There is a particular circumstance – just one – where wearing shorts at Los Angeles Country Club might not get you frogmarched off the property.
Whether they’re exercise, or Bermuda (way to be specific), “athletic type t-shirts” and “denim pants of any colour”, you can safety have them attached to your person “from the Parking Lot to the Locker Rooms or from the Locker Rooms to the Parking Lot”.
Just don’t get carried away. These exceptions, they say, are made so you can take them off as quickly as possible. “Loitering” in the locker room while you’re in such garments is “not permitted”.
Those latter two words, along with “unacceptable”, make frequent appearances on the guest information page outlining the customs and traditions at the ultra-exclusive City of Angels institution.
While lots of clubs have made some pretty big concessions to their dress codes in a bid to make members and visitors feel more comfortable – and just generally get into the 21st century – LACC are toting a list of rules that wouldn’t have looked too out of place when they were first founded in 1897.
Their club, their rules, and some of you might appreciate some of the many regulations that will guide every second you’re on club ground.
But perhaps it’s also why the atmosphere during the first couple of days at the US Open has been a bit flatter than anticipated – given the beauty of the course and the quality of play we’ve seen so far.
Anyway, you can make your own minds up. Here are some of the more interesting policies in force at this year’s national championship venue that might be dead and buried at your club but proudly live on here…
Golf clubhouse rules at Los Angeles Country Club
“Skirts must be no shorter than 4” above the knee”.
“Children under the age of 7 must maintain a conservative and modest attire in keeping with the Club’s tradition”.
Unacceptable attire: “Shorts of any kind, including skorts and culottes”
Unacceptable action: “Changing shoes in the parking lot”.
“Audible calls and messages are only permitted inside closed vehicles in the parking lots, in the Phone Room, or in the phone booths in the Men’s and Women’s Locker Rooms”.
To cap it all, there is this beautiful catch-all: “If the use of technology is not specifically addressed in this policy, then it is not permitted at the club”.
Sounds like a barrel of laughs. But if this set-up is right up your street, or your club has some quirky golf clubhouse rules that have stood the test of time, why not let me know with a tweet?
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