You can tell who Myles has been looking at. The Sunday bags follow the MacKenzie recipe almost line for line: an 8-inch top, a single leather divider, waxed leather, brass and heavy canvas, sold in small drops. The Harris Tweed and tartan covers are pure Fyfe.
The headcovers ride the trend we keep seeing this year: birds are in. Small makers are stitching ducks, pheasants and songbirds onto canvas and wool, usually the species from their own backyard (more in The Bird Edit). That is what makes Local GC fun from Austin. A mallard from a New Zealand workshop, the beach birds Myles sees on his morning walks in Orewa or a swallow stitched on the other side of the world is a better story in the bag than another logo. He adds New Zealand’s own plants, mānuka and the silver fern, the camo print issued to Australian forces, and a sense of humour most brands would not touch: dead rats, house flies and Milton’s stapler.
For an Austin golfer, the covers are the easy part. A handmade canvas cover with custom embroidery is NZ$89, about $50, which is a low price for something cut and embroidered by hand. The catch is shipping. Local GC charges NZ$35 (about $20) per item to the US and sends each one separately to stay under the tariff thresholds, so one cover lands around $70 and three cost three lots of postage. Buy the one you like most.
The Sunday bags are the bigger call. At about $480, a one-off canvas bag with a stainless hoop and brass hardware costs well under a Fyfe x MacKenzie at £650, and it is only one of one. If you walk Muny with a half set, the Camo #2 is the most interesting carry bag we have seen this year at that price.
Local GC is Myles Brock, working out of a workshop in Orewa on the Hibiscus Coast, north of Auckland. His About page says he started because he “found a hole in the market when it came to locally made, quality headcovers,” then spent months in the workshop getting the templates right. Everything is cut, sewn and embroidered in-house, and most covers are made to order in 7 to 10 days.
The range has grown since: mini driver covers sized for 250–320cc heads, torque putter covers for LAB, shag bags, merbau alignment sticks, flags, and full 18-hole flag sets in sailcloth for New Zealand clubs. He also reworks customers’ own clothes into headcovers, from a running jacket to a pair of suit trousers. You can find Local GC in pro shops at Muriwai, Wainui, Pupuke, Napier and Russley, at Golf HQ, and in Sydney at NSW Golf Club and Playfair.
Two bags · NZ$850 (~$480) eachLocal GC finished its first Sunday bag prototype in October 2025, and every bag since has been a one-off or a tiny drop. The build is the same each time: heavy canvas, real leather, solid brass, a leather divider and an 8-inch stainless steel hoop, with the Time of Leisure bird or the swallow stitched somewhere you find later. These two are the only ones in the shop, and the photos show the exact bag you would get.
Photography · Local GC’s ownLocal GC shoots the Sunday bags on the Orewa coast and in the workshop.
Eight covers · NZ$79–$110 (~$45–$62)This is the heart of the brand. Most of Local GC’s embroidery comes from the sporting field and the shoreline: a mallard, a flushing pheasant, a swallow, the dove it calls Time of Leisure, the birds on the beach at Orewa, and a fly-fishing lure. Some sit alone on the canvas; others are scattered at random, so no two covers match. The flies are there for no reason at all, which Local GC happily admits.
Photography · Local GC’s ownLocal GC shoots its mallards and oilskins on the bag, against brick and turf.
Six covers · NZ$79–$110 (~$45–$62)These are the covers that could only come from this workshop. Mānuka and the silver fern are New Zealand’s own plants, and the crest puts the monogram inside a ring of ferns. The rest are personal: candy hearts for his daughters, Milton’s stapler from Office Space, and a row of dead rats that started as a joke in the workshop and stayed.
Photography · Local GC’s ownLocal GC shoots its covers in real golf bags, out on the course.
Six covers · NZ$99–$120 (~$56–$68)This is the Scottish side of the shop, and the closest Local GC gets to Fyfe. There is vintage Harris Tweed, Scottish windowpane and a heavyweight check with a branded leather top, plus two wildcards in white bouclé and handwoven serape. Several are limited runs with only one or two sizes left, so check the dropdown before you fall for one.
Photography · Local GC’s ownThe wool covers live in a carry bag, at the office as often as on the course.
Four covers · NZ$160–$180 (~$90–$102)Local GC’s premium range is waxed Italian cabretta, cow suede, pigskin suede and full-grain whiskey leather. They cost about twice the canvas covers and they age the most, darkening and softening with every round. The whiskey brown comes in every shape from driver to LAB putter, so you can build a matching set.
Photography · Local GC’s ownMyles shoots the bags wherever he finds a good wall or a picnic table.
Seven covers · NZ$79–$99 (~$45–$56)These are built for New Zealand weather: coastal wind, cold mornings and rain. Local GC uses offshore sailcloth and technical laminates, oilskin that sheds water, and the camo print issued to Australian forces. The Coyote Brown cover even has a bungee on the front for a glove, and the floral one is coated cotton that looks like a camp tea towel.
Photography · Local GC’s ownThe Australian-forces camo shows up on iron covers, pouches and the Sunday bags.
Four covers · NZ$79–$89 (~$45–$50)Sometimes you just want a colour. These are plain heavy canvas, picked by shade, with a small tag or monogram. The Daybreak comes in eight colours, the Nantucket red is dyed in the workshop, and the hessian is the texture of a coffee sack.
Photography · Local GC’s ownLocal GC took the camo Sunday bag down to the beach at Orewa, and shot the Daybreak in the street.
Five covers · NZ$99–$160 (~$56–$90)Local GC is one of the few makers cutting mallet covers to fit LAB’s torque-balanced putters, the DF3, Mezz and OZ1, and every mallet cover here has that option in the dropdown. The closures are magnetic, not velcro. The mallard and silver fern from the headcovers carry over, so the putter can match the woods.
Photography · Local GC’s ownLocal GC shoots its putter covers on the club, on grass and turf.
Eight pieces · NZ$50–$150 (~$28–$85)The practice gear is as thought through as the covers. The shag bag was field-tested in New Zealand before it went on sale, with an off-centre handle and a brass eyelet so you can hose the sand out. There are pouches in canvas and wool, two rangefinder cases and a shoe bag you can monogram. The merbau alignment sticks are beautiful, but they only ship within New Zealand.
Photography · Local GC’s ownLocal GC photographs the shoe bag where you would actually use it: in the locker room.
Five pieces · NZ$18–$110 (~$10–$62)Very few small golf brands make flags, and Local GC makes them properly: regulation size, in outdoor fabric, with eyelets for a wall or a spine for a pin, and full 18-hole sets for clubs. The clothing is a short list: a swallow ¼ zip, a monogram beanie, and the Greenside bucket hat and tee for kids.
Photography · Local GC’s Upcycled CustomsSend Local GC your own clothes and it will rework them: here, a New Balance running jacket became a set of wood covers.
By hand in Local GC's own workshop in Orewa, north of Auckland, New Zealand. Everything is cut, sewn and embroidered in-house.
Yes. US orders are charged NZ$35 per item and each item is sent separately to stay under the tariff thresholds. Customs, duty or tax charges are the buyer's responsibility. International delivery takes 3 to 10 working days once dispatched.
Most headcovers and pouches are made to order, with a lead time of 7 to 10 days before dispatch.
Yes. Its mallet putter covers come cut for LAB's DF3 and other zero-torque putters, and its barrel covers come in a mini driver size for 250 to 320cc heads.
Yes. It offers in-house embroidery for monograms and logos, custom golf flags and 18-hole flag sets, and it will rework your own clothing into headcovers through its Upcycled Customs service.
