Why can't I............ (part 2)

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Hi

Having read the "why can't i wear" post i have a similar question.

Wht can't i change my shoes on the car park?

I can sort of see the reasons around dress code (standards etc) but not changing shoes on the car park? At my club getting a locker appears to be based on the "dead mans shoes" principle so is it really that much of an issue?

In these difficult times i find this rule the most irritating and petty. Alternatively maybe i am just a bit of a conduct disorder yobbo :D

Edgey
 
I think primarily it is to try and entice folk into the clubhouse. The principle being if you are in the clubhouse changing the shoes you might be more likely to stop at the bar and get a drink. The finish up, shoes changed and head home fraternity do actually get my goat as they aren't contributing anything to the club. OK I concede that some have family committments etc and need to get back but most of those will try and stay at times. Our club seems to have a growing number that never ever go in. If we don't get revenue from bar sales and food fees go up so ultimately they are costing members money. I'm not saying you have to go in week in week out but once a month isn't going to kill anyone
 
You don't need a locker to change your shoes in the changing room. Use the facilities you have paid for them. Must admit i hate seeing people change in the carpark, and have only ever done it when i was once late for my tee time.
 
Well our club is about as traditional as you can get, with Dress codes as strict as anyone, but we can change our shoes in the car park !

Cant understand why anyone cant .........
 
Interestingly, at my club you have to go through the bar/restaurant area to the changing room, and guess what you are not allowed in that area with your golf shoes on. Therefore, and out of necessity we have to change our shoes in the car park.
 
You can't change your shoes in the car park??!!

What the f.......??!!

I've heard it all now,is this a Suvverners thing then?

I have a lifetime locker,aint used it since I was a young'un and I change my shoes at my car and it never stops me going in and spending cash in the clubhouse... :D
 
Its a Midlands thing lol

As a full time worker with 2 small children, a wife who i sort of love and a desire not to deal with the CSA again i dont always have time to be going for drinks etc after a 4 hour round.

I think that golf clubs need to adopt more a modern and flexible outlook that reflects the needs of working people, not just those who have lots of time on their hands.

Just a view lol

Edgey
 
The reason is this.
You get to your boot, change your shoes, bang the soles together to get the mud off then drive off.
You end up with rows of mud in the car park
 
Its a Midlands thing lol

As a full time worker with 2 small children, a wife who i sort of love and a desire not to deal with the CSA again i dont always have time to be going for drinks etc after a 4 hour round.

I think that golf clubs need to adopt more a modern and flexible outlook that reflects the needs of working people, not just those who have lots of time on their hands.

Just a view lol

Edgey
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Fair point, I go in for an after round drink with whomever I've played a round with 3 out of 4 times I'd say, but sometimes you just have to get away.
Never been part of any club to that degree that it is an enjoyable social thing, it's more out of a sense of politeness for me to do the post round drink.
A golf club for me is really about the golf, the whole social club aspect is lost on me tbh!
If you haven't been in a club since you were a teenager it's quite hard to be really accepted socially, most clubs are extremely cliquey as far as I can see. :p
 
The reason is this.
You get to your boot, change your shoes, bang the soles together to get the mud off then drive off.
You end up with rows of mud in the car park
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As opposed to the mud that the cars drive in off the road or the greenkeepers machinery that drives around dropping mud/grass off the back/tyres or the golf trolleys that are cleaned at the boot of the cars for those who dont carry?

Having played at courses that dont have such rules i have NEVER seen large quantitys of mud lying around on there car parks.

I am not convinced

Edgey
 
If my club wants me in the clubhouse more regularly, put a Spike Bar in then I will come in before I change out of my shoes or even have a coffee before a round. Simple fact is that there is nowhere safe to put clubs after a round so I have to take them back to the car where I change my shoes and head off. Have a spike bar where my clubs are safe outside and I will go in more.

Clubs complain about car park golfers but they do not make it easy to be anything else at my place.
 
Well I challenge that behaviour!

Its against my human rights not to allow me to change my shoes in a car park!
 
Sorry Homer I couldn't disagree with you more strongly.You state that the non-clubhouse using members contribute nothing to the club, do they not pay their subs ? You also state that they are costing the other members money because bar and food prices will rise.....they are not costing anybody anything, they are just not actively contributing to the bar's turnover. Are you sure that you don't just want them to subsidise your personal food and drinks bill ?

I don't use the clubhouse a great deal, I average £25 a month on my bar card and another £25 a month in food/coffe/tea. I don't feel that anyone should subsidise this, nor do I feel that I should be obliged to use the clubhouse if I didn't want to. I drink in the bar because I like the athmosphere and I eat there because the stewardess provides good food, not out of any sense of duty.
 
You arrive at the club, you can't take your clubs to the changing room so you leave them in the car or risk leaving them outside to be nicked. You then walk 100 yds to the changing room to put your golf shoes on, then walk back 100 yds to the car to get your clubs out and then go back 150 yds past the changing rooms on your way to the 1st tee.
You play then after 18th go to put your clubs in the car when you finish, lock the car, walk 100yds to the changing rooms to change your shoes, walk back 100 yds to the car with your golf shoes in your hand and lock them in.
Then you are free to walk back 100 yds to the clubhouse for a drink!

Life's too short.
 
Hi

Just to be clear i have defeated this rule by driving to the club in my golf shoes and then driving home in them. Hence i do not have to change at all :D

Edgey
 
Getting changed in the car park is just plain scruffy. Don't do it, it makes the place look untidy.
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?? :mad:

So, my shoes are in my car. I've got to go to my car, carry my shoes into the clubhouse, change my shoes and then walk back to the car??

Really??

Or, I can simply change shoes in the car park.

I don't see what all the fuss is about. How does it make the place untidy?? People dropping cans/fags/wrappers on the course take care of that!!
 
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