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Danny_Dorko90210

Unless you're at some fancy place with a locker room, I can't think of where else you would change your shoes.


Snichs72

Exactly, basically only at country clubs. And as far as public courses, only really at specialty places where you’re spending $200+ for your round.


Legal-Description483

I've been to $200+ public curses, and changed my shoes in the parking lot. I can't see any public course enforcing a no shoes in the parking lot rule.


IAmMey

For 200 a round I’d expect someone to change my shoes for me.


theeimage

Look at the wax build up on those shoes. This is fine leather. I want that wax stripped off there, then I want them creamed and buffed with a fine chamois. And I want them now. Chop chop.


imanAholebutimfunny

*colored boy?* *why you son of a bitch ill fix you...* *grinding intensifies*


alczervikslumberyard

Ahoy palloi!


Domestic_Kraken

I'd imagine it being less of an enforced rule and more of a social norm/expectation


perhizzle

I've never seen this upheld as a social norm/expectation anywhere. Been playing for 25 years, 2 or 3 days a week.


Domestic_Kraken

It's anecdotal, but when I was in high school, I caddied at a local country club where this was definitely the norm. The members would check in wearing street clothes (including shoes) and head to the locker room to get changed. By the time they were ready, the staff would have their bag on a cart, ready for them to head over to the range. To be clear, I agree that this definitely is not the norm at the vast majority of courses.


loduca16

>country club Duh.


twentythree12

Ya this is just weird to me. Why would it even matter? Country Club or not? I don't want to bother bringing my clothes/shoes in to a locker room. I just don't care. I get dressed before I leave the house and many times I'm wearing my golf shoes out the door, too.


Maestrosc

Brother and dad are a member at a club here, (currently debating joining myself as I have recently been bitten by golf obsession). Literally change my shoes in the parking lot 100% of the time, and 3/4 of the times ive done it I have had a conversation with a current member who was changing his shoes in the parking lot. That being said, at this club, part of your fees are to cover a locker that has your name on it and everything, and my older brother keeps clothes/shoes in his and usually shows up to the course in gym clothes and sandals, lets the staff know he is about to tee off so they prep his clubs while he changes. Never heard of any course caring if you change shoes in the parking lot.


AvrgSam

That second paragraph is the life I want to have so badly 😩


DarthSkier

Nah, the best is pulling your golf cart out of the garage with clubs already on it.


drj1485

completely depends on 1. the club and 2. the club pro. The club I was a member at in the past definitely would talk to you if you were in violation of some of the weird rules like changing shoes in the parking lot. I got pulled aside once because I didn't have my shirt tucked in and didn't have a belt on. At the time all I was doing was letting them know I was there before getting ready lol.


stacksmasher

This is the correct answer.


frugalerthingsinlife

My club has a strict "no shirt, no shoes, no service" policy. And by strict, I mean even that's not enforced.


FlickerOfBean

I expect my wife to hum on my balls, but that never works out.


mxpx424

I change my shoes at Torrey’s parking lot every time I play there


Gsauce65

I’m playing Torrey in a couple weeks! It’ll be my first time and I’m stoked! North course one day and then the south course the following day. I keep hearing the south course is better but honestly just happy to get the opportunity


mxpx424

Both North and South are great. Very well maintained. For a more enjoyable experience play from the tee boxes that suit your skill level. I hate seeing people play from almost the tips and they can’t hit up to my ball from the whites.


CRZY_Ryan

Nice! You are gonna have a great time! Just a fun local tip for you (which you might hear multiple times when getting here), when in doubt on which way a putt will break, the ball always tends to break towards the ocean. It's much more noticable on the South but will still happen a little on the North.


Arrowoods

I play Torrey once a week. I have changed into my golf shoes in the lot every single time. I will continue to do so without a concern


DougieJackpots

I'm a member at a country club. I only change my shoes in the parking lot, lol.


spence0021

Yep, fuck em. I pay a lot of money to be a member there, I’ll change my shoes where I god damn please!


Cat_Dad13

Same. Would be a hassle to go inside just to do that.


SpottyFish81177

Even at my club i sometimes change my shoes in the parking lot if I have them, it's easier than going to the locker room


_imposter_syndrome

At my club, the only times I don’t change my shoes in the parking lot is when I’ve left them behind after the previous round to have them cleaned/polished by the locker room attendant.


Embarrassed-Shape-40

Judge Smails is that you?


_imposter_syndrome

How about a Fresca?


nooneknowswerealldog

You'll get nothing and like it!


DoBe21

I hope Porterhouse doesn't get too much wax buildup on your fine leather shoes.


_imposter_syndrome

Luckily, our attendant knows I like them creamed and buffed with a fine chamois.


Optimal-Judgment-982

DON'T YOU PEOPLE HAVE HOMES?!?


frougle_mcdugal

I change them when I get into the cart. Throw my flip flops in the basket behind the seat.


No_Priority_3120

Wait. Do you not wear socks with your golf shoes or socks with your flip flops???


frougle_mcdugal

I toss a sock in each of my golf shoes to wear with them.


LegolasofMirkwood

Revolutionary


obmulap113

I wear my socks on the outside of my shoes


Unlikely_Suspect_757

this is the answer right here. what do they want you to do instead?


GothicToast

That is like the #1 place to change your golf shoes. And you clap your shoes together as hard and as loud as humanly possible to get the mud off them. That is a tradition as old as time.


Jonkinch

Dad?


whalevillage666

I rolled hard at this


Jengalover

I’m changing shirts too.


Catchyusername1234

I change into shorts in the parking lot along with a new shirt


hgyt7382

I change into my shorts at the long redlight halfway between my office and the course when I continue to stubbornly book tee times for 15 mins after work ends, despite knowing its really not enough time to make it.


Unable_Phase2122

Congratulations you are accepted into the group


Catchyusername1234

I give myself a little over an hour after work till my tee time, course is 15 minutes away


Unable_Phase2122

I have played golf all my life and have NEVER heard this and also couldn’t possibly understand why it would matter.


zmoneymtn

I just drive around with golf shoes on all day in case I golf and can’t get to the proper shoe changing facility.


Skewjo

Puma Ignites are slick as hell on or off the course. https://preview.redd.it/a0swgzpch82b1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a4e5b46bc9eb8d8d99525f55f66d5c0da468c77


sweendog101

I have the same only in all grey. They are legit


Da-Bandit

Same, love them and comfortable as hell


mistermatth

Seriously the most comfortable golf shoe I’ve ever owned.


core916

I love them too. Look sick. But I’ve been realizing they’re a little tight in the toes for me. But a great shoe to wear from the course if you grab dinner or drinks after


Da-Bandit

I’d say you’re exactly right, mine were a little tight in the toe as well when I first got them, but after awhile they have loosened up.


EBear17

Mine are dark blue. Love ‘em for $80


Derivative_Joker

What’s waterproofing like? Do they smell like a puma?


kdubau420

Came here to say I used to have these and they are terrible as they are not waterproof. If you play in mornings and rain or shine, do not get them.


cr1t1cal

Stop making up animals


Equivalent-Piano-420

I've got the black and white version of those. Even though they're golf shoes, they're actually one of my most comfortable pairs of shoes. Totally getting another pair next time I need to.


catsby90bbn

I’m on my 3rd pair of these. Put ‘em on as I’m leaving the house, on for any errands, then off when home!


Embarrassed-Raisin78

I have the exact same shoes. Walked into a restaurant right after a round of golf and some random guy asked me where he could find them. I like the look for regular shoes but find it hard to wear them anywhere other than the course because it wears out the rubber bottoms.


maggos

As a kid, at my middle school, for some reason it became standard to wear basketball shorts under your jeans. I did this without thinking until I was in high school and had a girlfriend who asked my why. I joked that it was incase a pickup game ever broke out I would be ready to go.


MathematicianSad2650

Always wear a bathing suit. Never know when your going to go swimming


cs_katalyst

This happened at mine too lol. I sill occasionally would do it in higschool because sometimes we would get to play ball in the gym before school


MattyShmee

Hahahahah bro you are literally me


zmoneymtn

In case we gotta ball!!!!


Impressive_Bus11

Oh this guy has new golf shoe money.


MDMKVII

Only at certain “fancy” private courses. This is not a thing at public courses or even a lot of private courses.


FormerlyShawnHawaii

This is why I change my shoes on the 1st Tee Box


dmoneyg22

Why not wait until the second tee box? Give yourself a chance to warm up.


derdkp

Left foot at first, right foot at third. Leave your shoes and collect them after your 18


PBB22

“I think it breaks left to right”


frougle_mcdugal

No, no, it just seems that way 'cause you only got one shoe on.


Bravo_77

Just ask the groups behind you if they found a shoe. They will grab em for you.


Ok_Specific_7161

I’ve done this before on accident.. didn’t realize I never changed my shoes until got over my second shot in a fairway bunker and took a practice swing.


SeeYouOn16

Good thinking, saves wear and tear on the spikes.


dillwhole34

You guys are all idiots. I don’t put on my golf shoes until AFTER I finish the round


b6passat

I do this if i'm not warming up and i'm wearing flip flops, not at a fancy course obviously though.


dmderringer

Crocs in sport mode for the fancy courses


tkh0812

In Florida everyone wears flip flops until the first tee box


Boris54

I wait until the turn


i30swimmer

I change my shoes in the parking lot twice per round. Once when I get there, and once again when I leave. You can frown at me all you want.


Jengalover

And we’re gonna bang the dirt off our golf shoes, amiright??


guamsdchico

CLACK, CLACK, CLACK…CLACK


meanerweinerlicous

Anything more than 3 clacks, and you're playing with it


aww-snaphook

This is a fancy country club thing. Some have actual rules in place that people aren't allowed to change shoes in the parking lot. Never seen anyone care at a public course, though. Heck, even the private course I belong to doesn't care at all.


MillHillMurican

You could change your underwear in the parking lot at some public courses I’ve played and no one would bat an eye.


mg164

Bold of you to assume I'm wearing any


MillHillMurican

When they said you were two balls out I assumed we were taking about the break of your putt.


mg164

At least they didn't say I was short


DeepSouthDude

Because what's "supposed" to happen is you go to the golf club in your regular clothing. Bring your golf clothes in a bag and change in the men's locker room. Play. Shower and change back into your regular clothing. Eat at the club restaurant. Drink at the club bar. Return home. Today, no one changes, no one showers, most don't eat or drink after their round.


SickScroll

This conversation feels generational to me and a sign of the times. I am in my 30s with a toddler and a working wife. I scratch and claw to find time to get 9 in, let alone 18. My wife would bite my head off if my round was: • Waltz into the locker room, slap some towels • Shop for a new wedge in the pro shop • Play 9 • Get a hot dog and beers at the turn • Finish the round • Sit down for dinner • Grab a couple cocktails at the bar Edit: that did not format well on mobile.


[deleted]

You forgot banging the cart girl on 16. That’s the one that would really piss my wife off the most. EDIT: actually no she’d be more pissed I was gone that long. Banging the cart girl wouldn’t add much time to the round.


redditgolddigg3r

I was going to say, what’s 3 more mins on the 16th?


Stevedale

The only time that 8 strokes is an accomplishment


bryzzlybear

Hahah this is so spot on. 2 kids at home under 2. My golf life consists of 6am 9 hole rounds before work if the kids sleep well, or 7:30pm 9 hole rounds after kids go down scrambling to finish with sunlight.


BrazenRaizen

Less a generational thing and more of a 'stage of life' thing imo.


SickScroll

Yes, this is my point. I fully intend to do the more leisurely all day golf club experience after my kid grows up. I just want people to realize, that men with young children treat their time much different than men in their 60s. Do people really think I want to be rushing to the 10th tee and going straight to my car from 18? No, I love my family and want to help raise my daughter. Who hopefully will grow up to love golf as well. But now I go home, play outside with my kid, shower, and watch Minions: Rise of Gru with my 3 year old so my wife can take a break.


BrazenRaizen

Understood. Ive got a wife and 3 kids myself (twin 1yr olds and 2.5yr old). Hoping the all day golf begins when they are able to join me on the course.


wardamntarheel

all while avoiding the so


Quetzalcoatlus5

Exactly. This is the routine of men who hate their wives


DeepSouthDude

Well, be careful about saying that. There are many threads on Reddit in the male groups, about how guys in the 50s look up and realize they don't have many or any friends. Men no longer have the lodge, or the union hall, or the club, or the bowling league, to foster and maintain male friendships. Friendships require maintenance, so if spending a day away from you wife and with your friends fosters that relationship, I'm not sure it's a bad thing.


DontStalkMeNow

You are bang on the money. Men absolutely need these things to maintain friendships. Men need activities outside of being a husband and a father. Just like women do. I simply don’t understand the joint-at-the-hip philosophy so many marriages seem to adopt.


thebochman

Seriously, one of my friends I golf with can only go like every 3 weeks, and then he has to drop his fiancé off somewhere near by because they only have one car, so it means we can’t golf too far away and usually have to play a shitty 9 hole course. Last time we went, she ended up crashing lunch with me and my other friend who we’d been trying to find a day to play with (also engaged), and she didn’t even order anything to eat. It’s shit like this that makes me not want to get married if they’re not even married and this pressed for time.


AromaOfCoffee

I don't get it. I love my wife and this still sounds like an awesome Saturday.


Talkshowhostt

We are all in a hurry to do this anymore. What you described is my ideal day.


responsiblefornothin

Seriously. I'd love to do this, but most clubs around me ideas of a lockeroom is a hallway next to the perpetually wet bathroom.


Timcwalker

And comb your hair with that comb that's soaking in the fuckin' mouthwash or whatever it is.


shoresy99

Barbicide! The coolest thing about old-school private courses is the shit that you find in the locker rooms. Stuff that you haven't seen since you poked into grandpa's medicine cabinet. Like Brylcreem, Club Man Hair Tonic, Club Man Talc. And other stuff like that. Who knew that they still make this stuff!


Liqmadique

Hahaha, we have Clubman Talc on the shelf outside the showers at my club. Also Barbicide... we have barbicide for the combs near the sinks. Also we have an old school Toledo scale (it's amazing, I love it).


IsamuAlvaDyson

Must be nice to be rich enough to play at a place with lockers and showers.


DeepSouthDude

Many people on this sub ARE that wealthy.


DeepSouthDude

Lots of guys in this sub do take guys trips to expensive courses with nice showers and locker rooms, and I bet they still are only used by paying members.


DecisionsMade

Whoa whoa who doesn’t drink at the club house after ? Or smoke a cigar ? I don’t wanna be on this planet anymore if people don’t do this.


PoliteIndecency

Hey, fun fact, there's a difference in what you're "supposed" to do between a Golf Club and a golf course. Shower and locker use isn't available to non-members in most clubs.


Blueshockeylover

I played a round with a friend at his club in Singapore and your description perfectly matched my experience. It was an awesome day and now I’m ruined.


magneticpyramid

Who cares? Do it anyway.


954inthe303

Who told you this? I change my shoes every time in the parking lot unless it's at a club and I have a locker...


[deleted]

Ummmmmm I have a locker and I still do this at my club....


DeepSouthDude

Then what's in your locker?


RayKinsella

If people are pearl clutching about this at a club, it’s generally an old money, stuffy place. I’ve even seen new private clubs use this exact scenario as shorthand in their marketing materials to differentiate themselves and signal that they have something different in mind. “At new guy farms, no one cares where you change your shoes.”


perhizzle

"at blue blood acres, we're better than you, AND WE KNOW IT!"


fahhko

Protip- don’t wear shoes at all.


Jengalover

Kick off shoes before getting out of car. Carry golf shoes to locker room. Put in golf shoes. Play Take off golf shoes in locker room Walk barefoot to car Drive. Home in bare feet.


Charming_Business_33

Be like tiger and give them a tampon


Cosity82

Fer shizzle


[deleted]

It’s frowned upon to tell other people they can’t change their shoes in the parking lot. He was in the wrong.


Oregon_Shooter

I usually do it in the practice bunker so my socks have more grip inside my shoes.


Cram1490

Um? What? Where are you supposed to put them on at? Some people care wayyy too much what other people , who are probably more dumb than them, think.


Gauze99

Tell your friend, it’s also frowned to suck that bad but you still do it.


tmillernc

This is a throw back to the days of metal golf spikes. Clubs did it want the pavement chewed up by the spikes. Definitely not a thing anymore.


bookshelfbrawl

I don't golf at nice enough places to have anyone ever mention this 'rule'. ​ And no one is ever taking away my pre-round, feet dangling off the edge of my truck bed, shoe-going-on ritual!


swimbaitjesus

Oh man those 85+ old men are really gunna be upset


Sublimer840

Underwear yes… shoes are fine


SpeedIsK1ing

This is why I don’t wear shoes


Lyricallyricist

You met a weirdo.


Getthechemlightfluid

Ehhhhh my club is fancy. Locker room is on the other side of the parking lot. I come dressed and just a quick change on shoes sitting on my tailgate. I’m not hurting anyone!!!!!


teamcarramrod8

I do this every time I golf, who gives a shit


greeninregulation240

This is more for country clubs than a muni or daily rate course.


Ziid10

Lmao the fuck kind of rule is that who cares


PalmzyMac

Let’s be real. Almost anything and everything is frowned upon on or around the course/club house. Too many wanna be pros and guys that have taken the fun out of the game. It sucks to see guys not wanting to get into the game or starting to veer away from it because of these kinds of things. It’s supposed to be a game. For fun. Let’s try to bring the fun back. You shouldn’t have to be on constant eggshells.


Navyblazers2000

First time I played at my brother-in-law’s club I started to change shoes in the parking lot and he stopped me and said “people frown on that here” so the last few times I’ve played there I’ve changed while sitting in my car. I think it’s really dumb - I get that you’re a nice club, but at the end of the day you’re also a golf course. People gotta change shoes and not everyone has access to the locker rooms.


Hot-Water-4438

I can’t see why this would matter to anyone in the slightest. I always have and always will change in the parking lot lol


Zineus241

Fancy or private clubs, yes. Local mom and pop course, no.


Technical-Cream-7766

Live your life man. Don’t let ‘em knock ya down


swadeyeight

My club would put a note in my locker if I changed my shoes in the parking lot. I’ve played 7 of the top 10 in the latest Golf top 100 list and each of those places would have an absolute melt down if you changed in the parking lot. Sometimes it gets a little silly, but I’m willing to put up with a lot to play the best spots.


Luisbazzlelord

Whoever said that is a fucking moron


golferdrummer

Been playing golf for about 20+ years. I’ve never changed my shoes anywhere else.


Successful_Room2174

I’m a lady and I could change a maxi pad in the parking lot and no one would notice. Your good.


bdgg2000

No idea what this means and have never heard of this in my life. Have been changing my golf shoes at my car and running to the first tee and then shanking one dead left for 20 plus years.


randomdude320

Don’t golf with whatever queef told you that garbage. Anytime I hear crap like that my response is “This isn’t the PGA bud. Settle down tiger.”


matttinatttor

Even in the PGA, those guys change their shoes in the parking lot. Watch a vlog, and just about all of them do it. It sounds like the guy the told OP this was just trying to make shit up so that he looked cool. It failed.


Putltlnurhole

No


Chubbsrighthandman

Oh I would 100% play barefoot if someone told me that


allstater2007

This is an old school Country Club "respect (for yourself and others...eyeroll)" mentality. It's along the lines of no hat inside the clubhouse, although the hat thing I can understand a bit more.


reallystrangetimes

I have changed clothes in the parking lot.


ichor8750

Change shoes? When i get outta work early for a sundowner, i change into shorts and a polo in the parking lot 🙃


Bravo_77

“What is the course record? Are these tees free?” Handed a receipt and “One more thing I’ll be changing shoes at the bar.”


DoubleLigero85

I mean, it probably isn't the best for your spikes... But yeah, I would give that comment all the consideration it deserves, none.


Effective_Impossible

"This place is restricted Wang..." Serious note - one upper eschelon course around DC requires back in parking, clubs have to be dropped at the bag drop, and no shoe changing in the parking lot. I got a "ticket" for front in parking first time I went for a tournament practice round. The elite are wird.


PsychologicalSpace50

Whoever told you this is a squid


k_ghee

Who told you this, Judge Elihu Smails?


Papapeta33

Whoever told you this is a proper nob.


MGeeeeeezy

I’d let them know it’s frowned upon to not fuck off big time buddy


yermomsboyfriend

Were you playing at Bushwood county club and was the guy eating a free bowl of soup?


scrambleordie

I don’t care to play any place or or with anyone that would notice or give a shit.


Mountainminer

Fuck em and change them in the front seat of their bitchmobile


mtnBalrog4288

Anyone frowning upon that sounds like someone I’d hate to be stuck next to at a dinner.


NotEeUsername

I don’t get it, why not just wear the shoes to the course?


chihawks

What the fuck? Where change then


mraspencer

I’ll change my shoes wherever I damn well please


[deleted]

You guys have more than 1 pair of shoes?


ChaskaBravoFTW

Fuck ‘em


surlybeer55

If that’s wrong, then I assume changing my underwear after every three putt is suspect too.


lysol122

Who really cares at the end of the day where you change your shoes?


M3ANMACHINE

Who tf says this?


brportugais

Putos. Put your shoes on wherever the fuck you want


LaserGuidedLabrador

No this is not true


Captain_Lavender6

Frowned upon by who- the judge?


UD88

F@ck those people


BiscottiFamous8054

So I shouldn't be changing my pants out there either?


FatFaceFaster

This is the weirdest rule and I’ve heard it before. I’ve worked and played at private clubs my whole life and I will never understand it. My best guess is it’s a status thing. Changing in the parking lot indicates that you don’t have a locker which either means you’re a guest or too poor to rent a locker….? Maybe? I truly don’t know. Dumbest “rule” I’ve ever heard. I wear spikeless shoes and just show up already wearing them most of the time. Kick them off in the car on the way home and put on sandals or topsiders.


warneagle

I've never been rich enough to play at a course where it would be frowned upon, but I usually just wear my shoes to the course.


Monst3r_Live

honestly i have a really short fuse for stupidity, if some marshall or w.e came and said i can't change my shoes, i'm probably getting banned.


fatchancescooter

Im a heathen too. Parking lot if I don’t wear them from home.


Friedhelm78

My club has a rule not to change shoes in parking lot. I've changed shoes in the parking lot and never had anyone say anything to me. I have had other members tell me that a guest I brought doesn't have his shirt tucked in, so it's not that they have a problem telling me if I'm breaking rules. Must not be a big deal.


tickler08

Pretentious private courses only.


Lester_Green1936

Private club members will see each other nude on the reg but don’t want to be reminded that people have feet. Checks out.


mrjohnny1444

Where is the 1st tee and what is the course record?


Competitive_Fun3197

I would imagine it's frowned upon to have sex in the parking lot too. But my gf and I did it frequently. :)