Hats
Golf hats have had a long a varied history based on the fact that hats in general are a very culturally influenced form of fashion that different countries all have different ideas about. In the United States, however, the sun visor seems to be the reigning champion among golf hats with second place going to the more leisurely fisherman’s style hat that covers most of the top part of the head and falls down over the ears. America is primarily interested in having a large logo that is very visible to the general public for both advertising purposes and the ongoing interest that American’s have with the best companies in the world.
The golf hat inevitably borrows its style from either baseball or tennis and occasionally fashions itself around the fishing hat. Still, the main issue is keeping the sun off your head and a golf hat should be chosen for this purpose above all others. Some of the major brand names that flood the market today are Titleist golf hats, Nike golf hats, Cleveland golf hats, Calloway golf hats, Greg Norman golf hats and the Titleist embroidered huskers golf hat. The embroidered hats are making a big comeback because of the design appeal and custom hats are also making a surge because money spent on a hat will usually go a long way before the hat finally wears out and a new one is needed. A little extra money on a custom hat can often be worth the effort.
When it comes to practicality, there are a few other issues besides just sun protection that golfers can consider. First of all, a hat can oftentimes double as a carrying method for certain golfing tools like the ball marker or the divot repair tool. A simple clip added to the hat will make it extremely convenient to simply reach up at any time and find your ball marker there and waiting. This has brought about the new fashion of golf hat clip with ball marker that has made a big surge in the market recently. In addition, sun protection itself has made some strides with the sun protective golf hats that are now growing in popularity.
Finally, women’s golf hats are especially big in the market because fashion and style are even more important to women and designers have really gone all out to make an appealing hat that women like to wear. Women’s hats have been a central focal point in fashion for decades and the golf hat is no exception. When it comes to the hat, golf enthusiasts have a lot to say about what is chic and what is simply “unacceptable. Next time you are out shopping and think about getting a hat, make sure you have considered all these ideas and don’t get stuck with a hat that won’t please the gallery!
The American delegation repeated its perennial non-negotiable demands for hot-weather comfort, a sun visor, plentiful logo space, instant recognition on TV, wide color choices, and a design sufficiently original to separate once and for all the golf hat from downscale baseball and beach hats and "un-American influences"--code for the Greg Norman Aussie cowboy hat. The French-led opposition, decrying "Chapeau Imperialism," mustered just enough votes from the European bloc, where heat and sunshine are largely theoretical problems, to defeat the U.S. version. The Yanks also failed to head off neighboring Canada from introducing its own bid for the official golf headgear, a Mountie hat dyed green, and seemed isolated from most other nations in their recommendation of the controversial "two-tier" golf hat policy. Its membership financed and dominated by Big Golf's nucleus of wealthy private clubs, the U.S. delegation won no plaudits in proposing a cheap Styrofoam lid for public-course players and exotic titanium mesh, alligator skin or pashmina materials to be worn by golf's gentry.
Delegates agreed on a final statement reiterating that official hat or no official hat, golf remains the greatest game in the world.