Would you join a club that did not have a dress code?

[Arthur Wedge]

Why would you invite someone to be a member whose dress is inappropriate?

“How does someone decide what’s inappropriate” if there is no dress code

 

[Backache]

“How does someone decide what’s inappropriate” if there is no dress code

You don't decide you know.
It is very clear from even a casual reading of this thread that basically everyone knows that things like wearing hats indoors football tops or white ankle socks are inappropriate but some feel they can 'get away with it when visiting other members clubs.'

Why on earth would you want to have a guest who feels they can get away with dressing poorly when they come to visit?

 

[PaulMdj]

You don't decide you know.
It is very clear from even a casual reading of this thread that basically everyone knows that things like wearing hats indoors football tops or white ankle socks are inappropriate but some feel they can 'get away with it when visiting other members clubs.'

Why on earth would you want to have a guest who feels they can get away with dressing poorly when they come to visit?

On what planet are “sports socks” white ankle socks inapproriate when playing a sport

 

[irip]

I suppose it’s like going to a wedding or funeral.
Generally you know what to wear or not to wear.
Unless otherwise asked

 

[PaulMdj]

I suppose it’s like going to a wedding or funeral.
Generally you know what to wear or not to wear.
Unless otherwise asked

Most formal wedding invites or the Bride & Groom will let their guests know.

Saying absolutely nothing and setting someone up for a fall is just ignorant.

 

[Backache]

On what planet are “sports socks” white ankle socks inapproriate when playing a sport

Lots of sports, how many rugger teams league or union wear white ankle socks, fine for tennis or badminton inappropriate for golf.
I am unclear as to the social mores on other planets though.

 

[PaulMdj]

Lots of sports, how many rugger teams league or union wear white ankle socks, fine for tennis or badminton inappropriate for golf.
I am unclear as to the social mores on other planets though.

How are they inapproriate for golf? All the Major Golf Sports Companies sell them, Golf Pro’s wear them.

 

[D-S]

You don't decide you know.
It is very clear from even a casual reading of this thread that basically everyone knows that things like wearing hats indoors football tops or white ankle socks are inappropriate but some feel they can 'get away with it when visiting other members clubs.'

Why on earth would you want to have a guest who feels they can get away with dressing poorly when they come to visit?

As far as I am aware there are only a handful of clubs in the UK who think white ankle socks are inappropriate.
I have never been to a course outside the UK, including many prestigious clubs, where white ankle socks are not considered appropriate. In fact in the US, including some Major venues, I can hardly recall seeing anyone not wearing white ankle socks.
For these reasons I believe the post I am replying to is nothing but a wind up.

 

[irip]

Most formal wedding invites or the Bride & Groom will let their guests know.

Saying absolutely nothing and setting someone up for a fall is just ignorant.

If I received an invite to a wedding without any indication of dress then I would turn up in a suit, depending on weather with or without jacket and depending on my mood with or without tie.
I think most blokes would do the same.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

You don't decide you know.
It is very clear from even a casual reading of this thread that basically everyone knows that things like wearing hats indoors football tops or white ankle socks are inappropriate but some feel they can 'get away with it when visiting other members clubs.'

Why on earth would you want to have a guest who feels they can get away with dressing poorly when they come to visit?

“White ankle socks” are sold by Footjoy , Addias , Under Armour , Puma
Why are they “inappropriate”

I wear them with shorts all the time and have worn them at many “members” clubs

I don’t see them as inappropriate at all

 

[Orikoru]

If I received an invite to a wedding without any indication of dress then I would turn up in a suit, depending on weather with or without jacket and depending on my mood with or without tie.
I think most blokes would do the same.

Yes, but if they wanted you to only wear black shoes and not brown, they would have to tell you that wouldn't they? Similarly, you would probably wear golf clothes to a golf course, but any specificities around sock-wear would have to be communicated.

 

[sjw]

I haven't checked my club's dress code recently but I'm pretty sure it's just basically no football shirts or shorts, shirts should have a collar, no jeans on the course, or something like that. I don't think it's particularly enforced, and now the golf and hotel bars are one and the same so there's no dress code up there. There is still the other bar that we used to use which is the more "official" one but even then it'd basically be, just wear your regular golfing stuff.

Oh, and for the record, although it doesn't make any difference to my life whatsoever, I'd rather not see hats worn indoors. But I've never been the type to see a hat as part of an outfit.

 

[irip]

Yes, but if they wanted you to only wear black shoes and not brown, they would have to tell you that wouldn't they? Similarly, you would probably wear golf clothes to a golf course, but any specificities around sock-wear would have to be communicated.

Yes anything unusual you would need to be informed.
If no information then presume you can wear what you choose but you do this being aware your going to a wedding.
Golf is the same we all know what we can and can’t wear in general if anything beyond that it would need to be advertised.
As golfers we wouldn’t turn up wearing jeans but if a club decided that you must play in a kilt then that would need to be advised.

 

[PaulMdj]

If I received an invite to a wedding without any indication of dress then I would turn up in a suit, depending on weather with or without jacket and depending on my mood with or without tie.
I think most blokes would do the same.

Let’s be honest, you’d ask the missus, we can’t make such big decisions on our own.

 

[simsini]

I know somebody who played in a comp once wearing an Arsenal branded polo. Naturally he came second.

 

[irip]

Let’s be honest, you’d ask the missus, we can’t make such big decisions on our own.

How dare you. I’m a grown man and I’ll choose what clothes to wear.
I’ll then come downstairs get the look and go back and put on the clothes the wife suggested in the 1st place.
I’ll then sweat all day in the suit jacket and freeze all night cause she has taken the suit jacket.
We have all been there

 

[IanM]

I can only think of Rye and New Zealand as not allowing ankle socks with shorts. No idea why, but that's their business. I wear long trousers when I play there. If you don't want to do that, that's fine, but your loss, as both are wonderful courses.

There may be others, but it's rare these days. We all have different ideas of what smart looks like. If the course warrants it, I'm flexible.

But generally, we all know what "golf clothing" is. Wearing the right kit to play sport isnt that radical really.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I can only think of Rye and New Zealand as not allowing ankle socks with shorts. No idea why, but that's their business. I wear long trousers when I play there. If you don't want to do that, that's fine, but your loss, as both are wonderful courses.

There may be others, but it's rare these days. We all have different ideas of what smart looks like. If the course warrants it, I'm flexible.

But generally, we all know what "golf clothing" is. Wearing the right kit to play sport isnt that radical really.

Same with Royal St George’s and Deal

 

[D-S]

I can only think of Rye and New Zealand as not allowing ankle socks with shorts. No idea why, but that's their business. I wear long trousers when I play there. If you don't want to do that, that's fine, but your loss, as both are wonderful courses.

There may be others, but it's rare these days. We all have different ideas of what smart looks like. If the course warrants it, I'm flexible.

But generally, we all know what "golf clothing" is. Wearing the right kit to play sport isnt that radical really.

The only other one I've played recently who didn't allow ankle socks was Blackwell. On a side note the scruffiest and rudest people we saw on the course that day were members.

 

[PaulMdj]

I can only think of Rye and New Zealand as not allowing ankle socks with shorts. No idea why, but that's their business. I wear long trousers when I play there. If you don't want to do that, that's fine, but your loss, as both are wonderful courses.

There may be others, but it's rare these days. We all have different ideas of what smart looks like. If the course warrants it, I'm flexible.

But generally, we all know what "golf clothing" is. Wearing the right kit to play sport isnt that radical really.

Do they tell you in advance?