Independent Golf Brands

White tees picked for The White Tee Edit, 2026.

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

White tees picked for The White Tee Edit, 2026.

Northern Beaches label built between surf and golf. Founded 2022, jacquard-knitted heavyweight knits, and its own GolfComfort polo fabric.

Collin McMannis’s Los Angeles label, started in 2026: heavy twill caps and truckers with puff print and embroidery, built on 80s-to-2000s Americana.

White tees picked for The White Tee Edit, 2026.

Family-owned putter maker milling in Illinois since 1998.

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.

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

One-of-one headcovers reworked from Supreme, Palace, Carhartt and Nike pieces in a Yorkshire workshop.

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

Two brothers and one small thing done properly: hickory golf brushes, hand-assembled in Raleigh.

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

A Gold Coast label that only makes headwear: short-brim corduroy, gingham, plaid and pinstripe caps, sampled until the shape is right.

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

Women's golf apparel out of New York, alongside a curated capsule of genuinely vintage homeware sold one piece at a time.

A Chicago-born musician in Los Angeles who taught himself to screenprint and embroider; funny slogan hats, every one $39.

Harris Tweed and tartan headcovers made to order in Fife — plus RAF flight suits and Augusta coveralls cut into covers.

Växjö, Sweden, 1990. Family-owned and golf-only, built on rain gear and graded layers for cool, wet rounds.

One-of-one headcovers cut from vintage jerseys and course towels, plus hardwood alignment sticks.

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

Small-batch headcovers, bags and apparel sewn in a Greenpoint studio from upcycled and vintage textiles, by a Melbourne transplant who put the gum leaf in the name.

Anti-country-club headwear and heavyweight cotton. Gives 2% of every sale to Youth on Course and is documenting a national Top 100 Public list one course at a time.

Sunday bags, stand bags and covers from Auckland, with a Japanese name chosen on purpose.

Golf bags, shoe bags, coolers and duffels, cut and sewn in its own New Jersey factory a few miles from Midtown.

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

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

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

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

Handmade headcovers and Sunday bags from an Orewa workshop: mallards, beach birds, silver ferns and a sense of humor.

Stockholm, 2019. Scandinavian-designed golf clothes built for cold, wet rounds, from a clubhouse HQ on Torsgatan.

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

A small Denver leather shop making golf's small things: scorecard holders, tee rings, hammered repair tools and a RossCo headcover.

Ball markers, towels and ferrules out of St. Johns, Portland, started in 2021 by founders who could not find a marker they actually wanted to play.

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

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

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

Manchester golf brand for the hero shot: skull ball markers, handmade Harris Tweed headcovers and Play Golf Recklessly.

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

Patterned-tab cabretta gloves from three friends who met at a muni, plus USA-made headcovers, caps and the REEF shoe collab.

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

White tees picked for The White Tee Edit, 2026.

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.

White tees picked for The White Tee Edit, 2026.

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.

Golf streetwear started in late 2024 by a Dane and a Swede: wide nylon track suits, boxy reflective layers, tech pants and a yellow knitted balaclava.

British golf clothing from the founders of Folk and Urban Golf, named for Seve's first clubs.

An Atlanta golf sketch-comedy troupe with a pro-shop eye: checkered covers, script hats and non-performance tees.

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

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

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

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.

A design-led golf label that treats objects as seriously as garments — concrete paperweights, gallery installations, and the Reebok Classic Leather.

An all-natural lip balm with a magnetic “Make This Putt” ball marker built into the lid.

An Ohio machine shop cutting solid copper divot tools on CNC, with enamel-filled engraving that patinas with use.

White birch hardwood tees with a thicker shank, striped and boxed in fifties, like the “Redan.”