{"id":800521,"date":"2026-10-12T20:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800521\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T20:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:24:10","slug":"the-best-and-worst-golf-club-locker-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800521\/","title":{"rendered":"The best and worst golf club locker rooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\tWe have all been there! The golf club changing rooms that smell of damp and sweat.<\/p>\n

\tYou look around and there are ancient long-abandoned golf shoes and assorted items of clothing that should never have seen the light of day.<\/p>\n

\tThere is graffiti on the ancient seating.<\/p>\n

\tYou are directed towards the showers. There is slime on the floor. You press the button and, if you are lucky, you get 20 seconds of ice-cold water. No matter how many times you press that damn button the water doesn\u2019t get any warmer.<\/p>\n

\tThere are no toiletries. Of course there aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\tThere are no towels. Of course there aren\u2019t. You have to bring your own!<\/p>\n

\tThere are no mirrors. There is no hairdryer. There is nowhere to hang up your clothes.<\/p>\n

\tThere are bits of scruffy and grubby paper stuck to the noticeboard, which is barely fixed to the wall.<\/p>\n

\tThere is no heating whatsoever.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\tWhat used to be a carpet is now threadbare at best.<\/p>\n

\tAnd how does all of this make you feel about the prospect of walking into the clubhouse and ordering food and\/or drink?<\/p>\n

\tHowever, it doesn’t have to be this way, there are some locker rooms that offer so much, including at the brilliant Dundonald Links, which Golfshake has visited several times through the years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\tThis is what a golf locker room can be…<\/p>\n

\t\"Dundonald<\/p>\n

\tHere is a fantasy of what locker rooms CAN be (and sometimes are).<\/p>\n

\tYou turn up at the pro\u2019s shop and he gives you a code to enter the changing room along with a key for your guest locker. He also informs you that when you have finished your round somebody will collect your clubs and your shoes and clean them for you.<\/p>\n

\tYou punch in the code. It works! First time! Every time!<\/p>\n

\tThe first thing that strikes you when you enter is the fresh smell. It oozes cleanliness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\tThere is a proper carpet on the floor and the whole place is absolutely spotless.<\/p>\n

\tThere are plenty of seats and the key to your designated locker opens the door to a huge space that will happily store a change of clothing, shoes and the kitchen sink.<\/p>\n

\tYou change into your golf shoes and check your hair in the massive mirror and then head out to play.<\/p>\n

\tUpon your return, sure enough, there is somebody waiting to take your clubs and your golf shoes. He tells you where you will be able to collect them.<\/p>\n

\tYou hit the entry code again. It works again. First time. Again.<\/p>\n

\tYou decide that you need a shower. There is a huge selection of white fluffy towels. You pick one up and head to the shower cubicle. Shock horror! There are taps and the water is hot! There is body wash and shampoo in the cubicle. Proper body wash and shampoo.<\/p>\n

\tAnd when you stop out of the shower you are not f-f-f-f-f-f-f-reezing because there is heating! You dry yourself, put on your change of clothes and reach for the hairdryer, When you have finished drying your hair you reach for the deodorant and cologne that have been supplied.<\/p>\n

\tYou feel perfectly pampered. Then you walk outside. And that\u2019s when you waken up and discover it has all been a dream!<\/p>\n

\tBut occasionally, an experience like that really does happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have all been there! The golf club changing rooms that smell of damp and sweat. You look…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-800521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}