Golf Australia says a further 210,000 people took up the sport last year. It’s a trend that’s pressuring private clubs everywhere to relax their dress codes.
The times they are a-changin: US golfer Paige Spiranac wears the equivalent of a mini skirt on the course. Getty
On a sweltering day in the 1970s, a member of the uber-exclusive Augusta National Golf Club in the US state of Georgia turned up for a game wearing – sharp intake of breath – shorts.
Clifford Roberts, the irascible chairman of the club, spotted him and said, “Nice to see you, Bob. What are doing today?”
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