The new dress code implemented by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) has been circulating mixed reactions among athletes and people in the world of sports.
LPGA made the rule after they warned players like Paige Spiranac. The new rule prohibited the plunging necklines, short skirts, and leggings that are popular among female athletes, and any infractions could earn golfers a fine of $1,000 and will double with each offense.
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Fortune news reported how the twenty-four-year-old Paige Spiranac, a San Diego native was the first to criticize the LPGA’s new dress code:
“As both an ambassador for golf and an advocate for the continued progress of women’s rights and equality in society, I fear that these new rules are stifling the growth of the women’s game,” Spiranac said.
“In other professional sports, uniforms have evolved to contemporary cuts and materials designed to meet athletes’ elevated physical demands. Pole vaulters, for instance, often jump in sports bras and briefs to allow for maximum limb movement, while limiting the amount of clothing that could catch the bar,” she added. “Tennis players wear sleeveless tops and skirts with spandex shorts so that they can hit, reach, and lunge for the ball effectively. Similarly, in order to perform at the optimal level, golfers need to be able to rotate, extend, crouch, and bend, often in extreme weather conditions for up to five or six hours at a time.”
Heather Daly-Donofrio, chief of communications and tour operations said “The dress code requires players to present themselves in a professional manner to reflect a positive image for the game.” as the Ladies Professional Golf Association is standing by their dress code.
She added, “While we typically evaluate our policies at the end of the year, based on input from our players, we recently made some minor adjustments to the policy to address some changing fashion trends. The specifics of the policy have been shared directly with the members.”
The dress code rule has garnered many mixed reactions from news sites and publishers as some were saying The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is promoting “body-shaming” its female players.
According to a Teen Vogue magazine report:
“We don’t see why someone can’t look professional in leggings. If anything, policing these women’s bodies and clothes takes away from their professional accomplishments. And if the sport wants a positive image, body-shaming is not the way to get it.”
“As more and more pointless dress codes interfere with our daily lives, women are standing up for their right to wear what they want and not be slut-shamed. Apparently, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) missed the memo about that.”
Golf Digest also said:
“Plunging necklines,” and “leggings, unless under a skort or shorts, are not allowed.” Additionally, “length of skirt, skort, and shorts MUST be long enough to not see your bottom area at any time, standing or bent over.”
Some Twitter users also wrote:
“Pretty repressed, repressive individuals” and “ridiculous.”
“The new rules for women in the LPGA sound like they were written by ISIS, and I won’t tolerate this garbage,”
“It’s Golf, not a runway, fashion show, or a place you hang all your parts out hoping for attention.”
Sources: Taphaps, Gold Digest, Teen Vogue, Fortune
And this is the major issue that they are worried about – women’s clothes? Doesn’t seem that anyone looks obscene! There are many more important things to worry about in our “now world.” Unless, of course, the women want to play naked.
The LPGA is wrong! They must ＳＴＯＰ ＴＨＥ ＩＮＳＡＮＩＴＹ．．．．．
C’mon man! Are you sure she is a woman? Are you some kind of biologist?