I am a firm believer that players should be required to look and act professionally at tournaments. I would much rather see them in the described clothes than to look like bums who are seen smoking on TV. I could probably live with nice polos and khakis, but I would much rather over dress than under dress. How can we expect sponsors to take professional pool seriously if they play in jeans and t-shirts?
DRESS CODES - in general
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No, I'm advocating dressing for preformance while looking good. Golf shoes evolved from leather clunkers to modern style for a reason. Both work for outdoors, but one is comfortable.
Get a petometer and give it a try, you may be surprised how much you walk in this game.
You forgot to read.
Far more walking involved in pool than darts. Wear a pedometer and play in a tournament, it's further than 18 holes.
And yea… darts. Way to shoot for the stars! Golf as players who are known specifically because of the way they dress…
^He has won 1 PGA tour event, ever. But nobody knows who he is…
Good luck at dart league.
Ricky Fowler? He makes millions with endorsements with big companies...maybe you are being facetious? Look up his tournament earnings the last few years.
That is ridiculous walking comparison. A pedometer won't measure anything correctly shuffling around a pool table, then sitting down and fidgeting for 10 minutes waiting for your turn. Nobody that shoots pool for 4 hours has walked as far as somebody walking 18 holes of golf...unless it's miniature golf....which is a better comparison to pool anyway.
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Personally, I think they look good dressing up. Even though pool does require a lot of walking and standing and you need a certain degree of freedom in the sleeves, pool does not require the same range of motion as golf. I have plenty of shirts that I can play pool in but can't play golf in.
But I think I can honestly say that at this point I really don't care. The only people who watch professional pool tournaments are other pool players and maybe their wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend.
Dressing well is important for professionals. I don't know (and don't much care) if it's a nice shirt and vest, business casual/golf clothes or something else. Whatever you settle on, please don't make it Bonus Ball jerseys!
But I think I can honestly say that at this point I really don't care. The only people who watch professional pool tournaments are other pool players and maybe their wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend.
Dressing well is important for professionals. I don't know (and don't much care) if it's a nice shirt and vest, business casual/golf clothes or something else. Whatever you settle on, please don't make it Bonus Ball jerseys!
And they're lining up around the block for the "world tournament" with everyone dressed like they're in the service industry.
If golfer's showed up like they were the best man at a wedding, they would look a little "over dressed".
Fact is, most tournaments are fine (except for the shoes). The top players dress good, but I'll be they all would rather wear more comfortable shoes. And FYI, comfortable dress shoes look like garbage.
That's why they have spikes. Golf shoes have evolved over the years from leather clunkers to sneakers with spikes. The sneakes are for comfort. The spikes are for the uneven surfaces.
This is acceptable per the rules yet would be a bit to loud for me to wear.
I was stopped at a tournament for wearing the below:
After debating that I was actually dressed in more pleasing and fashionable attire than the tournament director, I was allowed to continue play.
I was stopped at a tournament for wearing the below:
After debating that I was actually dressed in more pleasing and fashionable attire than the tournament director, I was allowed to continue play.
LMAO!!!!! Yes!
that question earns you GREEN, and is a great question. Have your own event, and than you will get S*** about everything you did wrong. :thumbup:
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It's kind of funny how I'm advocating pool players dress more like this:
and this
rather than this:
and the pool player perception is that I'm talking about this:
lol it's amazing!
No, it's not amazing at all. What's the point of distinction (read: how can it be abused) between picture #1 and picture #4?
And, look at the background in picture #1. Most telling, isn't it? I see trees, and lawn, and sky, and... outdoors.
I guarantee you that you don't get the same workout playing pool as you do golfing (I do both). I live right next to the renowned Centennial Golf course here in Putnam County. With a big windup, I can just about sidearm a stone from outside my front door and chip it into a hole. I see golfers every day, and they are FAR more exerted than any pool player. And if you are that exerted playing pool, I would suggest getting a physical exam ASAP, because something's wrong with you. The notion that "playing pool = 18 holes of golf" is laughable. Sorry.
The golf dress code reflects the activity -- which is not only a ton of long-stride walking (more than pool, no matter what your pedometer says), and a lot of swinging -- hard -- compared to the putting. All outdoors, btw. As one other poster mentioned, miniature golf is more akin to pool than real golf is.
-Sean
And the funniest part, he was joking.
When I was a kid busing tables in a restaurant, they had a black shoe requirement. I wore all black sneakers.
I think that's an excellent compromise. Even in my line of work, I can get away with all-black sneakers in business casual scenarios, as long as they look like the example above. But I prefer my Rockports even then -- they're that comfortable.
What's an obvious sore-thumb, is having a business casual look, ending with white sneakers, indoors. It screams of "you'll pry my sneakers from my cold dead feet."
-Sean
Yea I've golfed since I was a child but thanks for the education. I wear a petometer every day. The days I rack up the most... Playing a tristate or predator tour. Nuts, right?
This game is doomed.
I took his remarks a Dead Serious, and I think you need do an event, so you get the feeling of a flack attack, appreciate the effort it takes to do something simple like a little local tournament, where all you have to do is make everyone happy.
Personally like I said if I don't like the Dress Code for an event, or say a restaurant I just stay home.
Life is simpler without having to comply with some dumb a***d dress code to get a bite to eat, play a round of golf, or go play pool in some tournament .
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