There are many types of golfers out there, just like there are all types of golf equipment: clubs, bags, balls, tees, etc. A golf shirt is another piece of “equipment” a golfer needs to be properly equipped to play the game. AloSport.com is a premier source for performance-driven sportswear including golf shirt designs for both men and women. But you do not need to be a golfer to enjoy an Alo golf shirt. Our young, forward thinking development team has created a collection of performance clothing named for the elements that we live within: Air, Land, Ocean. Each carefully designed golf shirt inspired design was created to perform with you while promoting a life of style and balance.
The earliest reference to the game of golf is a ban on the playing of golf decreed by King James II of Scotland in 1452. He felt that his subjects were neglecting their archery practice in favor of playing this game. Fortunately the ban was lifted in 1502 when King James IV took up the game himself. As the game of golf has evolved so has golf equipment and golf apparel. The traditional style that is associated with a classic golf shirt, short sleeved knit shirt with a soft turned down collar that is loosened easily via the buttoned placket, plus a longer shirt tail originally was developed in the 1920s by Jean René Lacoste specifically for tennis. By the 1930’s Lacoste's renown as a famous French tennis player and photos of Riviera and Palm Beach notables in this type of shirt popularized the style for recreational wear, especially in the United States. Although in the 1950’s the Lacoste shirt remained white for tennis players due to the rules of tennis attire, the “golf shirt” style of the Lacoste brand went multi-colored on the American golf links. American manufacturers took notice. Munsingwear was the first to come out with a comparable style, dubbed the Grand Slam golf shirt. As the golf shirt settled into an enduring style for sport and casual wear, other companies, including U.S. mass merchandiser Sears, Roebuck and Co., brought out their own variations with two to four button plackets. Ralph Lauren's polo shirt is a notable successful upscale rendition of the golf shirt. No longer plain white, a golf shirt can now be found in a myriad of colors and a variety of patterns and stripes.
Today, AloSport.com is one of the manufacturers of the next generation of new and revolutionary high technology, high performance golf shirt designs in which functional considerations predominate. In hot weather you want your golf shirt to wick moisture away from the body. In cooler weather, a golf shirt should provide some warmth while transferring sweat away from the skin. When you finish a day on the fairway, you want to be dry and comfortable. Stretch and recovery while not impeding your golf swing is an important feature of golf shirt fabric design. Due to the increased popularity of golf, as well as the physical aspect of the sport that now requires a tremendous amount of strength and flexibility, a golf shirt needs to be lightweight, fit well, repel moisture, and provide both stretch and recovery in the fibers. Additional requirements for high-tech, high-performance golf shirt designs are the new anti-microbial treatment, anti-pilling and water-resistant technologies that have also been developed. Go to the Alo product technology guide to see how our golf shirt products feature such unique attributes as CoolFit™ dry wicking capability, and StretchFlex™.
