Quotation: Dressing to Beat Par

"It is worthy of note that practically none of the leading golfers, amateurs or professionals, are ever untidily arrayed for battle. The golfer owes neatness of dress to his gallery. If he carries no gallery he owes it to his other club members. If there are no other club members around he owes it to himself. It will not help him in any physical way, but it will undoubtedly help a lot in terms of increased morale. And there are times when morale is badly needed following the entrance into a yawning bunker or the depressed feeling that comes after missing a two-foot putt.

And it is well enough that a badly dressed, or rather an untidily dressed golfer, even if he is pretty good, will always be taken for a duffer of purest ray serene by those who see him on the course. In this way, the apparel will often proclaim his score."

-Grantland Rice, Men's Wear, July 9, 1919