Club Rules
These are the Club rules regarding dress and other requirements for your information:Informal Attire (Jacket and tie not required)
In general, informal attire may be worn in all areas of the Clubhouse.Exceptions:
When dining at night in The Links Room, or when in The Atrium after 6.00pm, the wearing of a jacket (men) is required; a tie is optional. When attending The Links Luncheon or Sunday Carvery Buffet, men should wear a long sleeved, button through collared shirt. A jacket and a tie is optional. More formal dress (jacket and tie) is generally required for the Drawing Room and Northern Verandah as these are function areas.
Unacceptable Dress Clubhouse and/or Sports Areas:
- Caps and visors are not permitted in the Clubhouse.
- Denim clothing, football jumpers, jeans, tee shirts, cargo shorts, cargo pants and trackpants (unless associated with the playing of tennis or squash) are not considered appropriate dress in the Clubhouse and Sports Areas.
- Commercial advertising on clothing should be unobtrusive.
- Shoes must be worn with socks (men) with the exception of "boat shoes" which may be worn without socks up until 6.00pm.
- Tennis and squash clothes must not be worn in the Snooker Room.
Photography
Photographs may not be taken in the Clubhouse or its immediate surrounds, without the consent of the Manager on Duty, except for private events being held in private rooms. No photography should be published; this includes social networking websites such as Facebook.
Mobile telephones / Laptops / Study
If mobile phones/'smart phones' are carried in the Clubhouse or Club grounds they must be set on silent and not used for any purpose. Mobile phones/'smart phones' may be used for receiving or making telephone calls only where:
- Special dispensation has been granted (at the discretion of the President) for special medical or family reasons.
- The call is made in the accommodation rooms.
- The call is made in the Telephone Room at Reception.
- The call is made in the covered level or the uppermost level of the car park.
Laptops may only be used in the Kent Room.
Using the Clubhouse as a place of study is not permitted.
Sporting Attire
Up until 6.00pm, sporting attire is acceptable in most areas of the Club, with exceptions as above. After 6.00pm, members in sports clothes should use only The Bar, The Snack Bar and The Entrance Foyer. Up until 6.00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, members may wear tailored shorts in the Card Rooms after golf.
For All Sports
Sporting attire (including shoes) for men, women and children, should be neat and designed for, or recognised as being appropriate for the sport to be played.
Golf
Men:- Shirts must be tucked into trousers
- Calf length socks with Royal Sydney or other club logo
- Plain white ankle socks
- Plain white "sockettes"
- Golf shorts and skirts should not be shorter than mid-thigh length.
Tennis and Squash
- Tennis and squash attire including tracksuits must be basically white.
- Men's shirts must have a collar and be tucked inside the waistband.
- Coloured jumpers may be worn.
- Visiting Badge tennis players and guests of members may wear non-white tracksuits of one colour while waiting to play. Note: non-white tracksuits are NOT allowed in the Clubhouse.
- Children attending Holiday Programs are permitted to wear school tracksuits to the Tennis Pavilion; however they are not permitted to be worn on court.
Bowls and Croquet
- Approved bowling and croquet attire is to be worn on days when official interclub matches or finals of programmed matches are played, a navy blue sweater or cardigan may be worn. On all other occasions white or navy blue or a combination of each is to be worn.
- Informal attire with flat-soled shoes may be worn at other times and men may wear shorts and long socks or Royal Sydney Golf Club short socks.
- Shirts must be tucked inside the waistband.
- Women may wear shirts outside the waistband if they are so designed.
