Is what's good for Bill Murray good for you?
By Man In The Black Hat
Everybody loves Bill Murray, and why not?
He's personable, and of course, he's funny, and perhaps more importantly for most of us, he lives up to every expectation we have of the man who brought us the superintendent stylings of one Carl Spackler in "Caddyshack". From year-to-year at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Murray tees it up to entertain the galleries, giving the old Clambake a modicum of actual Hollywood star power that in recent years has been so dearly lacking.
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Now that Murray's golfing life has reached its zenith, having won the pro-am portion of the erstwhile Crosby with D.A. Points, (who just happened to win the professional side of the event), it's high time for a frank and honest examination of Murray's sartorial tendencies.
All silly hats aside, Murray looks like something the gopher dragged in -- and honestly, we expect nothing less. The full-on rumpled look actually works for him, and it's what we want from our man Murray. If Murray (or is that Spackler?) showed up in Monterey next year wearing the latest and greatest in technical apparel from head-to-toe, we'd have a serious problem on our hands.
Think Fuzzy Zoeller raiding Sergio Garcia's closet. It just wouldn't be right.
Oversized, rumpled long-sleeve button-down shirts, enthusiastically crinkled chino-esque trousers, mismatched belts, and hats paying homage to Elmer Fudd are as much Murray standards as is Rickie Fowler's Sunday orange. The only thing missing from Murray's fashion mix is just that -- mix. Specifically, a pungent aroma of a fine gas / oil mix, not unlike the mix employed by Carl for use in cleaning his Bushwood residence. The olfactory medley that would result would surely complete the Spackler experience for those in attendance, and would have the CBS audience pining for the days of smell-o-vision. Then again, we'd have to put up with the combined fumes from Gary McCord's mustache and David Feherty's goatee thingy. So, let's strike that smell-o-vision idea after all.
What's interesting about Murray's haphazard haberdashery is that he isn't far removed from putting together a rather stylish and on trend look. The first move for Bill would be to size him down by one all-around to get the right fit. Then, by adding an appropriate application of a steam iron and a shirt tuck or two, wonders will be worked. Finally, the simple addition of a Ryan Moore-esque tie and Graeme McDowell-inspired cardy would help Murray go from Spackler to spectacular in an instant.
All of the above will take just 10 minutes of your time Bill -- tops -- I promise.
So, in addition to some prestigious new hardware in his trophy case, Murray could have a refined new look going for him, which would be nice. Or would it? Post-makeover, Murray would no longer be Murray, and perhaps more importantly, he'd be physically unable to conjure Carl.
Finally, a word of warning for us all. Before the Murray-wannabes out there get any bright ideas and think that you can replicate Murray's look at that swank member guest your father-in-law invites you to every year, think again.
Showing up dressed like Murray is barely passable attire when attending the local tractor pull, much less the member-guest. Not that there is anything wrong with a good tractor pull, but there's a time and a place for everything. What I'm saying here is, save your Murray/Spackler get up for next Halloween, or better yet, leave it to the one and only professional when it comes to matters of dressing down for golf -- Mr. Bill Murray himself.
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