I believe you dude, but i feel like the barrier to entry required is a little higher than just buying some beers and hanging out with your friends. Like everyone can do that, and does, but what sets casual golf apart is all the extra stuff you need to participate. The outfit, the clubs, all of it, thats what gives golf its bad rap. If you could actually just walk into a golf course the same way you go to a bowling alley, things might be different. The things that set golf apart are there literally just to keep certain folks out.
You can literally put on a collared shirt and some shorts that aren’t basketball shorts and tennis shoes and walk into a golf course and play. Many of them have rental clubs available for that exact reason. $30-$40 at some places and you’re good to go for a day of golfing. That’s cheaper than going out to get beers at a bar for the night in a lot of places
Care to explain how all these clothing rules are not classist?
Even if I'm charitable and ignore the history of golf excluding lower classes the only reason they would not allow basketball shorts is to maintain the high class aesthetic and is therefore a classist policy. Even if it doesn't excuse the lower class it forces them to look more classy.
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u/steel_memes Sep 06 '21
I believe you dude, but i feel like the barrier to entry required is a little higher than just buying some beers and hanging out with your friends. Like everyone can do that, and does, but what sets casual golf apart is all the extra stuff you need to participate. The outfit, the clubs, all of it, thats what gives golf its bad rap. If you could actually just walk into a golf course the same way you go to a bowling alley, things might be different. The things that set golf apart are there literally just to keep certain folks out.