Can I change my shoes in the parking lot? And if not, why?!
Areader writes: I’m new to golf and was told I should never change my shoes in the parking lot. Seems silly. Is that really a rule?
Dear Reader:
At many of the courses the Etiquetteist frequents, you could probably change your underwear in the parking lot and get away with it. Nike Shoes for Men ,Popping the trunk and swapping your shoes as you sit on the rear bumper? That’s standard practice, like bashing a banana ball off the first tee. No one’s going to give you grief about it.
But those are public courses. And, to butcher a quote from Bobby Jones, there is public golf and there is private golf, and they are not at all the same.
At most private clubs, the parking lot is for parking. Using it as a locker room is a no-no, the sort of faux pas that is apt to earn you a dirty loo...