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Dressed for golf, 1951

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Dressed for golf, 1951

Ray Kearns blasts out of a bunker at Wellington's Miramar golf club (founded in 1905) in 1951. His jersey and pressed trousers were standard golfing menswear in this period. A tie was not required while playing, but was generally needed for access to the clubhouse.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: 114/345/13-G

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Garry Ahern, Golf – Origins of New Zealand golf, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39252/dressed-for-golf-1951 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Garry Ahern, published 20 November 2012, updated 1 September 2016.