I dont think such a policy is justifiable even if the range is a part of the course. There are times when my wife has to hit the range barefeet. I'd like to see what the sticklers say about that!
Call me "un-conventional" I wear t-shirts and shorts on my course and I have never been yelled at. I played with a guy who wore a plain white t-shirt and he got yelled at because if it has no logo or markings....I guess they call it an under shirt. Could also be that this course is owned and operated my the US Military and soldiers for the most part, don't wear typical golfing attire, the Germans on the other hand dress to the T. But they pretty much have to when it is an exclusive privilage to play on our course and it costs them 10,000 euro a year for a membership.
I agree, but at the same time understand why they have rules like that. If you say collered shirts, it is fairly obvious how you want your patrons to dress. Without such a rule people will show up in just about anything. The other day I was at our muni and there was a girl on the range wearing a bikini and cut off (read: daisy duke) denim shorts. I go to Hank Haney's range, and you can wear a t-shirt there, but most people wear collered shirts, as do all the staff. The image is nice, it seems professional, and most of the people that go there can PLAY.
We wouldn't yell at anyone but I would definitely enforce our dress code on the practice facilities as we do not have two separate codes. Collared shirts and no denim are the rules for the facility which is anything beyond the parking lot.
I would get yelled at all the time if they did that at my course. I wear normal golf shoes, but other than that I normally just wear a plain red, black, or white shirt when I play and a pair of shorts that match. The only time I wear collard shirts is during competition. And even then I try and wear the collar-less golf shirts.
My personal belief is with the rest...it is the range, who cares? In a case like this, I am like a policeman, I have to enforce the rule regardless of whether I believe it to be just. Not that wearing a t-shirt is a whole lot cooler than wearing a lightweight jersey collared golf shirt.
I play exclusively on public courses and haven't been busted by the fashion police although they do have rules about collared shirts and no jeans. I wear jeans (but black not blue so it's not as noticeable) 99.9% of the time and wear T-shirts half the time.
but if they do have RULES.......why gripe? if that is the rule, its a rule. No one said you had to go to that range. Go somewhere else........Its thier course and they're rules. Are you the same guy who Blows by me at 85 when the speed limit is 70?
ITS A RULE ! ! ! !
So Boomer, according to your post, I assume you never complain about any rule? Furthermore, you believe that no one else should complain about rules either? Somehow, I dont think you really believe that. Rules change all the time, usually for the better and usually because someone complained. I think this thread is pretty interesting, actually. I never realized some courses/ranges could be so retentive as to ban jeans. Interesting stuff.
I think boomer's point is that, in general, you have a choince. You don't have to go to the range, and if you know there is a rule there, you should respect it. I am a member of a private club, we have a dress code that I have some disagreements with, but since they were in place before I joined I rspect them.
As jc says, what is the problem with wearing a collared golf shirt anyway? There are plenty of cool designs, in terms of both fashion and temperature.
August 17th, 2005, 07:05 PM
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