Dress code in tournaments

[maha]

in golf all of the tour players are sponsored heavily and make their players wear and act as they want or they drop them.

in pool they barely get traveling expenses for the most part.

 

[Ghost of OBC]

in golf all of the tour players are sponsored heavily and make their players wear and act as they want or they drop them.

in pool they barely get traveling expenses for the most part.

This isn't true. Some of the big names have clothing sponsors. For the lesser guys, the money and free clothes aren't worth wearing stuff they don't like. The tour has standards, but they don't pay for the players' clothes. The tour doesn't, "drop" players. They play in through winning, mini tours, and Q-school. They get dropped for poor play. The worst the tour will do is tell them to change. Happens to Jason Day sometimes because he has an out there sponsor.

 

[MattPoland]

I think the real conclusion is that events like Derby and Texas Open are not pro events. They are amateur events that are won by pros or in other words ProAms. They have great history and tradition to them. Some might argue for them to evolve into true pro events. The potential is there and a dress code would be one small aspect of going in that direction. And some might argue that they aren’t meant to be true pro events as that would undermine their connection to their history and tradition. But there are plenty of true professional events put on by Matchroom and Predator these days where the contrast between them and Derby/Texas Open really illustrates the gap in professionalism.