A recent un-stylish golfer inspired me to post again. For decades golf has been considered to be a gentle man’s sport. Not much has changed on the game’s features, so is its attire. It’s unclear where golf originated, but the modern golf is credited to developing in the damp moors of Scotland during the early 1500s. During this particular time, Scotland had a cold climate, in particular, hence determining the kind of sportswear the participants played with. It meant that the chilling climate dictated the attire of the players hence forcing them to incorporate heavy clothing, mostly made of tweed. Most of the players during this time wore: Sturdy shoes, tweed caps, tweed jackets (they were thick and made of woolen fabric) with starched collars and knickerbockers (mostly made up of baggy knee trousers). Something your great grandma might sew.

At the beginning of the 1920s, golf gained popularity amidst the wealthy circles, especially in America, due to its booming economy. Hence, the golf participants (mostly the rich) was elevated into a more fashionable look, which included spectator shoes, long stockings, single-breasted jackets, neckties, baggier knickers, and flat caps. This style of clothing dominated for a little while as people in this particular era required this manner of dressing only for comfort until the late 1950s when a significant evolutionary change was seen when the sportsmen introduced colored fabrics. In this particular period, a knitted golf shirt was introduced with lightweight, colorful trousers, oxford shoes, and time.

The groovy style, accompanied by an increase in the television broadcast of professional golfers in the 1970s, brought a radical change in the participants’ golf attire. The American people began to influence or to be influenced by the attires of the golfers. They adopted a new style of attire which included: the weaving of houndstooth patterns with purple, Kelly green, magenta colors on shirts and pants of the golfer colors final look of the golfers’ attires in this era was golf shirts with mock turtle necks, brown polyester pants, and houndstooth trousers.

Fashion athlete sponsorship in the late 90s marked the beginning of modernized knickers. Designer companies like Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, and Levi’s incorporated their logos on their sponsored golfer wears. To further influence the fans of the golfers, the designer companies introduced the Scottish plaid patterns. The company’s wear to their golfers included long shorts, knickers, tartan sweaters, polo’s and visas with the sponsor’s logo. Since this time to the present day, the incorporation of technology into the golf fashion has influenced the manufacture of new clothes for golfers, which are meant to enable practicality, ventilation, and mobility to the golfers hence increasing their performance. The companies have incorporated the different styles and tactics of manufacturing the golfer’s clothes over the years to form perfect golf wear, including flexible shoes, ventilated pants, cotton-polyester caps, zippered pockets, and visors. As discussed above, it’s keynoting that golf has a rich fashion history with a beautiful tradition that has lasted over the years. There have been several extraordinary radical changes in the golfer’s wears, but there are still traces of old traditions of the founding forefathers.

I think I am pretty clever to use the driving range at night when it is less crowded. Unfortunately, there are a few folks who feel the same way. I have to put up with the same throng of people as I do during the day. Lately I have been feeling a little overburdened with some personal and work issues, and I need to unwind at night to stave off burnout. We all go through these phases. My friends and I often talk about what makes us feel this way and it takes the weight of worry off our shoulders. When you share experiences, you get suggestions for solutions or just suddenly come up with your own.

The range is beautiful at night in any case, whatever reason you choose this time to day for your round of golf. People who experience it for the first time get hooked. Sometimes I get home late and miss dinner if it had been planned for an early hour. Okay, I’m fine with reheated leftovers. I don’t play golf at night every night. It would be a discourtesy to my family. But as I mentioned, when I need a personal release, it becomes the perfect panacea. I sometimes ask friends or co-workers to join me, but in some cases I just like to be alone with my thoughts to unwind. It pays to have someone along to help you find your way back to your car if it is a dark light with not a trace of the moon. Usually the other person remembers better than I do where we left the car in the huge parking lot. I don’t relish the idea of walking around and around it before stumbling on my vehicle.

If I am alone, the best plan I have devised is to take a medical penlight with me to help me look at license plates so I can identify mine. It also helps illuminate the door lock so I can see better when I slip in the key. I was given this great penlight as a gift and love it because it is not big like a huge flashlight. Who would want to drag that around the driving range? A pen light has a lot of light if you get a good one. I love that it fits nicely in my shirt or pants pocket. Maybe someday the course will put in bright light bulbs in the parking lot, but so far it hasn’t happened. Then I can dispense with the pen light, but frankly I just like having it. It could get you out of some fixes. You never know. I like it so much that I don’t even mind putting it in my golf bag. It isn’t as easy to retrieve as from my pocket, but at least I know where it is and that it won’t fall out. So treat yourself to a medical (high-powered) pen light. I know of what I speak.