Kilted Golfer DENIED Play at Royal Troon because of the kilt

[highlander_Daz]

"Dress Code

Headwear is not permitted in the Clubhouse.
Gentlemen are required to wear jacket and tie in the Smoke Room and the Dining Room although casual golf wear is acceptable in the Club Bar and for lunch in the Ailsa Room.
Denim jeans, shorts, tee shirts and training/sports shoes are not permitted in the Clubhouse or on the Courses.
Ladies are permitted to wear tailored shorts."

In the Uk it is a crime to descriminate or to treat less favourably on the basis of gender,
Goods or services that are available to the public must be provided in a way that does not discriminate unfairly on the grounds of gender.

There are three ways that a service provider might discriminate on the grounds of gender:

* refusing to provide you with a service
* providing you with a lower standard of service
* providing you with a service on worse terms

If Jeffs kilt was being classed as shorts then by allowing ladies to wear shorts and not men the club is falling foul of the law

http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/y...as-a-consumer/

[Lallans]

The national dress is banned by a officious official at a golf course? You must have found yourself faced with a 'Caddymaster*' who, in his own mind, lives in 'North Britain' and not in Scotland- I'd hoped they all died out in the last century. Perhaps a heritage foundation should be started up to fight these kilt-hating 'North British' folks, the ilk of whom, frankly, I have encountered socially while not kilted. Sean Connery could approached about becoming the chairman of the foundation.

* I have manfully resisted making jokes around the 'cad' portion of that job title. Well, until now.

[Bing]

Hey Jeff.

Although I am not usually given over to conspiracy theories I have to ask, is it remotely possible that your wife bribed the caddiemaster?

[Kornkob]

In the Uk it is a crime to descriminate or to treat less favourably on the basis of gender,
Goods or services that are available to the public must be provided in a way that does not discriminate unfairly on the grounds of gender.

Is this the case with non-publicly funded clubs as well? In the US you can form a privately held club that allows only men, only women or only people of a particular lineage, though you may be subject to public criticism and protest.

[PEEDYC]

Is this the case with non-publicly funded clubs as well? In the US you can form a privately held club that allows only men, only women or only people of a particular lineage, though you may be subject to public criticism and protest.

It is the same in the UK and if I am not mistaken the golf club in question is a private club with its own rules. I am a member of a men only social club in the UK. Women are allowed to serve behind the bar but not allowed in the club area even to collect glasses or clean tables.

As far as interpreting the golf club rules are concerned I must agree with the Caddiemaster in this case. If a transvestite golfer (if there are any?) turned up in a dress would he have to be allowed on the course as it is not specificly mentioned in the rules. There has to be some interpretation as not all circumstances can be listed. The club has its rules ..... stupid or not.