Golf's Antiquated Dress Code - Limerick Golf Club

Fulham says: “If I look well, I will feel well and therefore
play a better game in spite of the jibes. My inexhaustible supply
of colourful golfing attire is as important to me as someone
else‟s gritty determination in the face of seemingly
overwhelming odds, an inexhaustible supply of swing thoughts or
a silky putting stroke.
“If you dress well, you feel good about yourself. As a
complete incompetent, as often as not on the golf course,
theoretically at least in my own mind being a snappy dresser
helps to separate me from the crowd. After all, golf has a rich
tradition of sartorial excesses that go all the way back the era of
Walter Hagen‟s elegance; the peaches, limes and creams worn
by three times Masters champion, Jimmy Demaret and the sadly
missed Payne Stewart‟s plus two‟s.
“I was broken hearted when Pringle ceased manufacturing
the patterned sweaters worn by Nick Faldo in the 1990s. When
they were in fashion, I loved wearing Greg Norman‟s psychedelic
tee shirts because, apart from the imperturbable Frank O‟Dwyer
who seems impervious to such distraction, they helped me to win
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