I was perusing one of those 'Golfing for Women' magazines the other day and started wondering where the women are, who wear the golf apparel modeled in women's golf magazines? I've never seen women, professionals included, who would dress in such expensive and outrageous clothes!
It's easy to spend lots of money fitting yourself out for golf. What with hats, sunglasses, gloves, shirts, shorts, socks, windbreakers and shoes, the costs add up very quickly, even if you do your shopping at the sales. Then factor in the cost of clubs, balls, bag, cart and fees and you have to play very often to keep the "CPU" (cost per use) down to an acceptable level.
One glossy advertisement showed a beautiful model in very short shorts (as if that's allowed on courses!) that cost nearly $300, a golf shirt at almost $600, a jacket by Ralph Lauren at almost $200 and two-toned Utuser shoes costing $400 plus.
That comes to about $1,500! I know that I could never hope to get the CPU on that outfit down to anywhere near a normal level in my lifetime! Don't get me wrong - I love clothes and I really love shoes, but could never afford, or even want, golf shoes or pants that cost more than most people's weekly wage.
Granted, you want comfortable golfing shoes that don't look like a pair of clogs, but really, you can find less expensive and still fantastic golf shoes.
I have a couple of really trendy golf outfits, although none of them are famous brand names. If I added up the cost of all of those articles of clothing, it would not come to the cost of a Tse golf shirt. Personally, I would prefer to have several trendy outfits than one that is priced over-the-top.
If I were to wear a $1,500 set of clothes to play golf in, I would just be too worried about getting it grubby or perspiring in it to play a decent game of golf.
It's easy to spend lots of money fitting yourself out for golf. What with hats, sunglasses, gloves, shirts, shorts, socks, windbreakers and shoes, the costs add up very quickly, even if you do your shopping at the sales. Then factor in the cost of clubs, balls, bag, cart and fees and you have to play very often to keep the "CPU" (cost per use) down to an acceptable level.
One glossy advertisement showed a beautiful model in very short shorts (as if that's allowed on courses!) that cost nearly $300, a golf shirt at almost $600, a jacket by Ralph Lauren at almost $200 and two-toned Utuser shoes costing $400 plus.
That comes to about $1,500! I know that I could never hope to get the CPU on that outfit down to anywhere near a normal level in my lifetime! Don't get me wrong - I love clothes and I really love shoes, but could never afford, or even want, golf shoes or pants that cost more than most people's weekly wage.
Granted, you want comfortable golfing shoes that don't look like a pair of clogs, but really, you can find less expensive and still fantastic golf shoes.
I have a couple of really trendy golf outfits, although none of them are famous brand names. If I added up the cost of all of those articles of clothing, it would not come to the cost of a Tse golf shirt. Personally, I would prefer to have several trendy outfits than one that is priced over-the-top.
If I were to wear a $1,500 set of clothes to play golf in, I would just be too worried about getting it grubby or perspiring in it to play a decent game of golf.
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