[RogerP]

Golf pants as literal dress pants: no. I wouldn't pair any microfiber golf pants with, say, a navy blazer / dress shirt / tie / pocket square.

But paired with the type of casual sport coat one might otherwise wear with chinos? Absolutely.

 

[RogerP]

FF - thanks for those classic examples of elegant golf wear. Would that we could see the like today.

 

[Matt S]

I do not play golf, but can someone explain to me how synthetics are better for golf than wool or cotton?

 

[SG_67]

I do not play golf, but can someone explain to me how synthetics are better for golf than wool or cotton?

Probably just easier to clean and won't shrink. I don't know.

I'm with you. I don't play either nor do I understand why people will wear gold gear as casual wear.

 

[Matt S]

Probably just easier to clean and won't shrink. I don't know.

I'm with you. I don't play either nor do I understand why people will wear gold gear as casual wear.

I have bought clothes labelled "golf". But they're not synthetics and indistinguishable from other trousers.

 

[RogerP]

I do not play golf, but can someone explain to me how synthetics are better for golf than wool or cotton?

Depending upon the specific synthetic in question:

1) They stretch / give - more easily facilitating the swing.
2) Moisture wicking properties that pull perspiration away from your skin and permit it to evaporate quickly. Soggy, sweat-soaked cotton clothing on a muggy mid-August day doesn't enhance my enjoyment of the round.

 

[RogerP]

This was taken during a super-hot morning round last month. At the end of the round both shirt and pants were at most slightly damp and looked dry. I can recall back in the day before synthetics where I would start the round in a royal blue cotton golf shirt that would be pretty much a uniformly soggy navy blue after the round. Not a good look, or a good feel. And both shirt and trousers can be tossed in the laundry and hung to dry to a wrinkle free finish.

And while my form needs work - ahem - any good golf swing is predicated upon a big turn of the hips and an even bigger turn of the shoulders. These are far better accommodated by clothing designed to give with such movement quite readily.

 

[FLMike]

^Where is it acceptable to play golf with one’s shirt untucked? That wouldn’t fly at our club.

And why long pants on a “super hot” day? Even the Tour guys played their practice rounds in shorts last week in St Louis.

 

[JBierly]

This was taken during a super-hot morning round last month. At the end of the round both shirt and pants were at most slightly damp and looked dry. I can recall back in the day before synthetics where I would start the round in a royal blue cotton golf shirt that would be pretty much a uniformly soggy navy blue after the round. Not a good look, or a good feel. And both shirt and trousers can be tossed in the laundry and hung to dry to a wrinkle free finish.

And while my form needs work - ahem - any good golf swing is predicated upon a big turn of the hips and an even bigger turn of the shoulders. These are far better accommodated by clothing designed to give with such movement quite readily.

If anything looks like the left arm is breaking down a bit at the top and the head is up a bit. Actually a pretty good shoulder turn. Now if you were really brave a "slo-mo" video would be a lot of good fun.

Regarding sartorial decorum, I would argue that golf is one area where the trousers should not be cuffed - unless you like accumulation of dirt in the cuffs.

 

[eagle2250]

Speaking as one who has yet to embrace golf, as one of my sports, I think RogerP looks great, from both a form and fashion perspective! On the few occasions I have attempted to play a round of golf, those pesky little white balls have flown around more erratically than the balls bouncing around in the machines that pick our lottery winners! Alas, it just isn't my game.

 

[SG_67]

I’m reminded of Mark Twain’s quip; golf is a good walk spoiled.

 

[eagle2250]

^^LOL. Mark Twain was indeed, a wise man!

 

[FLMike]

Speaking as one who has yet to embrace golf, as one of my sports, I think RogerP looks great, from both a form and fashion perspective!

One of the things I like about golf is that, as on this Forum, etiquette and tradition matter. And, etiquette and tradition hold that one's shirt is tucked in while playing golf. That's why it's still a rule at most private clubs. Now, the local muni course is a different story....much like the state of men's dressing today that we constantly bemoan on the forum.

 

[RogerP]

JB - slo mo videos are as instructive as they are humbling. I used to play the game a lot and got pretty decent at it. The last several years, however, I've been down to 3 or 4 rounds per season - which is basically not playing at all - and my game has predictably suffered. I'm planning on starting next season with a few lessons just to get properly reset.

eagle - thank you kindly.