I’m often asked what a golfer should wear. It’s a good question because the answer is not straightforward.
A typical golfer will have many shirts, pants, shorts and shoes to try on, but usually only one set of golf clothes. That’s because most golfers only play a small number of rounds per year (about three or four), so they tend to putter around in whatever they happen to be wearing that day.
The same is true for balls and other equipment; most players hit their game-improvement shots from a variety of tees, but rarely use more than one club at a time.
It follows that any advice about what a golfer should wear must be based on how you envision your game playing out over the season. I don’t know if you’re an early bird or a night owl; perhaps you’re going to play just after sunrise every day and don’t need much more than a tee shirt and pants for the first few holes, but then want something more formal for the last few holes. There are many ways to think about golf apparel.
Golf is an expensive sport, and for a lot of people it’s not even an enjoyable sport to play. If you’re willing to pay the price and put up with the tedium, though, it can be a very rewarding sport.
In order for a golfer to be able to play well, he needs an appropriate set of golf clothes. The clothes need to be comfortable but also be able to keep you from getting injured. In this article we will take a look at some of the items that are essential for any golfer to have on hand.
What does a golfer wear?
The first thing that you need when playing golf is clothing. The basic clothing will include pants, shirts and shoes. A golfer should always make sure that they are dressed appropriately for the weather conditions as well as their level of play. As a beginner, it may be difficult to find the right pair of pants. For this reason one of the best options is to purchase a box set that has all three pieces at once. This will ensure that you get your pants exactly how you want them and will also save you money in the long run.
A good pair of pants come in different styles such as straight leg, boot cut and skinny fit pants among others.
In golf, the most important piece of equipment is the ball. The golfer doesn’t wear a uniform or wear flags; he has no logo that he can stick on his shirt. He wears a ball.
In fact, this seems to be the only thing that means anything to a golfer. If you ask him what he is wearing, he will answer, “a ball”: “What color is your ball? Do you have a white ball? I have a blue ball.” At one point in his career, Tiger Woods was wearing so many different balls that it required an entire clubhouse full of people to keep track of them all.
The ball is both the reason anyone would want to play golf and the most important part of the game. There are no hats or shoes or gloves or cleats or straps; there are no rules about what you can wear and how much; there are no uniforms or logos. Playing golf involves wearing nothing other than your own clothes, but for a golfer it’s not about being comfortable; it’s about having something written on your clothes that you understand better than anything else in your life.
It is almost impossible to find a full list of what a golfer needs. For example, some people are into fashion and think that wearing a golf glove is more fashionable than wearing a hat, and others think that golfers should wear hats year-round and use gloves only in the winter.
I am going to suggest here the bare minimum items required to play decent golf. I believe there are no real shortcuts to playing good golf, but for those who don’t like thinking about golf or know too little about it, this may be useful.
The dress code for the modern golfer is an odd combination of old-fashioned, nostalgic and newfangled. It’s odd because most of it isn’t really necessary, because it doesn’t do anything to help a golfer hit the ball farther.
The traditional outfit is white shirt, black pants, and a hat. The old-fashioned part is the white shirt; it’s traditional to wear that on the golf course, which means the color has no particular significance beyond that. The hat’s just there to keep you from sunburn; golfers don’t usually get sunburned.
The newfangled part is the pants. They’re smart casual: they have pockets and a belt, but they’re not too tight, so you can bend over and pick up an errant ball without flashing everyone on the green, so it’s okay if you’re wearing them in your home office while you’re doing work, or while you’re out with your family at a restaurant or museum or whatever.
A few years ago, I was at a golf tournament with my wife and some friends. I hadn’t been playing very well, and we were on the back nine. My wife was in the next group ahead of me, but she came before me on the course, so she could see what I was wearing. It turned out that I had forgotten my shirt.
I don’t know why this shocked her. Maybe because it was such a casual thing to do. Or maybe because it was so clearly something she wouldn’t want me to wear.
It’s natural for us to assume that things we don’t wear are either wrong or not important enough for us to worry about what they look like. This is true of golf clothes too. It’s possible to buy good-looking outfits from companies like Ralph Lauren or Tommy Bahama, and let others worry about whether you look good in them or not.
As someone who started in golf as a teenager, I can tell you that it is not the clothing that is the problem. The real problem for the average player is not the clothes, but the equipment.
The problem is not the pants, the shirt or even your shoes. What makes golf so difficult is your equipment.
Golf is a game where having all of your equipment together and ready to go at any time can make all the difference between winning and losing. The sooner you are ready with everything you need, especially during challenging weather conditions, the better your chances of playing well in your next round.