Why are women allowed to wear shorts on a golf course and men cannot?
348593
I believe you're asking about the professional tours (i.e. PGA & LPGA). The truth be told, the women's PGA is less formal and has less history than the male PGA. Therefore, men are required to wear pants because that's what everyone else did 100 years ago. Also remember that just until the 70's, wearing anything other than a skirt covering their ankles was socially prohibited for females. So, since females now have the ability to wear whatever they want (and in some cases, very little), females on the LPGA can wear shorts. In the meantime, men are stuck with pants because of tradition and history.
724218
Neither males or females should wear things that revealing in public, girls should not wear thongs either!  There should be a law against speedos and thongs in public!
614177
Golf is not an olympic sport.
285233
Yo Mick! A "club foot"? \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_foot\n\nIf you're playing with me and you've got a club foot, I'll give you the one footers man....otherwise I think you're violating the rules of golf by striking the ball with something other than the head of your club!\n\nhttp://www.usga.org/playing/rules/rules_of_golf.html\n\nSee rule 14...
422019
They are no longer as tight as they were. If you see 70's footage of the game those shorts just looked painful.In my experience the women I know watch the game for the love of it and find it offensive that it's always said the tightness of their shorts was the only reason for watching.I alwys assumed they were more fitted cause it stops them being pulled at when they take a high mark.
272715
cause most women that would ride a harley would go swimming in a bikini top and cut off jeans?\n\ni know i'm stereotyping but i'm just joking
197407
It will depend upon the length of the hole and what type of hazards the hole might require you to carry off the tee. \n\nMost average women cannot carry the ball over 120 yards off the tee, so a designer has to be mindful of that fact when placing the women's tees on a golf course. \n\nBut overall, on most courses the difference will be between 30 and 50 yards.
546155
I not a woman but have seen lots of women at age over fifty play and enjoy golf. I would say that it is the same reason as any of their male companion want to play. Golf is a life time game and anyone can play until they can't walk or can't hold up the club anymore. Particularly if you are over fifty, there's not much outdoor that give good exercise left other than golf.\n\nBesides, it is a good socialising sport for all age.
635897
sure!\nI don't think that we need to follow these "social rules" that say men cannot wear skirts but women were able to change the social expectations and can now wear either.  It is only fair for men to be able to wear skirts if they want...  I am all for it!!!
161992
because they haven't tried it?? golf isn't really an everyday type of sport that is easily mastered..(let alone one that u grow up with)...it's also because it's what i call a "quite" sport, for many the definition of sport includes beer, loud chearing and chearleaders...
190922
We can only hope. When women are running around in less and less, men's clothing has gone where they might as well just throw a tent over their shoulders. And the "shorts"! Notice basketball uniforms lately? Why not just sew the legs together and call it a skirt? Not really complaining, it's just that as a straight, healthy female with healthy hormones, I'd like something to look at too.\n\nThank goodness jeans never seem to go out of style.
671469
If guys can go shirtless..why cant women???
890188
It has been said that there are 18 holes because in the early days of golf the gents would take a shot of wiskey or scotch at each hole and there are 18 shots in a bottle.\n\nThis of course isnt true but sounds good.\n\nIn reality the first golf courses had less then 18 holes , then St Andrews in Scotland was laid out on a parcel of land near a beach and had 11 holes, they would play the 11 holes out and then turn back and play them again right back to the clubhouse thus playing a total of 22 holes as a round.\nAt some point later it was determined that several holes were simply to short so 2 holes were eliminated leaving 9 holes out and the same 9 back in thus comprising of an 18 hole round which then became standard.\n\nGood question\n\nLeon
329812
Men must have designed the "bra"!\nA woman would know better!!!
76148
Yes.\nShould any and all women be allowed?  No.\nFor example, women pilots tend to have slightly faster reflexes.  I have no problems with women flying into a war zone and then flying out.  The same could be said for tank crews and naval craft.\nInfantry?  This is a different matter.  If the woman can drag a wounded buddy out of fire, then why not.  But then again I think that the standards for both men and women in combat should be higher.  I say if a male cannot drag a wounded buddy, he should not be there either.
449846
It`s not nearly as competitive. Women at a pro level would be closer to men`s high school or college levels.
811776
Tennis shorts or skirt for the ladies...\nTennis shirt....... tennis shoes...... socks......wristband.... headband....... thats all...... you can accesories if you like such as necklace..... but tennis shoes, shirt, skirt/shorts, are diistinctively for tennis only.. it has different material and style that is only for tennis.... like golf they have a set of their own.....