10 highlights of 2016 you might not remember

Approval of shorts on the European Tour

In January, the European Tour announced the approval of a dress code change that allows players to wear shots during practice rounds.

Shorts are banned on the PGA Tour, although caddies are allowed to wear the since 1999. That rule change came along when Garland Dempsey, caddie of John Maginnes, suffered a heart attack at the 1999 Wetern Open.

Hopefully, both the tours don’t wait for such incidents to happen to players before they allow them to wear shorts during the tournaments as well and some forward thinking needs to be done on pro golf’s dress code.