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Women golf fashion---anything goes

Do you find it is hard to love golf clothes although you are a golfer?Women are always hard to find the best outfits in the wardrobe. But now it is your season!!

 

First, you can choose short-shorts, short skorts (a la Michelle Wie), traditional shorts, knee-length shorts, traditional skirts, Capri pants and/or traditional pants. The big golf-apparel manufacturers like EP, Tail, Liz Golf, Astra, Bette & Court, are making bottoms in many different styles and even fabrics. And, except for traditional courses with strict dress codes, almost anything goes.

 

The old rule used to be: A ladies’ golf top had to have either a collar or a sleeve. Tank tops have neither, which is why they don't appear very often on the golf course. But in between tank tops and traditional striped golf shirts with "old-lady" sleeves, are lots of new T-shirts (with no collar) and lots of new sleeve styles (shorter sleeves and some cap sleeves). Stretch fabrics are "in" along with hi-tech microfiber blends.

 

Bad news for you: Unless you go to one of the large golf-apparel specialty shops, you may not see the variety of styles.

 

Unfortunately, the typical on-course golf pro shop simply cannot afford to stock five different IZOD skirt-styles. That means that many women will find they have to shop at several different places to really find the new golf fashions.

 

Strangely enough, all the style innovation by the women's golf apparel companies has created a different problem for the golf apparel makers. Now that anything goes, women golfers do not have to go to a "golf" store to buy "golf" clothes. In fact, younger women golfers (women aged 18 to 29 are the fastest growing segment in the industry) are just as likely to find their clothes at the Gap or Nordstrom than at the pro shop at a fancy golf resort.

 

The reason those little five-button collared shirts (with stretch) at the Gap disappear off the shelves so quickly is that women golfers grab them up – in multiples. This spring, The Gap offered a "shaded" shirt in orange and turquoise that seems to be inspired by the same designer who designed Wie's Nike shirt in the recent Kraft Nabisco Tournament.

 

How did women's golf attire move so quickly from traditional to trendy? I have a couple of explanations.

 

Several years ago when golf rounds and sales started slipping downward, golf apparel manufacturers landed on another route to way to increase women’s apparel sales. They decided that more women would buy more golf clothes if they could wear them for more than golf. Makes sense! The theory that I would pay more for a pair of Tail capri pants in that wonderful non-wrinkle fabric that I can wear on the golf course, on casual work days or to the grocery store worked for me.

 

Once golf clothes crossed over to non-golf clothes, the reverse also happened. Now women could buy a pair of Bermuda shorts at Lands End or L.L.Bean and wear them for golf. And once women could buy clothes for golf wear at main-stream retailers like Nordstrom, the retailers do what retailers do best: they changed styles more frequently so that they were new and trendy. Big brands like Ralph Lauren Polo took a similar track. You can buy a Polo golf shirt in the newest shade of green at Bloomingdale’s or your favorite golf shop. Buy it anywhere and wear it anywhere.

 

At about the same time as the golf-apparel manufacturers were doing more cross-merchandising and distribution, the younger golf celebrities, such as Wie, Morgan Pressel, Natalie Gulbis – to name three – were making news on the links and in major newspapers. No longer did you have to read a golf magazine to see how short Michelle’s shorts were. And, they didn’t look like your mother’s golf shorts. Hey! This game looks cool.

 

The full range of golf fashions was clearly in evidence in the last two groups playing at the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Tournament in Palm Springs in early April 2006. The winner of the tournament, Karrie Webb, was wearing traditional navy golf shorts with a pleated front and a very traditional horizontal striped traditional golf shirt tucked in and worn with a belt. She is just over 30 and was the oldest player in the final two groups. Lorena Ochoa from Mexico, who finished second to Webb in the playoff, was wearing dark-blue long-and-lean shorts – just above her knee – and green Polo with shirt-tails out. Michelle was wearing a short black skort (about the same length as a tennis skirt) and a red-collared shirt. And Gulbis was wearing a black and white, close-fitting sleeveless shirt with no collar – worn out – over a short black skort.

 

There you have it – quite a range of golf styles. And ordinary golfers like you and me can wear any of them. Note: blue jeans have not made it to the golf course in the U.S. My advice: Do not push the envelope by wearing blue jeans – unless you are playing golf in Sweden.

 

So is all this variety and choice in clothing good for women’s golf. I think so.

 

Years ago, when a woman thought about taking up golf, she had to think about buying a golf "outfit." Not anymore. Now if you want to play this game, there is probably something hanging in your closet you can easily wear. (A plain T-shirt and medium length pair of shorts will do.) That’s one less barrier for growing the game for women. The price of golf clubs, lessons, tee times and too little time, offer enough barriers!

 

Anything that makes golf more accessible and affordable for women, I think is good for golf. Of course, everything has limits. Maybe one or two LPGA pros are wearing skirts that are a little too short.

 

It has never been easier for women to look good on the golf course.

 

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Enlist in the Navy and then apply to the Naval Academy?

I am a junior in High School and I am trying to decide the path in which I would like to take. I have a 3.8 GPA and involved in Varstiy baseball, golf. Also I'm in a couple extracurricular activitys that would help my application. Ideally, I would like a military career specifically in Naval or Marine Aviation. However, I am not sure whether I should enlist in the Navy ( or Marines), and then apply to the service academies. Would my chances of being accepted be greater this way?

As long as you are enrolled in a college prep curriculum, have earned varsity letters in baseball and/or golf, and prep for the Sat and/or Act and achieve good scores, it sounds like you should be competitive. If you have the chance to be team captain, take it as this is considered valuable leadership and about 2/3 of each class have been team captains. About the same number have been members of NHS, also considered exemplary leadership, so if you have not done the community service to join, do so. Enlisting is not the route to an appointment. The Naval Academy Class of 2014, included no direct appointments of enlisted Marines and five direct appointments of enlisted Sailors. Seven additional Sailors were appointed from the Nuke School. 8% of the appointments from the Naval Academy Prep School were prior enlisted Sailors and Marines.
The Usna Class of 2014 Profile details the academic and extracurricular accomplishments of Candidates who successfully competed for an Appointment:

http://www.usna.edu/admissions/USNA%202014%20Class%20Portrait.pdf

Apply for the Naval Academy Summer Seminar when it opens for applications on Feb 1. It is only offered to HS Juniors:

http://www.usna.edu/admissions/nass.htm

Suggest also applying to the Air Force Academy Summer Seminar when it opens for applications on December 1:

http://www.academyadmissions.com/#Page/Summer_Seminar

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West Point SLS opens in Mid December. West Point invites 1100. Usafa invites 1125. Usna invites 2250. Uscga AIM invites around 550. Colonel describes what West Point is looking for in SLS applicants:

http://admissions.usma.edu/moreinfo/summer.cfm

Read all the FAQ on the Usna Website:

http://www.usna.edu/admissions/faq.htm

Helpful to read the Usna Catalog, particularly Chapter 2:

http://www.usna.edu/admissions/faq.htm

Read all the FAQ on each Academy website and the Admissions Chapter of their Catalogs. The whole person score selection scoring, LOA(letter of assurance) Admissions process and nomination procedure are nearly identical for the Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and West Point resulting in Class Profiles that are very similar.
Usafa Class of 2014 Profile:

http://www.usafaga.org/Class%20of%202014%20Profile.pdf

The whole person score used by the service academies breaks down....
Academic Composite(60%) + Extracurricular Composite(20%) + Selection Panel(20%)

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[The Pie Chart on page 7 of the 2010-2011 Usafa Catalog has the same breakdown of the whole person score.]
Academic Composite = PAR + Sat/ Act
PAR = Prior Academic Record = Weighted GPA + Class Rank based on Weighted GPA, correcting for competitive level of high school based on percent of students continuing on to 4 year and 2 year colleges.
There are three rounds of competition in which a service academy appointment can be earned. Usafa, Usma and Usna essentially utilize the same whole person score admissions process with very similar selection criteria.
1) National Competition for an Loa(letter of assurance.)

http://www.usna.edu/admissions/steps10.htm

2) Competition within nominating sources.
3) Competition among waitlisted Candidates for declined offers of appointment strictly according to whole person scores.
Each Rep and Senator can have five Mids he nominated and were charged off to him at The Naval Academy at any point in time. For each vacancy due to graduation or otherwise, he can nominate ten candidates to compete for the appointment. Candidates he nominates who receive an Loa and accept an offer of appointment are not charged off to him as one of his five Mids in residence. Without a nomination from some source, a Candidate cannot compete for an appointment beyond the first round competition for an Loa. With a nomination from any source, a candidate can compete within his nominating sources and then compete off the waitlist for declined offers of appointment. A further issue is that a Rep or Senator can:
1) Name a Principal Nomination and rank Alternate Nominations
2) Name a Principal Nomination and offer an unranked slate of Alternate Nominations
3) Name an unranked slate of Alternate Nominations
70% of Reps and Senators choose "3." For those who name a Principal or rank Alternates, as long as the Principal or highest ranked Alternate are triple qualified-scholastically,physically, medically- the whole person scores assigned by the Naval Academy are irrelevant in the round of competition within Congressional Nominating Sources. Also the Naval Academy Congressional Liaison Office notifies the Rep or Senator of the Whole Person Scores of any applicants to him for a Nomination and also of any Loa's assigned to any applicants for a Nomination even before notifying the recipient of the Loa. Since Nominations are not due to the Academy till late January and Loa's are made in the Fall, the Rep or Senator knows the Whole Person Scores and of any Loa's assigned before announcing his Nominations.
The Naval Academy Summer Seminar application the past few years has asked for grades in HS Math, English, Chemistry and Physics. Usafa and West Point ask for overall GPA and class rank. Also Sat, Act or if these are not available, Psat test scores are required to apply to the Summer Seminars. The Psat Math section tests Algebra 1 and Geometry. The Sat Math section tests Algebra 1 and 2 and Geometry. The Act Math tests Algebra 1 and 2, Geometry and Trigonometry. You should be prepping for and taking these exams now to try and increase scores into competitve range for an Loa. For any colleges that you are planning on applying to that require Sat Subject Tests, schedule those to coincide with the AP or Final Exam for the course. Nrotc and Afrotc open for applications in the Spring. The Air Force Academy assigns 500 flight school slots to the 1,000 2nd Lt's commissioning at the Academy and 500 slots to the 2000 2nd Lt's commissioning through Afrotc. Attaining a slot through Afrotc is quite competitive. Much more so than through Nrotc either Navy Option or Marine Option or through the Marine's prime source of commissioned officers, the Plc. The Marines will offer Nrotc Mo Mids and Plc Officer Candidates, who qualify, an Aviation contract as early as freshman year.

http://www.dcmarineofficer.com/aviationcontract.html

http://www.dcmarineofficer.com/platoonleadersclass.html

http://officer.marines.com/marine/making_marine_officers/commissioning_programs

Nrotc and Afrotc begin accepting applications for the high school scholarships in the Spring of Junior year. Nrotc(Navy Option) and Afrotc award the overwhelming majority of the scholarships to Engineering, Math and certain Science majors. Nrotc Mo and the Service Academies do not make selection decisions based on planned academic major.
Good description of Nrotc by reading the FAQ on the website of the nation's first Nrotc battalion:

http://navyrotc.berkeley.edu/faq.shtml

Gives an idea of the competition for Afrotc Scholarships, though competition is also a local phenomenon as each detachment/battalion is allotted only so many scholarships and the Demand can vary from year to year:

http://afrotc.com/help-center/faqs/scholarships/#q_12

Helpful to read all the FAQ in each category at the above link. All Nrotc, Nrotc Mo and Rotc scholarships pay full uncapped tuition. Only 5% of Afrotc scholarships are uncapped with regard to tuition.
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