As we approach the colder months here in New England, we realize how important it is to control our body temperature or our surrounding climate. This winter, whether you are traveling to a warmer climate to play golf, training indoors with a simulator such as aboutGolf, or just storing the clubs away and preparing for spring, here is a guide for the climate change. Many apparel creators have found solutions in different compositions of technology and fabrics to allow the right amount of energy to pass through to moderate our degree of comfort. Some keep you warm, others keep you cool, and their important goal is to keep you dry and comfortable. Golfers today can truly appreciate how far golf apparel has come today. One thing that was apparent in playing in the Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament last month at the International in Bolton, MA, was how much golfers like to have fun but also help others and give back to the community. This holiday season, remember it is all about the spirit of giving.
Holiday Gift Guide
Club Glove Luggage
Give the gift of golf travel in style with Club Glove’s Train Reaction luggage set easily connects three pieces of luggage together to create a perfectly self-balanced, easy to roll, one-hand transport system. Lightweight and strong, it glides effortlessly through airports, even when fully packed, for stress-free travel. There are many different combinations to choose from and they are available in 16 different colors.
The Last Bag is a premium large 10+ lbs collapsible bag made of resistant nylon. It accommodates nearly any golf bag and up to a 47 inch driver plus room for gear and golf accessories. High-impact in-line skate wheels and bearings for smooth maneuvering and burst proof strong construction with a top zipper for easy loading.
Piggy Back II is unique premium carry-on features a detachable day backpack with a capacity is 8+ lbs. Great for travel, fits easily in most overhead storage bins. Includes set of two large and small clothing organizers plus a J-Hook for carrying an additional smaller luggage piece such as the premium compact carry-on Shoulder Bag II. The shoulder bag is 3 lbs which features 9 total pockets. With a compartment for a laptop computer, convenient front and back storage pockets, plus cell phone pocket, it can serve as an overnight bag or for business. Club Glove is made in USA and supplies a limited lifetime warranty with all their products. www.clubglove.com
Nike Reversible Marker Belt
Sleek and innovative, the Nike Reversible Ball Marker Men’s Golf Belt gets it right with interchangeable magnetic ball markers that attach to the buckle for a convenient design for a links-ready look. Made from 100% leather it makes a perfect high quality gift. It is also great for travel as this all-in-one belt with two-toned versatility can be paired with either black and white. It also includes 3 ball markers just in case you misplace one. www.store.nike.com
New England Patriots NFL Head Covers
A new set of head covers makes a great gift for anyone from New England that plays golf. One never knows when they may need an extra headcover for your favorite set of clubs. The set includes one Driver head cover, one Fairway head cover, and one Hybrid head cover and all 460cc head covers. These also make travel fun especially for Bostonians as we can show off that we’re from Title Town. www.nflgolfstore.com
Personalized Golf Ball Marker
For under $10, get a couple of golf ball markers engraved as a gift this year to a golfer in your family. Available in many different finishes such as pure silver, pewter, or brushed brass, engrave it with three initials and presented in white golf ball case, velvet bag, or box. www.golfmarker.com
Golf Bag Inspired Penholder
A stylish pen holder complete with a black ink ballpoint pen in shiny matte silver-tone with a golf ball shaped tip, a matching mechanical pencil with a golf club shaped tip, and a matching shiny and matte silver-tone letter opener in the shape of a golf tee is a perfect gift for any golf lover’s office. A miniature black & silver leather golf bag with a strap, details like zippers, and white stitching that make it look like the real deal with an engraving plate to personalize it. www.thingsremembered.com
Antigua
Whether you are buying new golf apparel as holiday gifts or for the trip down South you are planning on taking this winter, Antigua is a great choice. One reason because their shirts are not prone to wrinkling which is a quality everyone wants in a shirt, it also makes them easy to fold and pack in a gift box or your luggage. Even if you are traveling to warmer climates, you want to be prepared with a fleece or jacket for the mornings and evenings. Lightweight base layers such as the Antigua Hero developed as a micro-fleeced back jersey mock can stand-alone or can be worn under performance polo such as Exceed. is made of one of the most comfortable performance fabrics due to the 16% spandex and moisture management micro fleece. It’s light enough to be worn mildly cool temperatures and due to the technical construction it’s warm enough to hold out the unwanted elements. Add or remove layers to correspond with the fluctuations in weather that occur.
Another option is a mid-weight pullover performance fleece style such as Viper, a polyester jersey face and fleece back mesh lining and invisible zip pocket, shown here in black and Keylime. Or the Highland Desert Dry Xtra-Lite moisture management bonded interlock long sleeve full zip jacket water and wind resistant. The mentality from the tour player to the weekend golfer is that they want to be comfortable at any point during play and they look for layering options that make sense.
Antigua apparel really stands out from the rest in your closet. They are vibrant, comfortable, and made of quality materials. Its golf division also holds license agreements with the PGA Tour and LPGA so they have to be superb if they are dressing the pros. Chances are some of the sportswear in your closet has the Antigua logo on the sleeve, as their sports division also holds license agreements with MLB, NHL and NBA, along with numerous American universities.
Spring Preview 2012
Spring is the time of year where any bright color goes. For their Spring 2012 line, Antigua is debuting many new exciting designs with bold accents. One of the fantastic attributes of this line is that all the different patterns and styles are available in 5-6 colors, ensuring everyone will find a shirt they absolutely love. Desert dry moisture management is their signature fabric; they’ve spruced it up with tonal plaid jacquard pattern shown here in the Mosaic style in Wedgewood blue as well as Azalea Red. Their Zealous has vertical stripes and a Keylime stripe, shown here in black. The Reign style is comprised of yarn dye stripe of polyester and nylon jersey in shown here in Keylime and Silver multi. The berry color group is a great color for spring and being shown here in the Pace style polo with tonal and ombre stripes, as well as the Iron style with vertical stripes. The Pride polo is pointelle silver and whites stripes with a berry highlight, Pride style polo is also shown in black and azalea red.
If you are the type of person that loves wearing extremely soft clothing, then the Exceed style is for you. Comprised of the Desert Dry X-tra Lite moisture management micro-flat pique short sleeve polo shown here in turquoise, Versus is closed mesh material with a four stripe accent across the back and sleeves giving it the edge players are looking for. Journey tonal stripe turquoise polo with tonal cover stitch detail at sleeves and bottom. Stature, pictured here in steel with melon piping detail, is polyester desert dry moisture management drop needle solid vertical stripe polo.
For Women the Jazz polo is stylish and comfortable with its pleating at the shoulders and spandex Desert Dry X-tra Lite composition. The Antigua logo is tastefully on the back top of the shirt. Cascade sweater long sleeve v-neck sweater shown here in Honeysuckle is also available in Tide blue and Lilac as with most of their new spring collection. Other colors include Pomegranate, Dusk, Violet, Black, and White. With styles named Capture, Spellbound, Whisper, and Vivacious. The Entice Skirt, made from Desert Dry moisture management, is a woven satin twill skort with stretch woven under short, zipper side seam closure and back slit with font and back pockets shown here in purple plaid.
For cooler temperatures, the Dexterity Vest is polyester jersey face bonded to micro fleece back membrane allowing for reversibility, with full zip front and pockets on both sides. The Succeed jacket in violet is very sleek, accentuating a woman’s curves with 12% spandex making it flexible enough for golfing but also an excellent casual piece to pack for vacation. shop.antigua.com
Martin Golf – Spring 2012 Preview
Golf industry icon Rick Martin has loved golf since first discovering it in the 1940s, and was drawn to professional golf by Jimmy Demaret, Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan. You may know Martin from starting and successfully selling his company Fairway & Greene that earned him such a trusted name in the golf world. Garments have remained a lifetime quest for perfection from Martin. Their fine, 100% cotton lisle golf shirts allowed for the free motion of their swing. The classic styling and the fact there weren’t logos didn’t upstage their talent.
Martin has a new company, Martin Golf Apparel with its slogan “Timeless as the Game,” based in Dallas, Texas. Spring 2012 Martin Golf is preparing to launch the first collections and will be sold by nation’s top Private Golf Clubs. The collection is already making waves in the industry, and with his new company’s first launch, Martin hopes for nothing less than the high standards. “So far,” says Martin, “acceptance has exceeded expectations at the top 50 green grass shops in the country, and it is our goal that these garments will distinguish themselves. It is not about branding, it is about a beautiful garment that men will want to wear.”
The industry was mesmerized by a version of that Polyester bug that has been around since the 1960s. This time, however, with a new young audience, there is no mention of the term ‘Polyester.’ Polyester has been replaced by terms like dry-fit or tech. By 1995, borne of his frustration with contemporary, synthetic golf shirts, Martin began a two-year search to develop the kind of fine cotton golf shirt fabric that had virtually disappeared years before. His endeavor resulted in the creation of a 100% Long Staple Pima Cotton Lisle fabric that could prevent fading and almost eliminate shrinkage – “a golf shirt that will keep its shape and also its luster after years of play,” Martin says.
Sunflower, Cozumel and Natural White were catalysts for the color in the 2012 line, and the finish of the product is very rich. The world’s finest Pima cotton will be the main ingredient in the company’s lines, the finest collars in golf feature special, collar-specific yarns. Italian Merino sweaters are also part of the spring collection. Each garment will feature excellent high-end sourcing and special high-end finishing. www.martingolfapparel.com
About Greg Sampson
I am the Sales and Marketing Manager for NEGM. I am a member of the International Network of Golf & the Golf Writers Association of America. I specialize in customized all-inclusive programs across a multi-media platform.
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