Silliest Club rule ever?

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Chatting to some golfing mates yesterday and got to discussing Club rules.
He insisted that many years ago he was a visitor at a Club that banned forks in the Members Bar.
Something to do with the Committee wanting to dissuade the members form eating chips!

(which is daft as chips are the most finger friendly food there is)

Makes a change from No Black Socks...
 
A previous club I was at never had the halfway house open on competition days, the handicap & competitions secretary would not be moved on his view that it unduly delayed yourself and that of others so it remained the most expensive toilets in Warwickshire.

How refreshing it is at my new club which was always spoken about by members of that said club that it was stuffy and up its own backside, but how wrong they all were, and how enjoyable it is to enjoy a sausage batch on the turn every Saturday and competition day and also have the choice to change into jeans and even wear trainers or my spikeless golf shoes in the bar :D

The grass is greener on the other side :whoo:
 
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You weren't allowed a knife in the club bar when having food - had to have a spoon with a fork ?!?
 
One that annoyed me, and I'm sure quite a few clubs have it. You weren't allowed to hang your jacket on the back of your chair!!!!
 
bluewolf said:
One that annoyed me, and I'm sure quite a few clubs have it. You weren't allowed to hang your jacket on the back of your chair!!!!
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That's if your allowed to take it off at all, you can add eating in your jacket unless the captain says you can remove it :mad:
 
Having to wear jacket and tie at lunchtime for soup and sarnies in between rounds on a 36 hole day at Little Aston and Western Gailes...
 
Luffenham Heath roasting hot July day. Had to wear jacket and tie for sandwiches between 2 rounds as nobody could get the captain on the phone for permission to remove them.

My current club. You can wear spikeless shoes in the clubhouse before you go on the course but not after. No mention of mud or condition so I could take a muddy pair of spikeless shoes out of the car wear them in the clubhouse the polish and clean them after and not be able to
 
KJT123 said:
no changing shoes in the car park.
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Allowing golfers to change shoes in the car park.:mad:

Are there any other sports where you change in the car park ? I have played football, nope change in the changing room, cricket, nope change in the pavillion, tennis, nope change in the clubhouse, badminton, table tennis, swimming, nope change in the sports centre. Changing shoes in car parks is not traditional.:ooo:

I also find that I get to the golf course well in advance than for any other sport, so surely it can not be because there is a rush to tee off. I also like to wash my hands in the clubhouse after playing golf, as you have no idea what crud you have picked up off your balls.:eek:
 
richart said:
Allowing golfers to change shoes in the car park.:mad:

Are there any other sports where you change in the car park ? I have played football, nope change in the changing room, cricket, nope change in the pavillion, tennis, nope change in the clubhouse, badminton, table tennis, swimming, nope change in the sports centre. Changing shoes in car parks is not traditional.:ooo:

I also find that I get to the golf course well in advance than for any other sport, so surely it can not be because there is a rush to tee off. I also like to wash my hands in the clubhouse after playing golf, as you have no idea what crud you have picked up off your balls.:eek:
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Now that would be scary watching people getting changed in the car park into their budgie smugglers:o
 
richart said:
Allowing golfers to change shoes in the car park.:mad:

Are there any other sports where you change in the car park ? I have played football, nope change in the changing room, cricket, nope change in the pavillion, tennis, nope change in the clubhouse, badminton, table tennis, swimming, nope change in the sports centre. Changing shoes in car parks is not traditional.:ooo:

I also find that I get to the golf course well in advance than for any other sport, so surely it can not be because there is a rush to tee off. I also like to wash my hands in the clubhouse after playing golf, as you have no idea what crud you have picked up off your balls.:eek:
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Surfing - always change in the car park.
 
richart said:
Allowing golfers to change shoes in the car park.:mad:

Are there any other sports where you change in the car park ? I have played football, nope change in the changing room, cricket, nope change in the pavillion, tennis, nope change in the clubhouse, badminton, table tennis, swimming, nope change in the sports centre. Changing shoes in car parks is not traditional.:ooo:

I also find that I get to the golf course well in advance than for any other sport, so surely it can not be because there is a rush to tee off. I also like to wash my hands in the clubhouse after playing golf, as you have no idea what crud you have picked up off your balls.:eek:
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to be fair, in none of the above sports are you only changing your shoes.

Hill walking - car park.
Climbing - car park.
Going somewhere nice for a run/cycle - car park.
Kayaking - car park.
Scuba diving - car park.

All of the above are only my own personal experience. I'm sure others feel differently.
 
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