01 / Etiquette
The unwritten rules
How to conduct yourself at a member-guest. What to wear. When to tip. The things nobody tells you until you've already embarrassed yourself.
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02 / Game
Break 80 without a rebuild
Practical advice for mid-handicappers. Course management, practice routines, mental game — no swing overhaul required.
03 / Style
Dress codes decoded
What to wear on the course, at the clubhouse, and to the member dinner. No athleisure. No logos the size of your fist.
Essays
The long form
01
The waiting list nobody admits to
How clubs actually decide, and what the list is really for.
11 MIN02Forty years as a starter at the same first tee
What he notices before you have taken the club back.
14 MIN03The quiet economics of the member-guest
Who pays for what, and why nobody says so out loud.
9 MIN04On the disappearance of the caddie
A trade that taught the game, and what replaced it.
12 MINEssays run the first Wednesday of the month
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Bought, played, reported
Bags
Carry bags that pass a dress code
Six bags a caddie will not wince at, and two that look better than they carry.
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Shoes
Soft spikes, hard opinions
What holds on wet poa, what marks a green, and what to leave in the car.
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Irons
Player irons for the honest 12
Forgiveness you can admit to, in a head that still looks the part.
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About the author
I'm BTG
I learned to play golf the way it was meant to be learned: on the course, from my father, at private clubs where the traditions of the game were still taken seriously.
No YouTube tutorials. No Instagram swing tips. Just golf as it's been played for generations — with proper etiquette, proper attire, and proper respect for the game.
The Tuxedo Collective exists because that knowledge is disappearing. The unwritten rules of private club golf aren't written down anywhere. Until now.
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