If you see anybody that wants to dress up as a golfer you can almost be certain that they will bring out the knee length golf socks. They will also be likely to pull out what they think is an original golf related joke and wear two pairs of trousers in case they get a hole in one. Never heard that one before…
Exhibit A: Golf impersonators wear knee lengths socks!
Exhibit B: Even more proof that knee length socks are a pub golf necessity!
But why is the knee length golf sock a staple for these dress up occasions? Do a lot of golfers wear knee length socks? Nobody seems to sell them… how is this possible? At Royal & Awesome we want to get to the bottom of the points that really matter and this is top of our agenda!
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It seems like some of the tour professionals are also fans of knee length golf socks. Is there a causal relationship between sock length and tour wins? If long socks are going to make you play better, then surely it’s worth giving it a go!
Here are some of the pros that have given long golf socks a go:
Michelle Wie added the finishing touches to her Solheim Cup US team uniform with some stars and stripes golf attire. The socks look pretty amazing and her performance wasn’t too shabby either!
Paula Creamer looks like she took some inspiration from the great Gary Player and wore a trendy blacked-out golf outfit. We can’t imagine Player wearing the skort, but think this was a good look nonetheless. Judging by this action snap, we aren’t too sure that the ladies knee length golf socks made her play any better though…
Walter Charles Hagen rocked the long socks with his plus fours back in the 1920’s. He went on to win 11 majors and has the 3rd highest number of major wins in history behind Jack and Tiger. Although we can’t explicitly say it was down to his long socks… we are pretty sure that is the case!
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