Also, although the lovely lady in the pro shop turned a blind eye you MUST have white socks if your wearing shorts., pathetic rule but there you go.' That isn't a problem but it was a little frustrating when I realised the guy in front of us had beige jeans on. Unfortunately they had cargo type pockets, course rules say tailored shorts only so I had to buy some.

He wrote: 'Finally as a warning to the casual golfer, like myself, DRESS CODE!! it was boiling hot today so I racked up in shorts. Golf Advisor is littered with golfers peeved about archaic dress codes.Īnother reviewer had a 'cargo' incident like me at the Heyrose Golf Club in the United Kingdom. I thought about dropping them a nasty review, but I stayed unbiased through the humiliation. What a way to ruin a first impression of a club. Steaming inside, I spent $25, changed and went on my way. He offered to sell me a pair of shorts at half off. The staffer told me I’d have to change my shorts or leave. I think my shorts had some extra stitching on the front and back and maybe a button or two that looked like a pocket. I don’t remember exactly the style of my shorts, but they were most definitely not cargo shorts. I thought it was one of my playing partners.Īpparently, somebody – a crabby member who didn’t like strangers at the club? – told the pro shop staff that I was wearing 'cargo shorts', the pocketed bane of all private clubs. While warming up on the putting green, I noticed someone walking briskly toward me.

About 6-7 years ago, I snuck away from a family vacation to Asheville, N.C., to play my first course in the famed Cliffs community - The Cliffs at Walnut Cove in Arden, N.C. I've had my own run-in with the golf fashion police. Too bad, too, because Leopard Creek, home to a European Tour event, sometimes shows up on World Top 100 lists. None of us felt welcome after that incident. Shiels bought a conforming pair, but the damage was done. Like Bowers, Shiels was told he couldn't play the Leopard Creek Golf Club unless he changed his black socks, which apparently is a bad look with shorts. I saw it happen to fellow golf writer/radio personality Michael Patrick Shiels during a golf trip to South Africa in 2015.

I know exactly how off-putting this situation is. Got refused as my socks were not white!.(they were black spots socks) I was wearing shorts and a polo shirt but still got refused! They would rather so no to £60 between me and my brother for a sock colour which you can hardly see! 🤨 #Golf- Max Powers August 20, 2018

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