In Praise Of: What’s back in golf fashion

As golf season kicks up, so does spring style. For discerning golfers, this means taking stock of tired basics or outdated silhouettes, re-energizing wardrobes with thoughtfully designed accessories, apparel and essentials. We’ve rounded up five trends currently taking over the golf world: quiet luxury, savvy spending, 1990s resurgence, arm candy and power pastels. Read on for Read more…

What’s your shirt made of? It’s time you actually found out

Fabric can be organized into three categories: natural, synthetic and semi-synthetic. Natural fibers are older than golf itself and derive from plants and animals. With plants, think of fabrics like cotton, flax for linen and bamboo. Animal-based fibers include wool, cashmere and leather. Synthetic, or manmade, fibers are chemically based and derive almost always from Read more…

What message do you want to send on the first tee?

“What am I going to wear?” is a dilemma we all face every day. If we’re playing golf, it’s a decision that probably gets made twice before the sun sets, and that can be exhausting. We use clothes to tell stories about ourselves, so the question of what to wear becomes “What do I want Read more…

RBC Heritage 2026: The Viktor Hovland breakout performance is coming

The sheer drama and magnitude of the Masters is a heavy weight to off-load, but the PGA Tour is right back at it with a signature event in the Lowcountry of South Carolina for the 2026 RBC Heritage. Held at the iconic and demanding Harbour Town Golf Links, this tournament serves as a highly lucrative, Read more…

In Stitches: How logoed golf apparel became such a thing

Course logos didn’t appear on golf shirts until the 1970s. Before then it was a radical idea, almost unthinkable, for a brand to embroider anything other than its most valuable marketing asset—its own commercial logo—on a front left breast. But a legendary salesman named Ernie Sabayrac, whose many innovations included convincing club pros to sell Read more…

The story of Rory McIlroy

Editor’s Note: This article was Golf Digest’s cover story in 2015 ahead of McIlroy’s first attempt at completing the Career Grand Slam. The in-depth profile by Jaime Diaz is a fascinating read after McIlroy completed the slam last year and followed it up with a second Masters title in 2026. Amid the steel beams and Read more…