Kilted Golfer DENIED Play at Royal Troon because of the kilt

[Mike_Oettle]

Now all we need is someone to record that version of Donald Where’s Yer Troosers?!
Preferably someone well known, like Mike Meyers or Billy Connolly (although I suspect some here might feel either or both is not the right man!).
Regards,
Mike

[Jock Scot]

Now all we need is someone to record that version of Donald Where’s Yer Troosers?!
Preferably someone well known, like Mike Meyers or Billy Connolly (although I suspect some here might feel either or both is not the right man!).
Regards,
Mike

I think Andy Stewart recorded Donald where's------- for those that don't know it. Can you chaps get "youtube"?Its there.

[BobsYourUncle]

I think Andy Stewart recorded Donald where's------- for those that don't know it. Can you chaps get "youtube"?Its there.

What Jock said. A quick search on Youtube for "Donald where's yer troosers" will bring it right up, and you will quickly get the tune--the lyrics lamenting Jeff's treatment are great fun:

Dr Foster's Dismissal from Royal Troon Golf Club
An American gentleman was refused permission to play golf because he was wearing a kilt. This song was written in his honour!

On Dr Jeffrey Foster's Dismissal from Royal Troon Golf Club
(for an apparel violation).

Allegro ma non Troppo.
Tune; Donald, where's yer troosers?


Oh, I've just come in from the USA,

Real proud of my Scottish ancestray,
So I dress for Golf in an ethnic way

Which means no pants, nor trousers!


Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low,
Round the links in the Kilt I go,

But Troon's Royal Secretary said

"Hullo... Foster! Whaur's yer troosers?"

Said I: pray don't get in a fleg
This here's my family philabeg!

Said he: I ken, I can see yer legs!

Golf, Sir, is played in troosers…

Said I: the Kilt is my delight

(Except in a gale, for it ain't airtight)

But hey, this thing is my birthright!
So shove your Rules - and trousers!


Let the wind blow high

Let the wind blow low,
Back to the States in my kilt I'll go

Where all the honeys yell Yeeee Ho!

Jeffrey, where's your troosers! 


Anon.


[Woot22]

The story is still making the rounds, now with a lament written to commemorate the events:

http://www.ducks-aberlady.co.uk/abou...golf-club.html


I thought it was pretty good, but not speaking scots could not be 100% sure.

cheers

j

Simply amazing, how awesome is that. I really like the tune by the way.

[Mike_Oettle]

Hi, Jock – the original song is very familiar – it used to be played often on the radio in South Africa (before the radio service lost all the British character it once had).
What I had in mind was someone recording the version of the song about Jeff.
Regards,
Mike

[Jock Scot]

Hi, Jock – the original song is very familiar – it used to be played often on the radio in South Africa (before the radio service lost all the British character it once had).
What I had in mind was someone recording the version of the song about Jeff.
Regards,
Mike

Indeed so. I too was hoping that one of our musically inclined members might be able to put the music and words together and parade it here. HINT HINT!

[unaspenser]

Great musical homage! Glad to see this story is still getting attention.

[Alan H]

OK, so I'm going to ask a question.

Yes, I think that being denied the chance to play golf because you were wearing a kilt is ridiculous. I also think that it makes it ten times stupider because it happened in Scotland. So I agree with your/our overall analysis of the blitheringly stupid response of the Royal Troon caddymaster.

Now the question, and this is a serious, honest question. I am emphatically not trying to poke fun or be a jerk, here.

What did you hope to accomplish by raising such a gigantic riot about the incident?

I mean, the obvious answer is that you'd like to see the Royal Troon change its rules. However, maybe that's NOT the actual answer. I don't know.....

What say?

[ForresterModern]

OK, so I'm going to ask a question.

Yes, I think that being denied the chance to play golf because you were wearing a kilt is ridiculous. I also think that it makes it ten times stupider because it happened in Scotland. So I agree with your/our overall analysis of the blitheringly stupid response of the Royal Troon caddymaster.

Now the question, and this is a serious, honest question. I am emphatically not trying to poke fun or be a jerk, here.

What did you hope to accomplish by raising such a gigantic riot about the incident?

I mean, the obvious answer is that you'd like to see the Royal Troon change its rules. However, maybe that's NOT the actual answer. I don't know.....

What say?

Alan

Who says I was hoping to accomplish anything except for getting Troon to own up to their mistake and amend their rules? And, besides entering a formal complaint to the club, and writing about my experience on a couple of forums where people were interested, and cooperating with a reporter who picked up the story and ran with it, just exactly what did I do that you consider "raising a gigantic riot"? I think you are thinking too hard about the whole issue, Alan. Not everything in the world has to have a designated purpose. Sometimes things just happen because they happen. I think a lot, if not most, of the people on this forum would probably agree with the course of events being entirely appropriate for the situation. I do.

That say!

Jeff

[Alan H]

.....is a good say! It's just that I think this thread might have the most responses of any thread, ever, on XMarks. The ripple effect, as it were, has gone on to create articles in newspapers all over the globe, which people reference here. I'm not sure if any post/thread on XMarks has ever generated this much activity. And after all, you did make a Facebook group about the event.

I sure understand that what the RT caddymaster did affected your vacation in Scotland, for which you probably shelled out a pile of money. And again, I think the Clubs rules, and the interpretation of them by the caddymaster is/are just monumentally asinine.

If you say that most of this is just kind of how the cookie crumbled, and that you didn't really have any intentions at all, going into it, then OK! It's none of my business anyway, eh?

I was just curious. Carry on!