How a Loud Golf Shirt Can Protect Your Skull

While you are getting ready to go to the golf course, eager to try out your shiney new golf clubs, take everything you need to optimize your golf score. In this regard, make sure you wear a good golf shirt. Although you want to appear sharp out on the links -- and a good golf shirt will not hurt you in this consideration,  you need to make certain you'll be able to make your golf swing without having your shirt restrict your motion.

Whenever you visit your favorite golfing supply or pro shop you most likely gazed at all those lovely golf accessories while struggling mightily to rationalize getting more cool and expensive items. You obviously bought the golf head covers and ball cleaner. And you are real proud of yourself that you invested in a good set of clubs. You also probably got a little crazy and purchaced some do-dads that looked great at the time but now wonder what you were thinking when you bought them, like the personalized, designer golf tees. Really?

(Yours truely is guilty as charged on this count for non-golf related interests. You should see my collection of power lawn care equipment! If you could see my garage you would think that I owned my own golf course, or at least maintained one. Neither is the case, of course. )

However, one thing you do need to get is a good golf shirt. So you ask, what is so essential about a golf shirt? Some golfers wear loud and bizarrely colorful golf shirts, which almost certainly results in you wondering why. Some guys just believe they appear cool, but there's no less than 1 other very good reason for wearing them. Just as hunters wear an orange cap or vest, golfers will occasionally wear the loud, vibrant, and occasionally obnoxious colors on their golf shirt so they will be more visible to other golfers.

On a golf course, it is a good idea to be noticeable. Think about the following circumstance: you're on the golf course just ahead of a group that's moving through the holes a bit faster than yours. They might not notice that you are ahead of them, especially if you walk into the trees after an errant shot, just as the group behind catches up to you. Not seeing you, they take their shot just as you come out of the trees. This is your skull. And this is your skull with a golf ball rattling around inside it.

Enough about color. There is another way that a golf shirt will help you. Golf shirts are cut so that they allow just enough room to allow a good swing without binding. This requirement could be met with a form fitting shirt made with stretchable material that gives enough elasticity to allow a compfortable swing. The altenative is a loose button up shirt with lots of slack.

Regardless of what your style, a great golf shirt is often a necessity on the golf course.