Manors Golf, Revisited — The Brand That Rejected Technical Golf, Then Became a Technical Golf Brand

By · Updated September 22, 2026

Published September 2, 2026London · est. 201931 pieces · $61–$301
Manors Golf — lookbook photograph
The TGI Take

What we like about Manors is that it argued itself into a corner and then built its way out. The 2019 pitch from Jojo Regan and Luke Davies was that the industry was solving a problem they did not have — they had spent a summer playing in clothes that were nothing like golf clothes and been fine. Seven years on the rack holds Polartec polos and recycled technical trousers, which ought to be a climbdown and instead reads as the brand growing up without changing its mind about how things should look.

The Outsider Polartec® Polo at $114 is where you see it: modern fabric cut to a silhouette Nick Watts pointed at golf’s golden age, so it performs like this decade and photographs like 1968.

It suits the player who wants the Palmer-era line without vintage-era sizing, and who would rather the clothes carry into the afternoon. Entry is $61; the collab racks run to $281.

The Story

Manors is a London golf label founded in 2019 by two school friends who could not find clothes they wanted to play in. Seven years on it sells Polartec polos, recycled technical trousers and quarter-zip mid-layers — which is remarkable mainly because the brand was built on the argument that none of that matters.

The founding pitch was explicit. Jojo Regan and Luke Davies had been playing together through the summer of 2018 dressed nothing like golfers, and concluded that the industry was solving a problem they did not have. Nick Watts joined as Fashion Director and pointed the aesthetic at golf’s golden age — Palmer, Player, Nicklaus — under a line the brand still uses: personality before performance.

The brand went dark on social in spring 2023 and came back as a technical golf brand. What follows is who they were, what changed, the three collaborations that mark the arc, and what is actually hanging on the rail now — because the most interesting thing about the current range is that both halves of the argument are still on it.

“It’s one of the only sports where you can actually choose what to look like and how to dress. That’s such a unique opportunity, and I don’t feel like there’s much flair on the tour anymore.”— Jojo Regan, co-founder, to Hypebeast, 2021

What the Pictures Are Doing

Photography · Manors JournalThe clearest read on Manors is not the product page. It is the Journal — trips to Royal Dornoch, Machrihanish Dunes, Arizona and the Players, shot like a magazine rather than a catalog. The clothes are on people who are playing badly in weather, which is the argument the brand has been making since 2019. All photography below is Manors’ own.

A kilted piper handing a club to a golfer in a Manors jacket at Royal Dornoch
Royal Dornoch · the piper on the first
A golfer in a navy Manors polo and stone trousers at the finish of a swing on the links at Machrihanish Dunes
Machrihanish Dunes · stone trouser, navy polo
A golfer in a Manors sweater walking off a coastal green holding a red flagstick
Tending the stick on a Scottish coastal green
“We didn’t need a technical polo. If I’m wearing a sweat-wicking performance polo, it’s not going to be the difference between me hitting 89 or 79.”— Jojo Regan, co-founder, to Hypebeast, 2021

Who They Were

Regan grew up in the game. Davies came to it late. They played together through the summer of 2018 dressed completely differently — Regan in nothing that resembled golf clothing, Davies in streetwear — and the gap between what they wore and what the industry sold them became the business.

The critique was not that technical apparel was bad. It was that it was aimed at the wrong person. “The game is very committed to focusing on the technical side, the performance, hitting bombs, hitting the balls harder, faster and further,” Regan told Hypebeast in 2021. “We were just about trying to break 90, or 80 on a very good day.”

The second half of the pitch was about class, and it is the part that has aged best. Manors’ own site called golf “the snobbish sport of suburbia” and its perception “uptight, entrenched in tradition and deeply unstylish.” Regan’s objection was not that the country-club image was unappealing but that it was inaccurate. The brand backed it up by endorsing Adem Wahbi, then ranked among the world’s top 50 golfers with disabilities.

“We look at a lot of archive footage, and I couldn’t believe how well the old golfers dressed. The great thing is, everyone is dressed in these outfits. It’s not just the golfers, it’s also the audience. Even the caddies look great.”— Nick Watts, Fashion Director, to Hypebeast, 2021

A Change of Course

In spring 2023 Manors deleted its social history and started again. The repositioning was called A Change of Course, handled by Stink Studios, and it moved the brand from a heritage-leaning lifestyle label to a technical golf brand — the exact category the founders had spent four years arguing was solving the wrong problem.

The reported results are strong, with one caveat about where they come from. A marketing case study of the reposition puts Manors up 859% year on year with a shift away from wholesale toward direct-to-consumer. That figure comes from an industry newsletter rather than a filing or trade press, so hold it loosely. What can be seen from outside is harder to argue with: a Harrods stockist, a Reebok collaboration, and Manors turning up as a playable skin in 2K’s PGA Tour 2025.

The reversal reads less like a contradiction the closer you look at the clothes. The original argument was about who golf apparel was designed for, not what it was made of. A Polartec polo cut loose enough to wear off the course is still answering Regan’s question; it just stopped pretending fabric was the enemy.

A golfer in Manors playing out of a greenside bunker into low evening sun at TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass · greenside, last light
A golfer in a navy Manors shirt swinging on a clifftop tee above the ocean
Clifftop tee · the shirt as outerwear
A golfer in a striped Manors polo and olive trousers addressing a ball among pines
Striped polo, olive trouser, pine straw
A golfer in a navy Manors shirt running up a grassed dune
Between shots at Machrihanish
A man in a black Manors caddie bib walking away across a desert course in Arizona
Arizona · the caddie bib
A golfer in a navy Manors sweater vest and cream shirt carrying a bag on a coastal course
Sweater vest and carry bag, Scotland

The range of terrain is the other tell. A brand arguing that golf clothing was designed for the wrong person has to show the clothing on courses that are not the same manicured parkland every time — Scottish links in a gale, Arizona desert, a clifftop above the Atlantic, pine straw in Florida. The kit reads the same in all four.

A golfer in a striped Manors polo and olive cap spraying a divot on a fairway
Striped polo, olive cap, divot
A golfer in Manors walking a desert course beneath a red rock wall
Red rock, olive kit
A golfer in a Manors beanie mid-swing on a Scottish links course, gorse in the foreground
Scotland, into the wind
“You have hackers up and down the country who aren’t part of a club, or are part of a club because it’s a community. That message was being lost.”— Jojo Regan, co-founder, to Hypebeast, 2021

The Greenskeeper Problem

The clearest object in the current range is a pair of trousers designed for the person who mows the grass rather than the person playing on it. The Recycled Greenskeeper Trouser is $174, cut from 93% recycled nylon with 7% elastane, with four-way stretch, a PFC-free water-resistant finish, an elasticated waistband with a drawcord and eight storage pockets. Manors describes the double pleat at the front as a nod to “timeless on-course etiquette.”

Read that spec sheet with the name taken off and it is a technical golf trouser. Read the silhouette and it is maintenance-shed workwear. That is the argument the brand has been having with itself since 2023, settled inside one garment: the fabric is from this decade, the shape is from the shed behind the pro shop, and neither is pretending to be the other.

The Lightweight Pleated Trouser at $174 runs the same idea through Primeflex™, with a ticket pocket sized for a scorecard. The Recycled Greenskeeper Shorts at $147 carry the pockets and the pleats into summer. All three hang in the range at once, which is the point. Manors did not replace the original half of its argument. It added the other half alongside.

“We wanted to get away from current products, which are tight fitting and you wouldn’t want to be seen walking down the street in.”— Nick Watts, Fashion Director, to Hypebeast, 2021

In the Wild

Photography · Manors’ own channelsThe case for Manors being the best-photographed label in golf does not get made on the product page. It gets made on the road: Scottish coastline, a desert highway, a hall full of people who clearly turned up together. In most of these frames the clothes are incidental, which is why they work. All photography below is Manors’ own.

A golfer in a Manors polo at the finish of a tee shot on a clifftop fairway with the sea and a rock stack behind
Clifftop tee shot, sea stack behind
A golfer photographed from behind in a Manors jacket with the MANORS back print, lifting a yellow flag out of the hole
The back print, doing the work
Four golfers piling onto each other laughing on a fairway lined with pines
Whatever just happened on that green
A golfer mid-swing on a desert course with red rock buttes on the skyline
Red rock on the skyline
A golfer in a Manors graphic t-shirt standing against a pink painted wall under a LUBRI sign
Off the course entirely
A group portrait of around fifteen people in Manors clothing inside a wood-floored hall
The whole crew, indoors
The September Drop — 6 Pieces

New from the Collection — September 2026

Autumn/Winter 2026 · read September 22, 2026Six pieces from the September drop, and every one of them makes the technical case the 2019 brand said it did not need. Merino, Primaloft, recycled TORAY ripstop. Prices are US dollars as the brand’s US storefront showed them on September 22, 2026; all six were in stock that day.

Manors · September
Merino Tech Hoodie · $301
One hundred per cent merino, which Manors calls the game’s original performance fabric. A hoodie is not a traditional golf garment, and this one sits at the top of the range.
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Manors · September
Ripstop Tech Vest · $214
Manors builds this one in recycled TORAY ripstop, two-way stretch and water repellent. Ripstop earned its reputation outdoors on durability, long before golf took an interest.
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Manors · September
Heritage Primaloft® Cardigan · $214
A cardigan is about as golden-age as golf knitwear gets. This one is rebuilt in Primaloft Active Evolve, an open structure that holds warmth without bulk.
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Manors · September
1/4 Zip Primaloft® Mid-Layer · $187
The insulation ultramarathon runners have used for years, cut into the colour-blocked quarter-zip shape Manors has made its own.
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Manors · September
Ripstop Tech Trouser · $201
Recycled TORAY ripstop cut slim, with enough stretch in it to bend over a putt. Elasticated waistband, water and wind repellent.
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Manors · September
Ranger Mockneck Polo · $127
Manors runs its signature curved style lines through this one, with tonal mesh gussets set under the arms. A mockneck replaces the collar, which is the most 2026 thing in the drop.
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The Permanent Range — 9 Pieces

The Core Collection

Year-round · read September 22, 2026What stays on the rail when a drop sells through, from $61 to $214. Seawool® polos, the Greenskeeper workwear line and the cap the logo came off.

Manors · Core
Lightweight Pleated Trouser · $174
Chinos built in Primeflex™ for stretch and lightness, with double pleats and a ticket pocket sized for a scorecard.
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Manors · Core
Recycled Greenskeeper Shorts · $147
Worker pockets and classic double pleats sit in a water- and wind-resistant recycled performance fabric. This is the Greenskeeper idea at summer length.
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Manors · Core
Insulated Course Gilet · $214
The 2.0 update uses comfortemp® thermal insulation. A gilet is the most useful thing on a British golf course and Manors treats it that way.
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Manors · Core
Highland Mockneck Fleece · $161
Gridded fleece, warm enough to wear alone and light enough to layer. This is the piece doing the most work between October and March.
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Manors · Core
Ranger Golf Jacket · $187
Manors asked out loud why golf is the only sport without an iconic tracksuit to warm up in. This is the top half of its answer.
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Manors · Core
Arc Polo · $127
A twin-tipped collar and a relaxed fit sit against Seawool® fabric. This is the clearest case of the brand running heritage and performance in one garment.
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Manors · Core
Course Polo · $87
The 2.0 update puts the house polo in soft Seawool®. It is the entry point to the range and the shirt most often on the models.
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Manors · Core
Manors Logo T-Shirt · $61
Manors cuts this from 240gsm cotton in a relaxed fit, with a small chest logo. It is the cheapest thing on the rail and the easiest way in.
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Manors · Core
Retro Crown Cap · $61
A baseball classic gets adapted for the course: one size, adjustable snapback, sitting low on the head.
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The Collection — 31 Pieces

The Collab Archive

Collabs · adidas, Reebok, Gentleman JackThree partners in five years, and they get progressively stranger: a sportswear giant, a footwear icon, and a Tennessee whiskey. The adidas capsule is the one that explains the brand’s sense of humor; the Reebok run is the one that put Manors on American feet.

Manors
Reebok x Manors Club C Revenge Golf · $174
The Club C comes rebuilt here as a golf shoe in Legacy Green. Reebok’s first Manors collaboration landed globally on June 10, 2025 as a ten-piece collection, with this and the OG Pump Golf carrying the footwear.
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Manors
Reebok x Manors Harrington Jacket · $241
The most expensive piece in the collab and the one that reads least like golf. A Harrington is a 1960s British jacket; putting one on a fairway is the whole Manors thesis in a single garment.
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Manors
Reebok x Manors Mock Neck Polo · $127
Legacy Green, raised neck, the two marks sharing a chest. The colorway is Reebok’s archive, the silhouette is Manors’ own.
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Manors
Gentleman Jack® x MANORS Blade Polo · $114
The third partner, and the least predictable: a Jack Daniel’s label. Pine green, blade collar, and a co-brand that makes more sense at the halfway house than on the tee.
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Manors
Gentleman Jack® x MANORS Merino Crewneck · $281
The most expensive thing Manors currently sells. Merino, antique colorway, and proof the whiskey collab was given real budget rather than treated as a logo swap.
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The Technical Turn

Post-2023 · The Technical LineThis is the half of the range that would not have existed in 2021. Polartec, recycled fabric, tech mid-layers, packable shells — the vocabulary of exactly the technical golf apparel the founders originally said nobody needed.

Manors
Outsider Polartec® Polo · $114
A branded performance fabric on a Manors polo. In 2021 the pitch was that a sweat-wicking polo would not change your score; in 2026 Polartec is on the label.
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Manors
Outsider Polartec® Hoodie · $174
The same fabric in a hoodie, in Shark gray. Golf hoodies were a punchline five years ago and are now a category.
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Manors
1/4 Zip Tech Mid-Layer · $161
The quarter-zip mid-layer is the single most technical-looking garment in the range and one of the better-cut ones. Dune, ribbed cuffs, high collar.
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Manors
Recycled Greenskeeper Trouser · $174
Recycled fabric, workwear name, black. The Greenskeeper line is where the technical reposition and the old British-labour romance actually meet.
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Manors
Lightweight Course Jacket · $214
Packable shell in Dune. The kind of piece a 2019 Manors would have left to Galvin Green.
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What Survived the Rebrand

Carried Over · The Original ArgumentThe reposition did not erase the original brand. The golden-age research Nick Watts describes — archive footage, Getty images of majors, the crowds as much as the players — is still visible in the cuts and the knitwear.

Manors
Stableford Trouser · $187
Manors describes it as classic workwear with a nod to golf’s golden era, which is the whole pre-2023 pitch stated as a product description. The silhouette is wide and cuffed and belongs to no current golf brand; the Primeflex fabric it is cut from belongs to all of them.
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Manors
Heritage Check Polo · $114
Black, checked, and named for the thing it is. The heritage line is the counterweight to the Polartec end of the rail.
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Manors
Reversible V-Neck Vest · $161
The V-neck vest is pure Palmer-era golf, reversible so it earns its place in a small wardrobe. Dune.
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Manors
Club Polo · $127
The house polo in black. Dropped shoulder, relaxed body — cut so you could wear it off the course, which was the founding argument and still holds.
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Manors
Tour Shirt · $161
A camp-collar shirt in dark olive, sized to be worn open. The single most un-golf garment Manors makes.
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Manors
Barrel Driver Cover · $67
Black barrel cover, no pattern, no joke. Manors’ accessories are deliberately the quietest things they sell.
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The Questions

Who founded Manors Golf?

Jojo Regan and Luke Davies, school friends who reconnected over golf as adults, set up Manors in London in 2019. Regan is a lifelong golfer; Davies came to the sport later. They were joined by Nick Watts as Fashion Director, who shaped the brand's look around golf's golden age.

Why did Manors rebrand in 2023?

In spring 2023 Manors wiped its social channels and relaunched — a repositioning it called 'A Change of Course', handled by Stink Studios — moving from a heritage-leaning lifestyle label to a technical golf brand. It is a genuine reversal of the brand's founding pitch, which was that golfers did not need technical apparel.

Did the Manors rebrand work?

By the available accounts, yes. A marketing case study of the repositioning reports the brand up 859% year on year with a shift from wholesale to direct-to-consumer. That figure comes from a single industry newsletter rather than a filing, so treat it as indicative. What is independently visible: a Harrods stockist, the Reebok collaboration, and Manors appearing as a playable skin in 2K's PGA Tour 2025.

What collabs has Manors done?

Three notable ones. adidas Golf, 'The Beautiful Game' in SS21, a golf-meets-football capsule launched against The Open and Euro 2020 whose crest swapped England's three lions for three golf irons. Reebok, first in June 2025 as a ten-piece collection with the OG Pump Golf and Club C Revenge, and again in 2026. And an ongoing Gentleman Jack® partnership with Jack Daniel's.

Where is Manors based and where does it ship?

London. The brand sells direct through manorsgolf.com with US dollar pricing, and is stocked at Harrods among other retailers. Prices in the current range run from $61 for the logo t-shirt to $301 for the September Merino Tech Hoodie.

Is Manors actually technical now, or is it styling?

Both, and the range splits cleanly. The Outsider pieces use Polartec, the Greenskeeper line uses recycled fabric, and the quarter-zip mid-layers are built as mid-layers. Alongside them sit a knitted baker boy cap and a reversible V-neck vest that make no performance claim at all. The rebrand added a technical half rather than replacing the original one.

What does Manors mean by 'personality before performance'?

It is the line the brand used at launch, drawn from studying Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus — the argument that how golf looked in its golden age counts for more than marginal fabric gains. The phrase predates the 2023 reposition, which is part of what makes the reposition interesting.

What is the Manors Greenskeeper line?

It is the part of the range cut from groundskeeper workwear rather than golf clothing. The Recycled Greenskeeper Trouser ($174) uses 93% recycled nylon with a PFC-free water-resistant finish, an elasticated drawcord waist and eight pockets, and Manors calls its double front pleat a nod to on-course etiquette. The Lightweight Pleated Trouser ($174) runs the same shape in Primeflex™ with a scorecard-sized ticket pocket, and the Recycled Greenskeeper Shorts are $147.

What did Manors release in September 2026?

An autumn/winter drop built almost entirely on performance fabric: a Merino Tech Hoodie at $301, a Ripstop Tech Vest and a Heritage Primaloft® Cardigan at $214 each, a 1/4 Zip Primaloft® Mid-Layer at $187, a Ripstop Tech Trouser at $201 and a Ranger Mockneck Polo at $127. Prices read from the brand’s US storefront on September 22, 2026.

How much does Manors cost?

The permanent range starts at $61 for the Manors Logo T-Shirt and the Retro Crown Cap, with the Course Polo at $87 and most polos between $114 and $127. Outerwear and mid-layers run $161 to $214. The September 2026 Merino Tech Hoodie at $301 is the most expensive piece in the current collection. All figures are US dollars, read from manorsgolf.com on September 22, 2026.

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