OUTRAGE! Tour pro told to CHANGE his golf shirt once arriving at the course
Famous Tour pro was asked to change his collarless golf shirt once arriving at the course.
A "very well known" Australian Tour pro was asked to change his collarless golf shirt once arriving at a popular golf course in Melbourne earlier this week, according to Tour pro Ewan Porter.
Porter, who now works for the DP World Tour and PGA Tour, took to Twitter to reveal such information, much to the disgust of the majority of golf fans.
To confuse matters further at the golf club, the Tour pro was told he would be able to wear the collarless shirt during their upcoming tournament but not during his practice round this week.
For those questioning whether said player packed up and left? No. He was playing a practice round for an upcoming event for which he was told this shirt would be ok to wear in said event. Now please enlighten me as to how on earth this makes any sense? https://t.co/Ppsg1sOz8Z
— Ewan Porter (@ewanports) October 26, 2022
"Ok, this tweet is not even a joke," tweeted Porter, a winner of two tournaments on the Korn Ferry Tour and one on the PGA of Australia.
"Yesterday, a very well known Australian pro golfer played a very well known golf course in Melbourne.
"He wore this same style of adidas Golf shirt and was told he had to change it.
"I'm sorry but this is completely unacceptable archaic rules."
Porter then added: "For those questioning whether said player packed up and left? No. He was playing a practice round for an upcoming event for which he was told this shirt would be ok to wear in said event. Now please enlighten me as to how on earth this makes any sense?"
Collarless shirts on the golf course... should all clubs accept them?
— GolfMagic (@GolfMagic) October 27, 2022
No official word has been made as to the Australian Tour pro in question, but if the shirt was one made by adidas Golf then it would somewhat narrow the search down.
Four-time PGA Tour winner Steve Flesch, who recently blasted Bryson DeChambeau, said: "Growing the game, one stuffy antiquated rule at a time."
Here's how a number of golf fans reacted to Porter's tweet... the majority could not believe it, while some considered the club was spot on.
And scroll further below to see another shocking golf clothing issue that Porter himself experienced two years ago at an Australian club.
Golf clubs still living in 1826. Older members running the show instead of the golf club implementing their own rules because of some fictitious loyalty.
— Dave Millo (@MilloOnTour) October 26, 2022
Ewan, I wore that same style shirt from @adidasGolf at our common club, and was called out about it, that same weekend Sergio and Xander were wearing them on tour
— darryl.sullivan (@Sullivan3Darryl) October 26, 2022
Blade polos would be forbidden at most private clubs…and yes private Golf Clubs need to relax dress standards in order to attract new members and non golfers who are deciding whether to take up the game of golf.
— Ash 9 Fran (@Ash9Fran) October 27, 2022
But it’s their club their rules it’s a simple as that. Did he do them the courtesy of checking the dress code before going?
— simon barker (@smb_72) October 26, 2022
It's a shirt without a collar! Common sense dictates you at least make a phone call first to see if this would be ok? The guy's a pro - you'd think he'd have a vague idea of how the game works
— The Barracuda (@cuda37) October 26, 2022
Hmmmmm….wonder what they would’ve said to this guy: pic.twitter.com/It4aFZzsqm
— John Yurewicz (@JYurewicz) October 26, 2022
I think some clubs have now brought in a rule that if you can wear it on the pga tour you can wear it at the club
I’ve made this point before - this looks really smart and golf fashion is evolving rapidly - look at golf shoes— Andrew Kirby (@AndrewKirbyGolf) October 26, 2022
What a bloody joke.
— Steve Potts (Shaggs) (Pottsie) (@shaggs23) October 27, 2022
What will it take for the golf clubs in Australia, the private golf clubs mainly, to wake up and realize if the pro’s are playing golf on the best courses in the world wearing smart, fashionable golf attire…then that sort of attire should be acceptable for us.
— Andrew Bolton (@andrewpbolton) October 26, 2022
It’s funny the pettiest archaic rules I’ve experienced was also in Australia. Sharing a putter on the practice green & someone with black socks meant manager came out & told us to leave. We were with a member of the club.
— Ross MacLeod Putting (@rossmacleodputt) October 26, 2022
Played Victoria GC a couple of years ago. (Peter Thomson’s old club). One of our group chipped for turning up in black socks; another told to tuck his shirt in. Another was refused use of a buggy on the back nine, even though temp had gone past 45C. “Club rules.” Madness.
— Kevin Mitchell (@kevinmitchell50) October 26, 2022
Played Victoria GC a couple of years ago. (Peter Thomson’s old club). One of our group chipped for turning up in black socks; another told to tuck his shirt in. Another was refused use of a buggy on the back nine, even though temp had gone past 45C. “Club rules.” Madness.
— Kevin Mitchell (@kevinmitchell50) October 26, 2022
Ridiculous mate.
— Michael Campbell (@MCampbellgolf) October 26, 2022
Growing the game, one stuffy antiquated rule at a time
— InTheFlesch (@Steve_Flesch) October 26, 2022
No it wasn’t. Jack and Jacklin have finished (closed) knit collars which were PGATOUR dress code compliant vs the TM open colored shirts. Snead, Hogan, Nelson, Palmer 101. If you want to be a professional act & dress like a professional.
— Alan Cantrell (@AlanCantrell29) October 26, 2022
Two years ago, Porter revealed a similar clothing issue that happened to himself at an Australian golf club.
Porter explained how he was told he would not be able to play as a result of wearing black socks with black shoes.
The only way he would be able to play on the course would be to purchase white socks from the pro shop.
Visited a premier Sydney golf club today. Was told I wouldn’t be able to play wearing black socks with black shoes and I needed to buy white club socks. Leaving this open for discussion, but I said out of principle, I’d prefer not to play than bow to archaic rules.
— Ewan Porter (@ewanports) October 14, 2020
"Visited a premier Sydney golf club today," Porter tweeted in 2020.
"Was told I wouldn’t be able to play wearing black socks with black shoes and I needed to buy white club socks. Leaving this open for discussion, but I said out of principle, I’d prefer not to play than bow to archaic rules."
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