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Chip Gaskins

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Pants only?
« on: July 22, 2008, 09:45:48 PM »
The Top 50 courses need to require white jumpsuits for their caddies got me thinking....are there any courses that are still strictly pants only? 

ANGC, PV, Maidstone, National, Olympic, Merion, etc allow shorts...do some of the others around NYC or Boston require it...Garden City, TCC, The Creek, etc?
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C. Squier

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 09:55:56 PM »
Los Angeles CC if I'm not mistaken.
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Gerry B

Re: Pants only?
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 09:56:14 PM »
the creek and myopia allow shorts for the caddies
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JSlonis

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2008, 10:00:42 PM »
Winged Foot and Baltusrol were the last two clubs around this area that I know of that required pants, but both changed that policy within the last 2-3 years.
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John Keenan

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2008, 10:25:50 PM »
Does Claremont in Oakland CA still require pants?
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PThomas

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2008, 10:30:38 PM »
SFGC and Cypress i believe still do
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Jeff_Stettner

Re: Pants only?
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2008, 10:45:39 PM »
Quote from: John Keenan on July 22, 2008, 10:25:50 PM
Does Claremont in Oakland CA still require pants?


Yes.
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2008, 10:48:59 PM »
You can wear shorts in the UK if you want to, but you usually have to also wear those dorky long socks.  (Sorry, Mark, couldn't resist!)

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Andy Troeger

Re: Pants only?
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2008, 10:53:07 PM »
Cypress Point, Monterey Peninsula CC, and Double Eagle all require pants unless something has changed recently.
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PThomas

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2008, 10:53:43 PM »
Quote from: Bill_McBride on July 22, 2008, 10:48:59 PM
You can wear shorts in the UK if you want to, but you usually have to also wear those dorky long socks.  (Sorry, Mark, couldn't resist!)



Ace, i just read something the other day about some club overseas that either banned the socks too, or the long pants....if i can remember/find more info i will post it
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John_Conley

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2008, 10:58:29 PM »
Pants only flies at Garden City Golf Club.  As long as you are not in view of the clubhouse it is okay to play with your shirt off.
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Jeff Shelman

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2008, 10:59:26 PM »
If I'm not mistaken, these places also require shirts to go along with the pants. A pants only requirement would be perfect for a Daly design.

 ;D

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Bill_McBride

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2008, 10:59:51 PM »
Quote from: Paul Thomas on July 22, 2008, 10:53:43 PM
Quote from: Bill_McBride on July 22, 2008, 10:48:59 PM
You can wear shorts in the UK if you want to, but you usually have to also wear those dorky long socks.  (Sorry, Mark, couldn't resist!)



Ace, i just read something the other day about some club overseas that either banned the socks too, or the long pants....if i can remember/find more info i will post it

I have heard they are starting to soften up - too bad, love those old traditions.  I personally never take shorts to the UK, except maybe to wear under rain pants if I KNOW it's going to rain!
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Gerry B

Re: Pants only?
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2008, 11:17:32 PM »
as far as pants for players:

cypress point
lacc
bel air
mpcc
san francisco gc
augusta
certain courses relax the rule in summer  - ie winged foot / baltusrol / caves valley
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Dan Herrmann

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2008, 09:11:40 AM »
A side note - some very nice private clubs in Portland, Oregon allow jeans in the rainy winter months.  Saves some serious money in cleaning bills.
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james soper

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2008, 10:04:09 AM »
wade hampton requires pants for players.
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Cliff Hamm

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2008, 10:07:48 AM »
Quote from: Bill_McBride on July 22, 2008, 10:48:59 PM
You can wear shorts in the UK if you want to, but you usually have to also wear those dorky long socks.  (Sorry, Mark, couldn't resist!)



Sorry Mark you can't play Baltusrol as you have violated their dress code by wearing socks that are too long. How absolutely absurd.
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john_stiles

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2008, 10:13:55 AM »
Last I knew,   Bob O'Link (men only please) requires very little clothing at all, especially at the driving range and anywhere inside the clubhouse.  

Highlands CC in North Carolina allows shorts as of a few years ago.

While shorts at Wade Hampton in North Carolina brings someone rushing from the golf shop to the car.
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Chip Gaskins

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2008, 10:28:29 AM »


- does anyone on this board think shorts with black socks pulled up to your knee looks better than shorts with normal low socks?

- i can't seem to reconcile a rule the forbids shorts yet allows no shirts....
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john_stiles

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2008, 10:53:33 AM »

When at the Bob,    I saw a very nice older gentleman in only a very short pair of gym shorts (think of your 1960 basketball shorts)  on the driving range.    Should mention he was also wearing golf shoes along with the shorts.  No hat, no shirt, no glove, just short shorts and golf shoes at the range.    He was very relaxed and occasionally hitting golf balls.

After a few seconds,   I though it was pretty nice that the older gentleman could sit with the warm sun on his back and enjoy hitting golf balls.   What a nice way to spend an afternoon at a men's only club.

And I did see someone saunter up to the bar, near the front door, from the locker room shower.

Bob was just a very nice men's golf club.
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John Burzynski

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2008, 10:57:53 AM »
Quote from: Chip Gaskins on July 23, 2008, 10:28:29 AM


- does anyone on this board think shorts with black socks pulled up to your knee looks better than shorts with normal low socks?


Only if open toed sandals are worn at the same time.  Often it is a winning combination with the ladies.
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PCCraig

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2008, 10:59:21 AM »
TCC-Brookline was shorts anytime.

The club is very "east coast" style. IE, very expensive golf clothes beat up to the point that they are ragged. Also, I swear to God that the members would leave their dry cleaning tags on on purpose in order to look like they don't care. Call me crazy but I saw that at least 50 times.
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RJ_Daley

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2008, 11:06:49 AM »
I am a freak of nature in that I have an odd perspiration problem.  Not odor, but you can't even imagine how much I put out on even a mild day.  80* and 80% humidity requires me to change shirts two to three times in one round.  Even shorts are drenched, and long pants would be a very sad sight indeed.  I don't think that the dorky knee highs or long pants drenched in sweat are too attractive.   Why wouldn't these clubs want to allow people to be comfortable in nice golf shirts and shorts?    There are nicely styled bermuda shorts with micro fiber stay crispness that are a good deal nicer than drenched long pants.  I'm the Simon Hobday of the cheesehead clan.  

Sometimes golf standing on the traditional/conventional  antiquated practices comes off as beyond decorum and just plain "upper class twittery" in the best Monty Python definition of the term.  ;D ;) ;D
I don't know how they missed golf as an event in this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSqkdcT25ss
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Steve Lapper

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Re: Pants only?
« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2008, 11:09:07 AM »
Quote from: John_Conley on July 22, 2008, 10:58:29 PM
Pants only flies at Garden City Golf Club.  As long as you are not in view of the clubhouse it is okay to play with your shirt off.


Wrong on the former!
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Mark Bourgeois

Re: Pants only?
« Reply #24 on: July 23, 2008, 11:37:24 AM »
Pants only in the UK would be revolutionary, hilarious, and repellent - all at the same time!
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