Independent Golf Brands to Know

White tees picked for The White Tee Edit, 2026.

Jean Touitou's golf line, launched in Korea and Japan first. Collaborated with Cph/Golf, 2026.

Cotton work shirts, rope hats and towels for golf, out of San Francisco.

Menswear, footwear and accessories from Queens, New York, in business since 2014.

Watercolour golf course maps from Austin — hundreds of courses, commissions open.

White tees picked for The White Tee Edit, 2026.

Two ex-Nike craftsmen in Nike's old Fort Worth building — wedges ground by hand, fitting required.

Hat brand founded in 2023 by Johnny Person — rope caps and buckets with a vintage Southern lean.

Hand-knit retro headcovers from Austin, one at a time, taught by the maker's mother.

White tees picked for The White Tee Edit, 2026.

Golf bags, push carts, travel covers and accessories, out of Richmond, Virginia since 1946.

The golf line of Tokyo's BEAMS empire, running since 2011 — Japanese fairway fashion at its most complete.

A father and son making leather grips in Texas — Horween leathers, no minimums, no paid endorsements.

Family-owned putter maker milling in Illinois since 1998.

Leather covers stocked in the pro shops at Royal Melbourne, Barnbougle and Cape Wickham.

Byron Bay's cult label — started with ten hats, now a flagship store with a restored 80s buggy inside.

Handmade leather, Harris Tweed and waxed canvas golf goods, made in Louisville since 2015.

Horween and Italian leather covers, belts and wallets, co-founded by Gail Hanson.

Twenty-plus years independent, co-founded by Tamasine Green; now cut made-to-order with no warehouse.

Workwear-derived apparel, hats and bags, made in Europe under licence from Carhartt since 1994.

Elie Reboul's West London label that outgrew its own name — quiet clothes for golf and after.

Cabretta gloves with a conscience — ten per cent of every glove goes to a charitable partner.

Hill Country silversmith, est. 1992 — sterling ball markers, never more than ten from one design.

Grips only — Eastern aesthetics, Chinese verse printed on the box, $18 a grip.

CAPTAINS HELM's golf line — California outdoor lifestyle read through Tokyo streetwear.

Austin's original players shirt, est. 2010 — Pima cotton, removable stays, made in Peru and says so.

Founded 1979 by Jane Spicer and her mother. Made Frank, the tiger headcover Tiger Woods carried.

Founded 1976 by Mary Ann Sheppard. Licensed towels for the USGA, PGA of America, PGA Tour and LPGA.

Scottsdale brothers, est. 2013, named after their grandfather — relaxed silhouettes before that was normal.

Handmade leather golf headcovers, belts and accessories, made in Nova Scotia since 2014.

Italian golf shoes co-founded in 2004 by Antje Elle and Baldovino Mattiazzo; since sold twice.

Golf-rooted streetwear founded in 2019, known for its Jordan Brand collaborations.

David Edel fitted putters by where you actually aim, measured with a mirror and a laser. He sold the company in 2023; the method outlived him.

Terry Koehler's wedge company on the Gulf Coast — the patented Koehler Sole, built to order.

Milled putters and grips, built in Carlsbad, California since 2016.

Tongue-in-cheek European golf — heavyweight tees, a pizza-slice ball marker, zero seriousness.

Streetwear-leaning golf label. The Swingman logo comes from Doc Edgerton's 1938 strobe photograph of a swing at MIT.

Half gallery, half golf label — Melbourne's Lance Peach and Ellen Keillar sell paintings next to polos.

Putter covers in sail cloth, marine suede and waxed canvas — plus the MacKenzie editions.

Golf apparel, shoes, gloves and accessories, designed in Los Angeles since 2011.

Putter grips only, built around the QUAD — a trapezoid that tucks the elbows in and takes the hands out of the stroke.

Bags and accessories founded 2020, built around a patented magnetic towel.

Climbing pants born on Yosemite granite in 1982 that quietly became golf-course staples.

Named for the founder and the largest eagle that ever lived — clean Queensland golfwear.

Small-batch headcovers and bags sewn in Greenpoint from upcycled and vintage textiles.

Nature-first golf goods hand-made in New York by a Melbourne transplant — upcycled textiles, a Greenpoint studio, gum leaves in the name.

Meagan Ouderkirk and Antonia DiPaolo's golf and tennis label — and the only people in golf making a caddie brooch.

Carlsbad, est. 2022 — retro-modern prints, towels and objects that treat golf as graphic design.

Golf socks knit from coffee grounds and recycled bottles, co-founded by Isabelle Shee.

Founded 1996. Put Jesper Parnevik in tight pink trousers and changed how golf dresses.

Hand-knit wool headcovers since 1962. Nicklaus, Watson and Ryder Cup teams carried them.

The 1971 carry bag that never went away — revived in Portland and better than the original.

From the founder of Duck Camp, named for his twins — breathable polos for Hill Country heat.

Started at a kitchen counter in East Dallas by a former PepsiCo art director; first athlete signed via a Worst Golfer in Dallas contest.

A six-person Texas machine shop — engraved putters, markers and leather from Tyson Lamb's bench.

Surf and skate silhouettes for the course, every collection named for a stretch of Australian coast.

Athletic and lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories, headquartered in Vancouver since 1998.

Wool headcovers sewn in the Perth hills — bespoke work from football shirts and family tartan.

Handmade carry bags since 1985 — and the maker behind collabs for Fyfe, Sugarloaf, Miura and Bandon Dunes.

Co-founded 2017 by Erica and Stephen Malbon. Started as an Instagram mood board.

London, 2019. Launched against technical golf apparel, then relaunched as a technical golf brand in 2023.

A design venture through the lens of golf — acid-washed tees, heavyweight fleece and a flying duck.

Cole Young's LA studio mining Y2K tour aesthetics — the blueprint for modern golf nostalgia.

Nine products, no founder named, everything shot at night on a floodlit par-three.

Handmade Portuguese headcovers and towels, made to order on a three-week lead.

Designed in the USA, sewn in South Korea — early-tee-time clothes with a five-piece discipline.

Golf podcasts, video and merchandise, produced by a small team in Jacksonville, Florida.

Born in Cape Town, named for the small habits before every shot — golf without the gatekeeping.

Screen-printed by one person in Perth who refuses wholesale on principle.

An ex-banker's anti-polyester manifesto — Supima cotton polos, launched October 2025.

Formerly ORCA Golf. Founded by Deborah and Erica Bennett; bag supplier to the 2023 LPGA International Crown.

Streetwear, outerwear and accessories from Toronto, run as Drake's clothing label since 2011.

Insulated water bottles and drinkware, from Utah-based Trove Brands, launched in 2020.

Named for Hogan's 1953 season — American-forged irons finished in Fort Worth, by invitation.

Three unnamed friends from magazine publishing — golf clothes with an art department's eye.

Golf and lifestyle apparel for men and women, out of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Family-owned since 2018, with graphic headcovers embroidered in house.

Milled from solid billets since 2008 — heavier heads, 2.5 degrees of loft, no cast putters ever.

White tees picked for The White Tee Edit, 2026.

Neil Tan rediscovered golf at Van Cortlandt Park in 2020 and built the label muni New York now wears — script-logo polos, pleated trousers and denim buckets, nothing over $170.

COBRA PUMA GOLF's apparel and footwear arm — and the big brand most willing to take a swing at a collab.

From the Museum of Peace & Quiet orbit — considered golf clothes with an owl crest and an adidas Samba collab.

A Wisconsin artist whose logo is a bird in a bucket hat — est. 2018, drawn before it is stitched.

Erik Anders Lang's community that became a brand — meetups, films, and the only Australia trip in golf media.

New York energy, est. 1997 graphics — the '97 nylon pullover is the piece that went viral.

The camouflage licensor turning forty, now with golf collabs at PUMA and Sun Mountain.

White tees picked for The White Tee Edit, 2026.

Performance polos out of UVA's Darden incubator, co-founded by Kristina Loftus.

Todd Watts spent three years getting a print to survive the moulding — art-series golf grips with alignment marks at both ends.

Moulded micro-texture putter grips with a tour record to match — more than ten million dollars won, and a Travelers title.

Mock necks and retro rugby stripes, shot on a dry mountain course. Founder not publicly named.

Luxury golf footwear made in Italy and Portugal, founded by designer Alex Bartholomew.

Hand-cut wool headcovers and blacksmith-hammered markers from a Beaverton workshop that covered the 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup team.

Minneapolis walker bags from $810 — Dyneema, Danish textiles, and no interest in compromise.

Max Siegelman's NYC stable — racing-heritage sweats that ended up on tour players and a Maxfli box.

Women's golf clothes by two women who play — built-in bras, real pockets, a glove loop on the skort.

Bold-print Cabretta gloves, towels and covers. Co-founder Christina Rogers verified via Companies House.

British golf clothing from the founders of Folk and Urban Golf.

Industrial rubber people who came to golf and changed the taper — the Ascension profile sits both hands at nearly the same diameter.

Golf bags, travel covers and leather headcovers, in business since 2012.

Campus-inflected golfwear built on varsity graphics and a deep bench of collabs.

The group chat that became a brand — Ian Gilley's crew, est. 2011, sailing capsules and hidden gems.

Invented the modern stand bag in 1986 and the folding push cart in 1999; still assembles its bags in Montana.

Lightweight carry bags built for the par-three and the casual nine.

Painted headcovers and putter covers, and a 62-piece licensed college program across fifteen schools.

Finnish direct-to-consumer irons, est. 2021 — tour-quality forgings at half the shop price.

Small-batch Australian covers and accessories, twelve pieces at a time.

Premium golf bags and headcovers out of Carlsbad, founded 2013.

Performance apparel for men and women, designed in Carlsbad, California since 2015.

Pro skater Jack Fardell's label — named after Nicklaus, collabs with adidas, Wahine and Coopers.

Tees, hats, socks and accessories sold in timed online drops.

Custom leather headcovers and towels made largely in the USA since 2006.

Zoe Walker-Faure's hand-sewn headcovers, started in a college dorm with her mother and grandmother.