Kilted Golfer DENIED Play at Royal Troon because of the kilt

[Lallans]

It may be because my own heritage is from the lowlands and was frozen in NI, meaning that my ancestors were not on cordial terms with the [kilted] highlanders, and that I've been exposed to and am therefore aware of some lingering, culturally engrained attitudes, but I also thought that this little incident helped to expose an equally lingering and engrained attitude in Scotland itself, one that in the present day amounts to an unfortunate tendency towards Scottish self-loathing and a reliance upon looking south towards England for approval and approbation- something that is never actually made available and never will be. Oh, and also the ruthlessness of that whole social phenomenon among the Scottish people themselves. Maybe I am reading too much into this, but I don't think so. We must help our Scottish cousins to help themselves. Nice work, Cousin Forrester: progress indeed.

EDIT: and I guess it was just nice to see someone push back against the British 'the way it's done' thing, which is occasionally invoked via the most ghastly inconsiderate behaviour and even outright rudeness. Rarely happens in my experience, no matter what the venue.