As a new resident of the Villages I stopped by the Arnold Palmer course this afternoon to check it out and see if they had a driving range. When I went into the clubhouse, to ask about a driving range, I was met by a (seemingly demented) old lady who gleefully went rambling on and on about how I could not golf there because I was not "dressed correctly". She never really explained what the dress requirement was, (I was dressed in nice shorts with a sports shirt on), she just kept mumbling something about a dress code. I walked out just as she was starting to say "you really should not be here"

Management, I am a retired senior executive of a fortune 200 company, I have played some of the most exclusive courses on the planet, I am VERY familiar and ACCEPTING of dress codes, however I have NEVER hear of a dress code for a golf shop or driving range. And I have NEVER heard an employee, demented or not, say "you really should not be here. I find this comment reprehensible, demeaning, and potentially racist. In our era of heightened awareness of inclusion, do you really want employees standing in your golf shop determining who "should and should not be there". I encourage you to train your employees on the proper presentation and explanation of any dress code you enact, in addition I encourage you to enforce that code consistently and without exception. It did not go unnoticed that many others in the shop, restaurant, and driving range, were dressed much more casually than I, but none of them seem to have drawn the wrath of your demented clerk.

You will get better results by calling the CC and speak to management. I promise they will not read any of your post on TOTV

A retired senior executive of a fortune 200 company who has played on some of the most exclusive courses on the planet feels the best way to communicate with management of a country club is to post a message on a forum??

He/She has posted over 100 times.................probably not looking for results.

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The original poster is full of $h___.

I've played 10 of the Top 20 courses in the world. At every one of them, without exception, the Dress Code is applicable to the driving range and Pro Shop.

In most of the clubs I've belonged to, the "dress code" applied to the property. I couldn't (& wouldn't) step foot on the property, unless properly dressed.

I'm the first one to admit that times are changing and dress codes are slowly but surely, changing. That said, if he wants to complain, go for it ... just tell the truth and there's no need to gild the lily, as to his phony "experience".

Hey Sport, you have no Godly idea what you are talking about.
Ps, just an fyi, courses with windmills on the 3rd hole do not count as "10 of the to 20" courses in the world.

Yup! I used to belong to a TPC Club and they had a dress code for the Course, Driving Range and Clubhouse...

I was asked to leave the driving range once, because I absentmindedly showed up in jeans and a golf shirt... Totally my fault...

Easier to complain on here than face management. Post comes across as somewhat eliteist.

Yes, but he’s a special keyboard warrior too meek to speak to Mark Verkey in person above this “alleged” event.

Want to guess who posted this back on November 22, 2022?

There is a dress code for golf? Who gives a F what anyone wears.

No peeking now, but I bet you know.

You can't make this stuff up.

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Any time you'd like to compare your list of courses played & your scores, just look me up, SPORT.

And there’s this little beauty. https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...37-post83.html

“Ahh the trauma of seeing someone wearing a T shirt in the clubhouse. Do all old people get weird as they age? I will dress any Fing way I choose and some crazy old guy will not dictate how that is.”

There's a clue, huh?

Do you think he was wearing a "hoodie" or maybe a big Panama Hat with a feather ?

well played, Gentlemen responders, good job :ho: