Mar
24
2010
A New Day for Golf Wear
Author: adminA few summers ago while relaxing over a round of beers at the 19th hole of his local club, a golfer named Bill Anderson lamented about the one-dimensional look of golf clothing ( custom men’s shirts ) and the fact that nothing in the market truly expressed who he was. After several rounds he made a determination on the spot that he alone can change the “conventional” golf apparel industry and with that,Tattoo Golf (www.tattoogolf.com) was born!
The game of golf has really changed over the course of the last 150 years yet some aspects of this crazy game remain stubbornly unchanged. Obviously the game is still played over 18 long, usually frustrating holes sculpted from the earth’s terrain, lined with trees & ponds, bunkers, streams & a multitude of other hazards designed to drive the average golfer to drink. Beyond that though, nothing’s quite the same as it was when old Tom Morris was bashing it around St. Andrews.
Technology is one of the major innovations of the game when we went from mashie and Niblick to 460cc monsters metal woods and irons accuracy costs more than $ 1000 a series. Personal physical suitability is another transparent change of recent years as well thanks to one Tiger Woods. Besides the crowd favorite John Daly, most golfers on the professional follow some form of workout routine to keep fit and help prevent injury free - and try to stay at least a little competition with Tiger.
Actually one of the most drastic ( Tailored shirts ) changes is that of the golfer himself. SImply several of decades ago,golf was summarized as a sport for older whit men and as a result anybody else plaing the game was deemed uncool.Today’s golf is regarded fairly cool and with Tiger’s assistance the game’s been opened to golfers of all ages and colors.
So why’s it taking so long for golf wear to change?? True you don’t have to wear a tie anymore but most golf courses do have strict dress codes requiring members to wear slacks (just the word slacks sounds old fashioned!), shirts ( custom shirts ) with collars, appropriate footwear & in extreme cases, jackets in the club house. If your club is Augusta National then this maybe makes excellent sense however if you play at the muni curriculum in Anytown USA then this more than likely makes entirely no sense.
