First, this is my first post. I am living in Wales, having spent 28 years in the USA. I grew up in London but the male side of the family is entirely Scots.

On this matter, it may be of interest that that bastion of the English establishment, the MCC, allows national dress in the hallowed sanctuary of the Pavilion. For American members, this refers to cricket and the stadium, Lord's is universally regarded as the headquarters of the game, started as it was in 1787. I have worn the kilt there, in the Long Room, which is the inner sanctuary of the pavilion.

To hear that a golf club in Scotland would act like this is, as others have remarked, something that defies belief. If it is trying to be "English" it is being more English than the English.