{"id":1682,"date":"2014-11-19T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T16:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2014-11-19T16:45:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T16:45:20","slug":"altercation-at-weston-mass-golf-club-over-dress-code-leads-to-suspensions-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/golf\/1682\/altercation-at-weston-mass-golf-club-over-dress-code-leads-to-suspensions-resignation","title":{"rendered":"Altercation at Weston (Mass.) Golf Club Over Dress Code Leads to Suspensions, Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The clothes make the man, and apparently, grounds for a serious disagreement.<\/p>\n<p>An accusation\u00a0 at Weston (Mass.) Country Club over alleged dress code violations led to the suspension of 10 members and the resignation of the club president, according to a Boston Globe story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/11\/westongolfclubweb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1684\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/11\/westongolfclubweb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"westongolfclubweb\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/11\/westongolfclubweb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/11\/westongolfclubweb-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/11\/westongolfclubweb-175x130.jpg 175w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/11\/westongolfclubweb.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The incident happened in September when the club president accused members\u00a0 and non-members, some of whom were drinking in the club bar, of wearing denim, which is forbidden by club policy.<\/p>\n<p>The private club, which has a $45,000 initiation fee, according to the Globe, is located about 15 miles west of Boston.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Globe, &#8220;The resulting verbal altercation was so intense police were called to defuse the situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Globe quoted the police report of officer Joseph Kozowyk: &#8220;When I arrived, I observed two men&#8230; engaged in a loud, verbal argument. Neither man had any signs of a physical altercation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that club president Tom Ferry used &#8220;profane language&#8221; when informing two guests, a married couple, that they were not allowed to wear denim on the property. The two denied they violated the club rules.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Globe, Ferry issued &#8220;a contrite statement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It reads in part, &#8220;Most importantly I wish to repeat publicly the apology I gave to the people with whom I interacted outside of the club that night. It was wrong of me to have spoken that way, I have no excuse, and sincerely regret having done so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ferry resigned in November.<\/p>\n<p>You can read Callum Borchers entire Globe story by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/business\/2014\/11\/19\/weston-golf-club-denim-scores-bogey\/oVbl9dNNTzkGyl8uIStlPN\/story.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clothes make the man, and apparently, grounds for a serious disagreement. An accusation\u00a0 at Weston (Mass.) Country Club over&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/golf\/1682\/altercation-at-weston-mass-golf-club-over-dress-code-leads-to-suspensions-resignation\" title=\"ReadAltercation at Weston (Mass.) Golf Club Over Dress Code Leads to Suspensions, Resignation\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":1684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-lifestyle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2014\/11\/westongolfclubweb.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1689,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions\/1689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}