Clever attire for a "Golf Pros and Hos" Birthday
February 6, 2011 11:39 AM Subscribe
What funny or clever costume could I wear to a Golf "Pros and Hos" themed party? (I'm a girl)
My friend is having a birthday party, and it's (ugh) a golf theme. Most people who will be there are her friends from her sorority, and I'm...not very sorority-y. The party will be all 20-somethings. I think it would be funny for me to go as a "pro" and just wear khakis and a polo shirt instead of "ho" attire. Is there any prop I could carry to be a "pro?" A prop trophy, olympic medal, etc.? I want to be a funny blinged-out pro, but golfers don't seem to do that.
I could just do the knee-socks and skirt look, too. Any clever ideas for a golf noob? Thanks!
My friend is having a birthday party, and it's (ugh) a golf theme. Most people who will be there are her friends from her sorority, and I'm...not very sorority-y. The party will be all 20-somethings. I think it would be funny for me to go as a "pro" and just wear khakis and a polo shirt instead of "ho" attire. Is there any prop I could carry to be a "pro?" A prop trophy, olympic medal, etc.? I want to be a funny blinged-out pro, but golfers don't seem to do that.
I could just do the knee-socks and skirt look, too. Any clever ideas for a golf noob? Thanks!
Show up really drunk with a pillow stuffed under your shirt and behave badly. Explain to everyone that you're a leaner, meaner John Daly and this is your comeback, damnit.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 11:52 AM on February 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 11:52 AM on February 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
I think instead of khakis, you want bright plaid pants or shorts.
posted by Houstonian at 11:55 AM on February 6, 2011
posted by Houstonian at 11:55 AM on February 6, 2011
Who says you have to chose between pro and ho? Just go as Tiger Woods.
posted by yarly at 11:58 AM on February 6, 2011 [9 favorites]
posted by yarly at 11:58 AM on February 6, 2011 [9 favorites]
a bowl of pho
posted by Sticherbeast at 12:03 PM on February 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by Sticherbeast at 12:03 PM on February 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
Plus-fours, pastel shirt, corpsepaint: Zombie Payne Stewart!
"Pros and Hos"? Really? Jeez.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:04 PM on February 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
"Pros and Hos"? Really? Jeez.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:04 PM on February 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
Lots of argyle. And/or a tam.
Some friends had a golf themed party a few years ago. I had no freakin' idea what to wear, and was broke, and at the time I had a really high concept personal aesthetic with no room for anything preppy. I wore my most Jordan Baker esque outfit. Nobody got it. Whatever, it was still a really fun party.
That said, my golf party was thrown in an artists' loft with a bunch of people who are probably the diametrical opposite of sorority chicks. So I cannot guarantee your party will be any fun at all. I can, however, guarantee that your fellow guests will also have no idea who Jordan Baker is or what your sporty/flapper/roaring 20's outfit has to do with golf.
posted by Sara C. at 12:04 PM on February 6, 2011
Some friends had a golf themed party a few years ago. I had no freakin' idea what to wear, and was broke, and at the time I had a really high concept personal aesthetic with no room for anything preppy. I wore my most Jordan Baker esque outfit. Nobody got it. Whatever, it was still a really fun party.
That said, my golf party was thrown in an artists' loft with a bunch of people who are probably the diametrical opposite of sorority chicks. So I cannot guarantee your party will be any fun at all. I can, however, guarantee that your fellow guests will also have no idea who Jordan Baker is or what your sporty/flapper/roaring 20's outfit has to do with golf.
posted by Sara C. at 12:04 PM on February 6, 2011
Get a copy of the book "The Legend of Bagger Vance" and either pin pages to your clothes, or write passages on your shirt in marker.
Surprise! You're "golf prose."
posted by hermitosis at 12:04 PM on February 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
Surprise! You're "golf prose."
posted by hermitosis at 12:04 PM on February 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
Show up as a garden hoe.
Pair up with a friend and be the front and back halves of a pantomime golf cart.
posted by Sticherbeast at 12:05 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Pair up with a friend and be the front and back halves of a pantomime golf cart.
posted by Sticherbeast at 12:05 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
How do you feel about history? I think dressing up as the lovely and accomplished Marion Hollins or other female golfers from an earlier time period would be fun!
posted by platinum at 12:06 PM on February 6, 2011
posted by platinum at 12:06 PM on February 6, 2011
Wear the most obnoxious plaid pants you can find. Or knee pants (capris do in a pinch) and really busy argyle socks. Argyle sweater.
posted by elpea at 12:17 PM on February 6, 2011
posted by elpea at 12:17 PM on February 6, 2011
Get a copy of the book "The Legend of Bagger Vance" and either pin pages to your clothes, or write passages on your shirt in marker.
Surprise! You're "golf prose."
+ buy a cheap garden hose and carry it wrapped around your shoulders.
Surprise! You're "golf prose and hose."
posted by googly at 12:23 PM on February 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
Surprise! You're "golf prose."
+ buy a cheap garden hose and carry it wrapped around your shoulders.
Surprise! You're "golf prose and hose."
posted by googly at 12:23 PM on February 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
Ball-washer ?...
19th HOle ?
depending on how well endowed your chest is = some double-entendre about "double eagles"
Try and find (or make) a replica of the green jacket from the Masters Tournament (that's what the winner gets to wear) .. and wear it and nothing else (ok, maybe tiny green thong).
not sure what else to suggest,.. I'm not a golfer.
posted by jmnugent at 12:32 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
19th HOle ?
depending on how well endowed your chest is = some double-entendre about "double eagles"
Try and find (or make) a replica of the green jacket from the Masters Tournament (that's what the winner gets to wear) .. and wear it and nothing else (ok, maybe tiny green thong).
not sure what else to suggest,.. I'm not a golfer.
posted by jmnugent at 12:32 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Seconding the idea of wearing plus-fours. These look comical on men, but are very cute on women.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 12:40 PM on February 6, 2011
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 12:40 PM on February 6, 2011
Plus-fours (or eights), golf shoes (like saddle shoes) with big pompoms, pink shirt, loud argyle vest. I have actually seen a serious golfer wearing this outfit. WASPS rock some seriously strange clothes.
posted by fifilaru at 1:03 PM on February 6, 2011
posted by fifilaru at 1:03 PM on February 6, 2011
I'd say go as Tiger Woods' wife, holding a bent putter from hitting his car, but I think other people will do the same thing.
posted by AmbroseChapel at 1:37 PM on February 6, 2011
posted by AmbroseChapel at 1:37 PM on February 6, 2011
An oft quoted golf adage : " Never up, never in" It relates to not hitting a putt hard enough to reach the hole, thus it cannot go in the hole. Go wild with it !
posted by lobstah at 2:00 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by lobstah at 2:00 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ginger wig, mustache, cigar, blue zip-up jacket and you're Cigar Guy or Miguel Angel Jimenez, whichever you prefer.
posted by Mike1024 at 2:04 PM on February 6, 2011
posted by Mike1024 at 2:04 PM on February 6, 2011
Find a hockey stick, and go as Happy Gilmore. Or find a fake hand, and go as his coach.
If you want to be a bit saucy instead, find an appropriate trophy.
posted by WhackyparseThis at 5:23 PM on February 6, 2011
If you want to be a bit saucy instead, find an appropriate trophy.
posted by WhackyparseThis at 5:23 PM on February 6, 2011
The title immediately brought to mind Tiger Woods & his many lovers.
You could go as Rachel Uchitel or just generic Tiger mistress.
I love the zombie Payne Stewart suggestion. You could also tuck your right arm inside your shirt, apply lots of bandages & fake blood & go as Jack Newton
posted by goshling at 6:05 PM on February 6, 2011
You could go as Rachel Uchitel or just generic Tiger mistress.
I love the zombie Payne Stewart suggestion. You could also tuck your right arm inside your shirt, apply lots of bandages & fake blood & go as Jack Newton
posted by goshling at 6:05 PM on February 6, 2011
Wear all white, carry one bottle of iced tea and one bottle of lemonade. You're Arnold Palmer!
posted by Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld at 9:38 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld at 9:38 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Wear a track suit, carry a basketball, and go as Babe Didrikson. Whenever someone says "Who?" respond, icily, "That's what I was afraid of."
then wreck the place with a golf club and set it on fire because "pros and hos" wtf?"
posted by KathrynT at 9:56 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
then wreck the place with a golf club and set it on fire because "pros and hos" wtf?"
posted by KathrynT at 9:56 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
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