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Originally Posted by GoNavy Thank god by the time I started playing I didn't have to wear a shirt and tie, like they did in Jones day. ... If I have a complaint on dress it would the shoes, here at my course they have made soft spikes mandatory, I really miss the sound of them metal spikes on pavement walking to clubhouse, and the traction they provided. You do have to draw a line somewhere, I would think collared shirts is not a great deal to ask, be happy at least I'm not wearing my plaid pants anymore. |
I agree only on the last point, plaid pants...those are something the dog had his business on.
But keeping things light here having a fun thread, the shirt and tie...I liked. You tucked in the tie so it didn't hang down and swing all around (but one of my drills I teach in puttung, is to hang a string from the nose to keep the head still letting you see it sway if you do), but asside from that why I like it is that the style was very classy in that day. You were seen as a status symbol...so walking on a golf course being in that tie and knickers in that class surely must have felt wonderful. All this is gone now having the game so overpopulated...oh well.
Soft Spikes are very necessary. The tour pros are allowed to wear them because they know how to walk in them without dragging their feet across the green creating a misical score sheet to the hole.
The grip you loose to them is negligable. Some can argue this point more and I will conceed the slight benifit of playability, but you would HAVE to concee the absolute descruction they gave to greens in the hands (or feet) of the masses of amatures.