A brightly colored plaid glove rests over a white golf ball against a pale turquoise background.

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Roger Simon

The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Golf is jokingly presented as permission to wear clothes that would be embarrassing elsewhere. The game itself becomes almost beside the point. The exaggeration pokes fun at the way a setting can make unusual outfits seem acceptable.

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