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Dakine makes a killer one that has a baseball style rigid frame in it. They call it a fishing hat, but its perfect for golf.https://www.surfboards.com/moredetail/1107342/DaKine_No_Zone_Surf_Hat_Griffin.html?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=pla&utm_term=DaKine-Surf-Hats&gclid=Cj0KCQjwoPL2BRDxARIsAEMm9y9L7OLcIZOc3TE-bctbEioNTP3H0vqTFeGpWuINJk8WGaUNxhMpAJ0aAjwREALw_wcB

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Shelta's are the absolute best hat on the market. I have several and play golf, fish, go boating.....everything! It is designed specifically to not flap or fly off in the wind. I can attest that it works!

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Another vote for Shelta... I've got two of them.

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Irons:      Artisan FC 4-P - Nippon Modus3 Tour 105 Stiff 

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Shelta. There isn’t anything better. I’m a looong time sun hat wearer and I’ve had them all. Imperial, Nike, Titleist Aussie, Northface, Columbia, Tilley, etc. None compare to Shelta hats. The no flip brim and cord cinch are game changers in the wind. Nice and lightweight and cool to wear, multiple hat sizes including big enough for my huge noggin. Can fold in half and put in the bag and like new when you pull it out. Throw it in the washer to clean and it dries out in an hour. I gave away or threw out all my other hats.

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I have the Shelta SeaHawk in SB Camo.. Was on the water for the 4th and unless you tilt your head back the hat stays put without the cord cinch in use. Wore it today on the range in 90+ temps and did not feel overly hot or any more sweat than a regular ball cap.

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Looking for some assistance, cannot find/get a 2019 Titleist Aussie tour up here in Canada. Would appreciate if someone could point me to a online store that carries this model and will ship to Canada. PGA superstore has them but does not ship to Canada.

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Another Shelta vote. I have the Osprey and the Seahawk. I put a Ping patch on both of them to knock down the dork factor just a bit. Of course, I may look like an even bigger dork now. They are good hats.

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I just got a couple of the Shelta hats. They do work in the wind. I got a Raptor and a Firebird. I used the Raptor last week fishing and it held up to near 40 mph while running the boat without flying off. I am going to use the Firebird as my range hat for our super hot days. The are high performance, functional hats. You will look like a dork, but your ears and face won't combust which is a good thing.

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i have two titleist aussie hats, a tilley airflo, and an OR rain hat. the titleist hats have better coverage for sun protection -- and i really like them, hence the two -- but the tilley airflo is 100%, without a doubt, much better for super windy conditions.

sure, i can cinch the titleist hats down (in the head and neck area) in windy conditions, but because there's only one draw string for the titleist aussie hats (as opposed to the tilley's dual front and back drawstrings) i have to friggen strangle myself to keep the titleist hats on in the wind -- and that's not even guaranteed to keep them on. more specifically, because of the single draw string, the titleist hats tend to blow off of the front of my face when the wind is behind me, and they threaten to (figuratively) decapitate me in very strong headwinds. but the tilley has no problem no matter what direction the wind is coming from. it stays on when i've secured it correctly.

additionally, the titleist drawstring is long, and to prevent it from distracting me by blowing in front of my face after cinching it down, i have to button up the top button of my polo and tuck the drawstring down the front of my polo. this is not the most comfortable when it is hot and i don't want my shirt buttoned all the way to the top (or if i've been gluttonous and have a fatter neck than normal ;).

if the titleist aussie hats had the tilley drawstring system (and a shorter front drawstring) i might give them my vote for windy summer golf because of the wider brim/better sun coverage. but until then i will always wear my tilley airflo if i know it's going to be windy and sunny. it's a superior product in that regards.

p.s. the OR rain hat is much like the titleist aussie hats in that it has the one drawstring and a wide brim. the main difference is the OR rain hat is water proof and insulated for cold weather. since it's summer (at least in this hemisphere!) i'm assuming we don't want to talk about insulated rain hats. anyway, when it's raining and windy i like to put my rain jacket's hood on and wear the OR rain hat underneath. it's absolutely the best for that in my opinion, despite the fact i look like a duck when i'm wearing it. ? seriously though, it's like having a windshield to protect against the rain and i would absolutely recommend for those conditions. and with the hood on i never have to worry about the hat blowing off. but without the hood it suffers from the same design problems as the titleist aussie hats in windy conditions.

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I'm ordering a Shelta based on this thread. Still like the Tilley I have, but I don't think the Shelta is "dorky" by any means and was stream fishing about 10 days ago and I think one of these would have been more suitable (but my Tilley kept the sun off).

Nice section of my temple frozen by the dermatologist yesterday. Just a reminder that the wide brims are the ticket.

Edit: and love to see people serious about hats that provide protection. Got a hard time about the "big hat" with pretty obvious and large dermatology work pretty obvious last week, lol. I just point to it and suggest I'm interested in living a full life. Just had the young adult son of a friend pass away from melanoma recently - younger, bulletproof, and no reason to have concern about skin cancer vs most people and then . . . . gone. Don't mess with it.

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I wore my Shelta hat in the NC Outer Banks today; 30 mph winds with small craft advisories.  You ain't been in the wind until you're at the banks; there is a reason the Wright Brothers came to Kitty Hawk to fly their plane.

 

The hat NEVER moved off my head while we walked on the shore.  I had the chin strap on, but there was really no need; it was remarkable.

 

I wear a Coolibar most days, but in the wind there is NOTHING that compares to the Shelta if you still want/need to wear a wide brim.  Nothing, and I own them ALL.

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