Ontour golf wear code#

“I don’t know that the collar has a purpose,” said Lucy Mitchell, a partner in Walters Golf Management, which operates 15 Missouri golf clubs. Enforcement varies - it’s safe to say head professionals aren’t walking around with rulers - but the codes do have their backers. Then there are the private clubs making precise demands of women: “Shirts must have a collar.” … “Shorts must be no more than 4 inches above the knee.” … “Sleeveless shirts must have a collar or a crew neck.”ĭress codes regulations are everywhere. No jeans, tank tops, swimsuits, athletic shorts, cutoffs, jogging clothes, halter tops, strapless tops, drawstrings, shorts that are too long, shorts that are too short, backward-facing caps, and, at one club in the South, “no Lycra spandex garments.” (Ladies, don’t get caught snapping your bras.)

Ontour golf wear code#

Dress code is a barrier.” A SEARCH ON DRESS CODES UNCOVERS ENDLESS DON’TS. “There’s a movement in golf toward letting people be more comfortable and breaking down barriers. “In 20 years as a golf course operator I’ve seen it go from very, very strict in the minds of everyone to starting to lighten up a little,” she said. In today’s golf market, can we afford to be the judges of good and bad taste?”Ĭathy Harbin, director of the World Golf Foundation’s Golf 20/20 initiative, advocates more inclusiveness.

I see players in T-shirts and stuff I would never own. “If I were to enforce a dress code today, I would lose a lot of people and probably a league,” said Kathy Aznavorian, president of the Fox Hills Golf and Banquet Center outside of Detroit. It’s no wonder that the hallowed dress codes have been moving to the back of this old game’s closet, as beleaguered golf course and golf club owners hope their customers have deep pockets in whatever they’re wearing. And nobody can explain the function of a collar on a woman golfer’s shirt, other than making it look more like a man’s shirt.

Billionaires stand before their boards dressed in jeans and T-shirts. LPGA PLAYERS have bared their thighs and flaunted club rules even as course records fell at their feet. Not practical and probably not allowed either.