Scott Matthews was an investment banker in New York who couldn’t find a cotton polo he wanted to wear on a golf course. So he quit finance, moved to Dallas, and built Olydoe — a brand founded on what he calls an “anti-polyester manifesto.” Launched in October 2025, every piece is made from Supima cotton with hollow-core yarn technology that delivers performance without the plastic feel. Crafted in Los Angeles, shipped from Kansas City, hats finished by hand in Portland, Oregon.
The name comes from combining the stars on the Chicago flag and the Texas flag — a nod to Matthews growing up in rural Illinois and planting the brand in Dallas. The brand DNA runs deeper than fabrics: his grandmother owned a fabric store, his mother used to embroider polos for his youth golf team. Press has called Olydoe “the Buck Mason of golf,” and LINKS Magazine named it one of seven under-the-radar brands to watch.
The product line is deliberately tight — three polos in different stripe patterns, a long-sleeve option, a pique polo, one tee, and three hats. At $30 to $115, the entire lineup sits in a price range that says the brand is serious about the product, not the markup. No synthetics, no filler SKUs, no noise. Just cotton that actually feels like cotton, on a golf course.
