Guest Information

Dress Code

Attire at the Club should be, at all times, in good taste and appropriate to the activity being participated in.

Golf. Male golfers must wear collared shirts and can wear Bermuda length shorts not more than four inches above the knee. For women, if a shirt has no sleeves, it must have a collar; if it has no collar, it must have sleeves.

Clubhouse. Blue Jeans/dungarees and colored denim are not allowed inside or outside the Clubhouse. Shorts are not permitted in the Dining Room for dinner service. Jacket and tie are traditional attire for gentlemen for club-wide events such as Holiday, Opening and Member-Guest Dinners.

Tennis. Collared shirts are mandatory for adult males and junior boys. Ladies should wear tennis attire. Tennis shoes with flat soles are required for all players at all times.

Pool. Dress for the pool for men and boys is swimming trunks and for women and girls is a bathing suit, as accepted in good taste by the membership. Swimming attire is only allowed in the pool area, the west lawn and the parking areas. Adults are asked to wear “beach cover up” attire when eating at the pool snack bar.

Gentlemen should remove hats, visors or other head coverings before entering the Clubhouse. During the golf and outdoor tennis season, any dress permitted on the golf course or tennis courts is similarly permitted in the Clubhouse. Shoes, sneakers or sandals must be worn at all times inside the Clubhouse, Pro Shop or Tennis building. Soft spike golf shoes may be worn in the Clubhouse. Swimsuits and all manner of pool wear cover-ups may not be worn outside of the pool, west lawn, and parking areas.

Cell Phones

Permitted areas of use of cell phones to make calls are inside the offices in lower level of the Clubhouse, the inside back corridor of the Tennis Facility (not in the viewing area or the locker rooms), and inside the Lifeguard station building at the pool.

Where the limited use of personal electronic devices is permitted at the Club, please remember that courtesy, common sense and Club culture must always be considered. Smartphones, IPads, Kindles, Tablets and lap tops are permitted in the Pub Room, Family Dining, Clubhouse Terraces and Deck and the Pool Deck for reading and replying to texts and emails and reading periodicals. These devices are not allowed in the Dining Room or Parlor. While limited usage of personal electronic devices is permitted, all use must be silent and brief.

Smoking

Dedham Country and Polo Club is a non-smoking facility. Smoking is not permitted in any dining area, including the outdoor terraces and porches.