When did fashion peak on tour?

[golferdude54]

I can’t help but notice the fashion of tour players back in the 60s through 80s when everyone was wearing different colored gloves and matching their pants and shoes as well.
 

There were barely any hats and nowadays, the players on tour look like walking stiffs. When and why did we go from colorful to boring?

[m d g]

Asked and answered : )

 

[golferdude54]

2 minutes ago, m d g said:

Asked and answered : )

 

Here’s a good one of Tom Kite, actually the only time he ever looked cool.

[m d g]

13 minutes ago, golferdude54 said:

Here’s a good one of Tom Kite, actually the only time he ever looked cool.

He's worn worse...

[iBanesto]

Flory Van Donck.

 

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[rukahs]

 

 

 

Close thread.

[elwhippy]

Problem is fashionistas have taken over from people who understand what a well- tailored pair of trousers and classy polo look like. A mercerised cotton shirt tends to fit and look better than the over tight polyester stuff we get bombarded with. Cue 60 year-old men sporting Lindeberg and thinking they look well dressed. 

[MattyO1984]

[Rocky Ball-boa]

Agreed - Adam Scott is probably the guy currently on tour that I'd still look to if I was the kind of person that keyed my fashion choices off other people. Always looking classy.

I can't wait for pleated trousers to come back, it's a nightmare to find good ones these days.

[Scooby555]

Miguel Angel Jimenez is in my opinion the best dressed Professional today.

[Hankshank]

JT’s my guy. Him and Van Rooyen.

[sunbeltgolfer]

1 hour ago, Rocky Ball-boa said:

Agreed - Adam Scott is probably the guy currently on tour that I'd still look to if I was the kind of person that keyed my fashion choices off other people. Always looking classy.

I can't wait for pleated trousers to come back, it's a nightmare to find good ones these days.

I'm with you on the pleated slacks. Haggar still has a good selection available on the website. 

[GingerBubba]

I think (former) Pro and current lead presenter on Sky Sports, the one and only Dough Boy - Nick Dougherty, always looks well turned out. Not so much when he was playing, but certainly these days whenever I see his 'Tee Time Tips' Instagram/YouTube channel, I almost always think that he looks smart. His normal golf outfit is one that can easily look appropriate off the course and in just about any situation; a smart restaurant, a commercial office, just good, smart/casual outfits. Nothing spectacular admittedly.

 

First few examples from Instagram:

 

[Kmagnuss]

 

 

[tiderider]

what in the hell ... 

 

we've gone from arguing about liv to posting pics of guy's in lime green shirts and calling it 'fashion' ... 

 

this is not your daddy's golfwrx anymore ... 

 

 

[bscinstnct]

 

[Cali_Stinger77]

If Tiger shows up to Augusta in baggy pants and a over sized polo next April it's over for the field

[IMeneses]

This is the peak! Nothing baggy, nothing too tight, colour harmony! Fitness, style and elegance! 

[Dutch1008]

22 minutes ago, IMeneses said:

This is the peak! Nothing baggy, nothing too tight, colour harmony! Fitness, style and elegance! 

Winner. Although those appear to be flat front pants and shouldn't have an ironed pleat. For shame Arnold. 

[WilliePPQ]

Purely and completely classic. (ADP 1960's)

Edited November 4, 2022 by WilliePPQ
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[m d g]

1 hour ago, Cali_Stinger77 said:

If Tiger shows up to Augusta in baggy pants and a over sized polo next April it's over for the field

Pleats!

[smashdn]

Might be his build but Dustin Johnson dresses well.  Every once in a blue moon you'll see him in something a little too sporty for a shirt.  Not all of the adidas color block stuff came out well.

[vandyfan]

1960s. Definitely before the sponsorship logos took over. I also liked the look of more guys not wearing hats (even though it is completely impractical now with what we know about skin cancer etc). 

 

In today's PGA tour the logos have completely taken over along with all wild shirts (which don't offend me I just don't think they look particularly good). Things like Joggers, hoodies, blade collars are, again, not offensive or bothersome I just think they will "date" the tour in a funny way similar to white belts and big pleats on khakis. 

 

ALL that said, I have a pair of joggers that I wear at the muni every now and then and they are super comfortable. But I also think I will look back on them in 10 years and think they looked stupid.

 

The aggressive G/Fore stuff looks terrible and especially those hats they have with the ALL CAPS writing are so stupid looking. 

[smashdn]

Not sure these high crown, rope hats are a good play either.

[Dutch1008]

10 minutes ago, smashdn said:

Not sure these high crown, rope hats are a good play either.

You can add flat brimmed to that list as well. 

[golferdude54]

3 hours ago, Hankshank said:

JT’s my guy. Him and Van Rooyen.

Van Rooyen, the guy who wears short pants that hugs his ankles with no socks? That’s not good fashion.

[Orrin997]

45 minutes ago, golferdude54 said:

Van Rooyen, the guy who wears short pants that hugs his ankles with no socks? That’s not good fashion.

Plus he's got a great looking caddy sporting a bun!

[darkhelmet]

On tour, style definitely peaked in the 60's.

 

For the golfing public, the breathable/wicking fabrics that started coming out in the early 2000's were a godsend.

 

If you're walking around with someone carrying your bag all day, you can look good in almost anything, even with temps in the high 90's.  If you have to carry your own bag, push your own cart, or sit on a vinyl cart seat all day, cotton anything is going to leave you miserable by the end of the round.

 

I started playing in the baggy-cotton-shirt glory days of the mid-1990's.  I was just out of college, and picked up the game from my roommates.  We walked and carried most of the time (in the Northeast US).  Autumn golf was awesome, but from June to August, even 9 holes would have you lugging around an extra 2 lbs of soggy shirt that literally stretched itself out as you played, while sticking to you the whole time and dripping sweat from the ends of the sleeves as you stood over putts.  Good times!

[Krt22]

Pleated parachute pants, polo sleeves past the elbow. Golf course chic at it's peak.

 

[vandyfan]

This is just a murder's row of "if you are wearing this I really don't think we can ever be friends" hats (also....$45???????):