I was perusing one of those ‘Golfing for Women’ magazines the other week and started wondering where the women live, who wear the golf attire modeled in women’s golf magazines? I’ve never seen women, not even the professionals, who would dress in such expensive and outrageous clothing.

It’s easy to spend lots of money fitting yourself out for golf. What with hats, sunglasses, gloves, shirts, shorts, socks, windsheeters and shoes, the costs add up very quickly, even if you do your shopping at the sales. Then factor in the cost of clubs, balls, bag, cart and fees and you have to play very often to keep the “CPU” (cost per use) down to a reasonable level.

One glossy advert showed a beautiful model in very short shorts (as if that’s allowed on courses!) that cost nearly $300, a golf shirt at almost $600, a jacket by Ralph Lauren at almost $200 and two-toned Utuser shoes costing $400 plus.

That adds up to about $1,500! I know that I could never hope to get the CPU on that outfit down to anywhere near a normal level in my lifetime! Don’t misunderstand me - I love clothes and I really love shoes, but could never afford, or even want, golf shoes or pants that cost more than most people’s weekly wage.

OK, you need comfy golfing shoes that don’t look like a pair of clogs, but really, you can buy cheaper and still fantastic golf shoes.

I have bought a couple of very stylish golfing outfits, even though none of them are famous brand names. If I were to add up the cost of all of those articles of clothing, it would not come to the price of a Tse golf shirt. Personally, I would prefer to have a few stylish outfits than one that is priced way over-the-top.

If I were to wear a $1,500 set of golfing apparel to play golf in, I would just be too worried about getting it dirty or sweating in it to enjoy a decent round of golf.

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