Have golf dress codes reached a new low?

It kicked off on social media recently because a golfer was told to leave because he was wearing black socks This is a new low, isn’t it?

James: I struggle to answer this without swearing. If any golf club is worrying about the colour and/or length of your socks then they need to fu… Sorry, I couldn’t do it without swearing.

Steve: I speak to a lot of club secretaries and it’s a torment for many of them – trying to guide their clubs through a rancorous debate about the colour and length of socks. Of the many things to be worried about in this world, whether a sock is blue, green, purple, whatever, is not one of them.

Alex: People who get annoyed about the colour of someone’s socks while they play golf are the same people that comment on the Facebook posts of local newspapers getting annoyed at things that affects their life in no way whatsoever. Get over it. The banning of black golf socks is about as low as it gets in golf’s archaic dress codes.

Mark: Like I said this is genuinely the most ludicrous thing to ever waste any breath on. Growing up a mate, who was a guest at the club where I grew up, had the temerity to turn up in some normal socks. He then had to purchase a pair of knee-length shin huggers which made him look like he was about to step into the ring with Mike Tyson in the late 80s rather than just have a game of golf with his school friend. He never asked to come back.

For you, what is the most ridiculous part of this photo that adorns many a golf club website?

Steve: Everything. To paraphrase Happy Gilmore, if I looked like either of those guys I’d have to kick my own ass.

Alex: Why is everyone so offended by a little ankle?

Mark: Personally I find the Union Jack logo the most offensive but that’s just me. The words ‘tailored shorts’ are also pretty ridiculous. In truth his whole get-up, and hairdo, is appalling and not improved by the colour of his socks or where his shirt ends but there we go.

James: It’s the banning of an untucked shirt. Not only are we telling you what to wear, we’re telling you how to wear it. We’re playing golf not trooping the colour. Sometimes I tuck my shirt in, sometimes I don’t. As an adult I should have the right to make that choice. I’ve probably (definitely) got a problem with authority so am actually relishing the day someone from a golf club tells me to tuck my shirt in.