Big Belt Buckles and Pink Polos on the Green
Posted on May 6, 2008 by admin
Seriously, what is the deal with golfers and belt buckles? I don’t mind, really. I’ve never understood why western belt buckles have been restricted to the rodeo. Bowlers need something to hold up their pants. So do ping pong players. It’s just odd that golfers, a group famed for its pink polos and khaki pants, beat the others to the athlete/style icon nexus.
And have they! Anthony Kim, recent winner of this year’s first PGA championship, wore a giant belt buckle inscribed with the letters “AK” throughout the event: “Nike hasn’t put my initials on anything yet” he smartly remarked when Tiger Woods recently asked him about it. Others, like Rory Sabbatini, have been seen on the green in skull and crossbones buckles. It’s a mad world.
They’re not the first, of course, to fill the athlete/fashionista role. Remember FloJo? Way back in 1988 she captivated us with her six inch fingernails, perfectly applied lipstick and fist full of Olympic Medals in track and field. Andre Agassi and, later, the Williams sisters, replaced tennis whites with flourescents and zipper-trimmed denim. And who can forget Becks, whose ever-evolving hairstyles and Armani suits have turned soccer into a sport even a few Americans follow.
But Golf? That’s just odd.
**above photo courtesy of Golf Digest.
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