt and tie smart look for club occaisions & meetings. He'll not be wearing it to play in and most likely does dress more modern except when he's there on club business.
 
Lovely story in this months GM on page 181 about a young lad (well young compared to me) working his way through the ranks of a club and becoming club captain at 29. Great way to encourage youngsters into the game and all that.

Then there is a picture of him and guess what, he's dressed like someone from the 1940s in something that M&S would probably baulk at for being a bit old fashioned.

How difficult would it have been for him to wear something vaguely modern, something slightly in tune with how 29 year old dress in the real world, something attractive to the kids of today so they don't think, hey, if I join this club and work my way up, one day I can look like my great uncle Albert.

But other than his blazer fair play to the lad anyway.

Can I jist ask you HK, what do you think he should have dressed in whilst being interviewed as Captain of his golf club?
 
No problem here, I would imagine that apart from being interviewed by a national magazine he does not wear his blazer and tie on the course. Besides, I am not a fan of the new funky kit and like dressing like my grandad.
 
if you don't like it then take up some other sport.

Which many young people are, which I appreciate is not a big issue for most older members now, but is a problem for the game in the long run.

And in response to what he should have worn, then normal golf gear? Yes he was being interviewed a club captain and I am sure there is a lot of tradition that club captains have to put on ties and blazers as that is seen as being smart, if you are over 50. But he was also being interviewed, and indeed the gist of the excellent piece, as a young person showing that the game is not just for the over 50s and it is not afraid to put (relatively) young people in high positions. Which is great and exactly what the game needs.

So possibly wear something that makes the game look relevant, exciting and attractive to young people and not something your granddad plays. To me if he had dressed a bit like the the 3 guys who had the makeover recently in GM instead of a blazer and tie, he would have looked a lot smarter. Which I appreciate he may well do on the course, but he didn't in the picture that everyone will see.

So in response to my question in the OP, it probably is just me. Which is fair enough.
 
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I am sure there is a lot of tradition that club captains have to put on ties and blazers as that is seen as being smart, if you are over 50.

I am amazed you don't see the inherent bias in this statement.

Why should you have to be 50 to wear the uniform of a club captain? It's not a question of smart.

It's a short step from such views resulting in only those over 50 being selected to become club captain in the first place!

Finally, the fact that this youngster would appear to have got involved, and followed through with, the sport in that particular environment would seem to support the argument that such codes, or expectations, are not what is preventing the uptake of the game by such individuals.
 
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