[Laker14]

I was a member for about 20 years at a private country club in a very small and not too very affluent town in Upstate NY. There was a broad spectrum of wealth. Some old money, and some folks who could barely afford to belong.

There was a push among the wealthy to make it more posh, always resisted by those that could barely afford it as it was. They had a dress code. They had some goofy rules that they thought made it look classier, like you could carry your bag, but you couldn't pull it along on a wheeled cart.

Eventually I just decided I wasn't playing enough to justify the cost, especially since up there we couldn't even play 6 or 7 months of the year, so I quit and started playing at the local municipal course, which was actually a very nice Donald Ross design. They had a dress code which was basically "wear clothes".

One night I was walking the course, pulling my wheeled cart, and playing with a guy I just hooked up with who had been playing the course since he was a wee lad. He told me that when he was a kid the dress code on a hot day was "keep your shirt on while playing the first hole, put back on on the 9th hole and 10th holes, and put it back on while playing the 18th".

I played there for almost 20 years before leaving the area.

At the private club people had their groups, and were pretty fussy about who they played with. At the municipal course people were friendly, and I played with a lot of different people. Want to guess where I had more fun?

[PersonOfInterest]

I was a coat hanger Repairman for 26 yrs and have only played a few 'Country Club' style courses. I bought my clubs from WalMart and I play 'Nitro' balls because they're the cheapest I can find.

I went into the pro shop at Arnold Palmer and used the driving range there with no problem.

Am I missing something here?

[Rwirish]

The dress code does apply to the driving range. Executive at a Fortune 200 company and playing some of the top courses impresses no one.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

I was a coat hanger Repairman for 26 yrs and have only played a few 'Country Club' style courses. I bought my clubs from WalMart and I play 'Nitro' balls because they're the cheapest I can find.

I went into the pro shop at Arnold Palmer and used the driving range there with no problem.

Am I missing something here?

If you want to play with Robbby.............you must tell us what you were wearing.

[Papa_lecki]

Funny, I tried to get on the pickleball court in a Speedo, flip flops, and tank top, cut off at the waist.
They didnt let me play, who do I call?

[WingedFoot78]

Four pages of this junk. Don't you people have anything better to do?

[MidWestIA]

If you did not have a collared shirt exec or not your comments are yadda yadda.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Robbb

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.

When you say, "in our era of HEIGHTENED INCLUSION" You may be MISSING an important point. That being - the Villages IS a bubble of non-progressiveness! Which has to do, in part, just because of the sheer aging of the residents. They are SET in their WAYS and many believe, that it is "their way or the highway". It is a sad part of life here in Regression and Demented----VILLE.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by WingedFoot78

Four pages of this junk. Don't you people have anything better to do?

Change your settings....................it will fit on two pages.

[MidWestIA]

I would LOVE to meet some of your employees I bet they have a nickname for you

[airstreamingypsy]

Originally Posted by Robbb

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.

I will be billing you for a new keyboard, that should have come with a warning when people are drinking coffee.

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by asianthree

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

bingo!!

[Captainpd]

As a new resident, it didn't take long to join the official "whinning" board here in the Villages

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by WingedFoot78

Four pages of this junk. Don't you people have anything better to do?

No! What is your excuse for being on this thread?

[banjobob]

You appear totally polite , sorry I probably would told this employee a few words of encouragement about customer relations and how to better serve customers wants and needs.