The best golf clothing brands might not be the ones you’d expect. Sure, the old heads are very much in the mix, but the marketplace is being transformed by a new generation that’s just now falling in love with golf. Whether they grew up on skateboarding, hardcore music, or fine art, this class of upstarts is bringing a whole new spirit and vibe to the golf course—one that’s very much welcome in 2024.
Now, instead of the sea of shiny, itchy polyester polo shirts and skinny-fit chinos that plagued the 2010s, you’ve got bucket hats, rugby polos, and workwear-inspired golf pants. You’ve got knits that (actually) fit, and T-shirts that help you spread the gospel of golf, even when you aren’t on the links.
Here are the brashest, boldest, and all-around best golf clothing brands on the planet right now, so you can create your flyest—and most functional—golf wardrobe yet. From Adidas and Nike to (relative) newcomers like Malbon and Manors Golf, there’s never been a better time to get dressed for a day on the links.
The Best Golf Clothing From Our Favorite Brands
The Best Golf Shorts: Puma Dealer Shorts, $70
The Best Classic Golf Polo: Bogey Boys Essentials Athletic Polo, $90
The Best Classic Golf Pants: Manors Recycled Greenskeeper Trousers, $162
The Best Golf Joggers: Uniqlo Ultra Stretch DRY-EX Jogger Pants, $40
The Best Golf Shoes: Nike Air Zoom Infinity Tour NRG, $190
The Best Collared Sweatshirt: Sunlove Club Knit Polo, $91
The Best Long Sleeve Golf Shirt: Random Golf Club Chainstitch Shacket, $110
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You’ve got to hand it to Lululemon, which, despite its legacy as a women’s yoga pants brand, really brings the heat when it comes to stylish, high-performing men’s athletic wear. While Lululemon doesn’t designate pieces exclusively for golf, it’s pretty easy to see that the brand’s famous ABC pant and breezy mesh polo shirts are primed for the fairway.
Peter Millar is a North Carolina-based brand that launched in the early aughts. It sells heavily in resorts, which makes sense given that it’s built around cashmere sweaters, polo shirts, and performance golf apparel. But the brand also has e-commerce and a price-to-quality ratio that’s hard to beat. (Peter Millar also owns G/Fore, another popular, Mr Porter-stocked, US-based golf line.)
With Nike and Champion collaborations under its belt, and frequently sold-out drops, Malbon Golf, launched in 2017 by Stephen and Erica Malbon, feels like the independent golf brand most poised to become a future standby. It also helps that the brand has a complete collection of performance golf apparel, from socks and headwear to bags and technical pants.
If you’ve got Nike taste but are a member at a Ralph Lauren golf course, Mr. Lauren’s more technical RLX Golf line is here for you. It’s sleek, modern, and performance-oriented, but with that preppy flair poking through with a quilted vest here and a contrast-color polo collar there—there’s also plenty of navy.
If you want a nod to the ‘90s Golf Dad aesthetic without actually buying striped performance polos and pleated khakis from the pro shop, Adidas Golf will send you in the right direction. The shoes are chunky, the shorts are knee-length, and you’ll find boxy polos and half-zip pullovers as far as the arm can swing.
Macklemore fell in love with golf a couple of years ago. Because he’s a Grammy-award-winning rapper and loves to get dressed (his biggest hit remains “Thrift Store”), he naturally started his own golf apparel line. The aesthetic is dressy, bright, fun, and retro in a way that’s hard to find in an industry dominated by nondescript tan pants.
Teddy Santis’ Aime Leon Dore, or “ALD” as the fanboys like to call it, has always been big into sports culture. The NYC-based brand has done the tennis and basketball shticks before, and now it’s coming for golf. From sweaters to polos, the golf collection is the greatest hits of putting green apparel. And as it goes with ALD, these pieces look great while you’re golfing—but just as good when you’re strolling down the block for a BEC.
With Eastside Golf, Detroit-based founder Olajuwon Ajanaku aims to make the sport not only more stylish but also more inclusive. The line of tees, hoodies, and accessories features Ajanaku, a Black man wearing jeans, a sweatshirt, and a gold chain mid-backswing. “There has never been a brand like us to speak authentically and knowledgeably to both sides—golf and urban culture,” Ajanaku previously told GQ.
If you’re the kind of fella who winters in Aspen, summers in Nantucket, and spends the time in between jetting off to the finest courses in the country (or, you know, just want to dress like you do), your golf gear should on par with that itinerary. J.Lindeberg bridges the gap between capital-M menswear and performance-oriented sportswear, and its boldly printed polos and racing-inspired jackets are built to help you stand out in the clubhouse. Even if you’re getting in a few rounds at your local muni, you’ll feel like a guy used to closing million-dollar deals on the green.
Founded in the early aughts by Norwegian Olympic skier Lasse Kjus and Swiss entrepreneur Didi Serena, Kjus will make you feel like the Daniel Craig of your golf club, your ski club, or any other club you happen to be staking out. Think: simple, clean silhouettes; luxury fabrics; and lots of navy and black.
Ever gazed wistfully at a picture of Arnold Palmer and wished you could look that cool on the course? Thanks to Manors Golf, you can. The upstart label is dedicated to preserving the game’s stylistic hallmarks (sans the snobbery), all while injecting them with a jolt of much-needed youthful swagger. Think retro-doused Harrington jackets, collegiate-inspired knitwear, geezer-y sweater vests, and clothing you can wear after a full 36 holes—and, more importantly, will actually want to.
Metalwood’s ‘90s-inspired collection of tees, sweatshirts, and techy shorts skews more golf-appreciation merch than performance wear, but that’s kind of a good thing. Especially if you like watching, thinking about, and evangelizing golf as much as you like actually playing it—or if you just can’t get into preppy clubhouse-wear.
Golf isn’t the most fashionable sport in the game—after all, there are no paparazzi-lined tunnels or GQ fashion awards—but Nike will change your perception of what it’s capable of with its sleek, futuristic line of golf attire, which, most impressively, includes some excellent links-friendly sneakers and clothes that take advantage of the brand’s sweat-fighting “Dri-Fit” fabrics.
If you’re the kind of guy who puts as much thought into your golf gear as your mid-century modern furnishing, then Quiet Golf represents the best way to conquer the links in equally considered style. The Orange County-based brand adorns its polos and throwback mock-neck shirts with tasteful, blink-and-you’ll-miss-them graphics, which makes for clothing that looks killer on the course—and even better on weekends you can’t fit in a round.
Radda Golf’s polo shirts look more like rugby shirts than the typical pro-shop polo (think ultra-thin stripes and slippery fabric), which is to say you’d want to wear them off the course and outside of the clubhouse, too. Combine one with the brand’s headwear or bright golf pants and you’ve really changed the game.
Random Golf Club aims to make golf more fun and inclusive through educational content, local meetups across the country, and, of course, sick merch. The brand’s thematic collections include accessories like putter covers and towels, along with tees, hats, and sweatshirts that spread the RGC gospel.
Like plenty of other golf labels, Students offers a solid mix of logo-adorned polos and caps, but the coolest clothing the brand sells are the wild-style tees that would never make it past the dress code at your local country club. The cheeky graphics and trippy color combos are ripped straight from the parking lot of a Grateful Dead concert, catnip for the type of golfer who loves the game but would never lose sleep over a botched putt.
Korea’s Sunlove Tour is part of a cohort of next-gen golf labels that uses the sport as a mere jumping-off point for its whimsical polos, sweaters, and jackets. So much so, in fact, that across its arsenal of printed hoodies and soccer jersey-inspired shirts, you’d be hard-pressed to find the word “golf” stamped anywhere. You will, however, find a mix of gear that’s bold and plain fun— most importantly, unlike anything else lining the racks at your local pro shop.
Uniqlo might not have a fully realized golf apparel collection, but the Japanese retailer’s investment in performance fabrics, not to mention its obsession with polo shirts, makes it a solid place to buy new gear. The Dry-Ex collection, for example, wicks away moisture, neutralizes odor, and has a weightless feel you’ll be grateful for during a high-summer round.
When you visit the Jain Golf website, you can’t help but be in a good mood. The brand brings a distinctly un-serious vibe to an otherwise stuffy sport with fun colors and designs. Don’t get it twisted, though. They know what they’re talking about; take their canvas golf bag as an example. Made with the legendary brand MacKenzie, the bag is a reminder of golf heritage while still distinctly Jain.
Gumtree Golf & Nature Club is NYC’s resident nature-enthusiast golf-loving brand. Their gear is made in small batches and carries a distinct message: Golf is an outdoor sport, and we should treat it with reverence. They are part of a new wave of golfers looking to return the spirit of the outdoors to golf, whether that means crafting high-quality accessories from vintage tents or encouraging folks to treat golf as an opportunity to improve their mental health.
A self-proclaimed art project hidden within a golf brand, Radry is a brand that chooses to focus on golf as a lifestyle rather than a mere hobby. While many of the traditional golf brands focus on performance and on-course style, Radry shows that golf can be more than just an activity you do, it can be a way of life.
Golf is a game that cannot be separated from the earth—when you play, it’s literally you against the landscape. Radmor believes that golfers should be in touch with the ground they’re walking on and fight for a more sustainable future in the sport. Started by a former pro and a fashion veteran, Radmor is committed to crafting sustainable apparel that is actually stylish, all without the use of virgin polyester.
G’day mate. Australia’s Walker Golf Things is blending the best of the outback with their beloved game of golf, crafting apparel and gear you want to wear on and off the course. This means designing a lineup of apparel that is both performance and style-oriented, a combo not many brands have managed to excel at. Walker, however, has style in spades and makes apparel tailored to the golfer who wants to be ready for anything, from summer’s heat to winter’s winds and rain.
Devereux is a family-owned brand with a keen eye for style and an unapologetic boisterousness, both of which are hallmarks of today’s new era of golfers. By blending a passion for golf and streetwear, they’re building a brand that appeals not only to seasoned swingers looking for something new but can also attract new players to a sport that has historically not been the most welcoming.
Puma has been in the golf game forever, so it’s about damn time they get their flowers. Too often overlooked for their contemporaries like Nike and Adidas, Puma has begun to stand out from the pack thanks to their lineup of well-fitting, carefully-measured style picks and a penchant for going big when the day calls for it (remember Rickie Fowler’s all-orange getup?).
While most menswear brands that dabble in golf have a lackluster appeal to true golf enthusiasts, Sid Mashburn has blended fashion and golf by making its apparel with traditional premium materials like super-soft cotton pique, cashmere, and English wool. Put it all together, and you’ve got one of the best-looking golf lineups in the sport, as evidenced by the fervent support of Keith Mitchell from this very magazine.
Fiori Golf is what happens when sprezzatura meets surf on the first tee for a laid-back, nonchalant walk around the golf course. The two meeting is a sort of fashion kismet: Nonchalance and surf culture were made for each other. Founder and SoCal native Anthony Wagner knew this was a match made in heaven, so he decided to build a golf brand around that feeling. The result is a golf brand that can’t help but break into your daily wardrobe, pairing the outdoors-adjacent tech of surf brands with the elegance of an Italian renaissance man who is obsessed with the game of golf. We’re here for it.
What’s more important on the golf course, skill or luck? No matter how you slice it, any golfer, skilled or not, will accept a healthy dose of good luck on the links. Whether you believe in luck or not, you need to know about new golf shoe brand Goodluck Golf, who are making some of the best damn golf shoes on the market—out of nowhere. They popped up on social media with some really great vibes and have fully delivered on their promise by dropping two new golf shoes that are equal parts modern and vintage. Rubber toe caps meet crocodile leather—what more could a golfer ask for? Their designs pay homage to traditional golf shoes while simultaneously cueing up distinctly modern tech.
Americans and apple pie, Paul Mescal and short shorts, Leonardo DiCaprio and models—some things just can’t be separated. The same is true for Tiger Woods and wearing red on Sundays. The new brand from the GOAT himself pays homage to his favorite outfit to wear on the final day of a PGA tournament, making handsome golf apparel that is high quality and, believe it or not, comes in a wide range of colors (though there is a good dose of red in their lineup). From polos and pants to rain gear and accessories, the brand will outfit you from head to toe, prepared for whatever comes during your round. Striping it down the fairway like Tiger is up to you, though.
Technical, comfortable, well-considered—these are the hallmarks of a good golf brand. Macade has it all. The brand uses quality materials and lets their unique textures speak for themselves, pairing them with simple designs that excel on and off the course. From their sweats to their outerwear and on-course basics, Macade makes apparel that seamlessly fits into your wardrobe, whether you play every day or stick to weekend rounds.
If you’re looking for a brand that blends the elegance and tradition of country club attire with just enough modern flair to stand out, you will love Greyson. Joggers with a self waistband sit alongside patterned polos and hoodies—the brand has just enough playful designs to separate it from what the old timers are wearing in the clubhouse without causing a scene. We like the combo of a cardigan with a rope trucker hat, just like Arnie would have done back in the day.
Aussies know something about beautiful golf, too. Just ask Adam Scott, the man with one of the most drool-worthy golf swings of the last two decades. Left of Field is a Sydney-based brand that blends the best of streetwear and golf, battling against stuffy clubhouse fare while still respecting the history and tradition of the game. The founder grew up on skate and surf culture, so it’s no surprise to see oversized shirts and shorts alongside trucker caps and technical gear that fits in on the golf course just as well as it does along the shores of southwest Australia.
Like much of today’s most sought-after swag, Sugarloaf Social Club’s offerings more closely resemble merch than a brand, but that’s exactly what we want. The crew at Sugarloaf is an actual club, born out of an annual golf trip amongst a group of college friends. From there, they put their talents together to form a creative agency, which then led to a smattering of golf accessories adorned with their logo. From there, a brand was born. They’re still doing their thing, bringing folks into the game, but they’re doing it with some killer merch, too.
What to Wear Golfing
It’s 2024: Wear anything you want when you’re hitting the green, and that’s golf fashion. OK, so you can’t just go out to the course with flip-flops and a ripped T-shirt, but in this day and age, you can flex your personal style on the course more than ever before. A polo and pleated pants are still must-haves, but there are more ways than ever to dress for an afternoon out to hit some golf balls.
Tees, hoodies, and trucker caps have never been more accepted and never more prevalent than they are now, so feel free to integrate these into your golfing wardrobe—though we must say, you should always respect the rules outlined by the course where you’re playing. Plus, a lot of this new-age golf gear puts functionality at the forefront, making it so your outfit is just another piece of golf equipment (that also happens to look damn good). If they do still require polos, there are numerous ways to freak it. If you’ve got to tuck your shirt in, there are some billowy pants to spice up that outfit. You may cause a stir, but that’s the best part about golf these days.
At the absolute minimum, though, we recommend always having a wind- or rain-ready layer on hand, depending on what climate you find yourself in. And while your favorite sneakers will do the trick, a pair of golf shoes will provide the grip you need in any conditions. Grab some comfy shorts and a polo that makes you feel your flyest and let ‘er rip.
