Seamus turns the headcover into the most personal object in the bag, in registered Irish tartans and licensed Pendleton wool, and the company started with one that was falling apart. Akbar Chisti’s father had given him a wool cover from a famous links club, Royal Troon by the company’s own telling, and it had worn through. His wife Megan was a womenswear designer at Pendleton Woolen Mills, so in 2011 she remade it from fabric remnants, sewed a few more for his golf group, and then the two of them were running a company out of their garage. It is named after their Irish Terrier, Seamus O’Reily, and you pronounce it SHAY-mus.
The first wholesale order came from Bandon Dunes, where Akbar had caddied in college. Fifteen years later the operation still cuts and sews everything in Beaverton, Oregon, in wool, leather, canvas and seersucker, with fabric from Pendleton and from UK mills including parliament-protected Harris Tweed. It wholesales to roughly 700 shops worldwide and the Chistis still own all of it.
Two things make Seamus more than a nice accessories company. The first is the 2016 Ryder Cup, when Matt Kuchar commissioned personalized American flag covers for the entire U.S. team: thirteen hand-cut stripes, fifty embroidered stars, each one sewn in Oregon. The second is the blacksmith. The Hand Forged line of markers, pitch tools and money clips is hammered rather than cast, by a smith in Portland who now does about ninety per cent of his business with Seamus. The USGA lets them set up and hammer markers on-site at U.S. Open merchandise pavilions, where the brand has sold every year since Chambers Bay in 2015.
The catalogue has three parts. Driver and fairway covers are the engine of the company, at $120 to $170. The putter shelf is where the fabric library shows off, in registered Irish tartans, Hawaiian barkcloth and licensed Pendleton patterns. The forged bench runs $36 to $76, and hand-stamped personalization on it is free.
Nine covers · $120 to $170Driver and fairway covers are the engine of the company, cut and sewn in the Beaverton workshop in wool, leather, canvas and seersucker. Their site also runs a Customizer that builds one-offs out of panels, fasteners and linings.
Six covers · $120 to $170The putter shelf is where the fabric library shows off: parliament-protected Harris Tweed, registered Irish tartans, Hawaiian barkcloth and licensed Pendleton patterns, fleece-lined and shaped for blades and mallets. It sits closest to the covers Megan Chisti first sewed in the garage.
Eight pieces · $36 to $76The other half of the workshop runs on metal and cloth: markers hammered by an actual blacksmith in Portland, a bottle-opener bag tag, Pendleton towels and one very quotable shirt. Personalization on the forged pieces is hand-stamped in-house and free.
Akbar and Megan Chisti, in 2011, working out of their garage in the Portland area. Megan was a womenswear designer at Pendleton Woolen Mills; the company began when she remade a worn-out wool headcover that Akbar's father had given him from a famous links club, then sewed prototypes for his golf group.
Beaverton, Oregon — designed, hand-cut, sewn and packaged in their own workshop, with a storefront at the same address. Wool comes from Pacific Northwest mills including Pendleton and from mills in the UK, including genuine Harris Tweed from the Outer Hebrides.
At the 2016 Ryder Cup, Matt Kuchar commissioned personalized American flag covers for the entire U.S. team — thirteen hand-cut stripes and fifty embroidered stars each. Kuchar also carried Seamus at the 2016 Olympics, and Bill Murray used one in the Ryder Cup celebrity match. The USA Wool "Patriot" cover in the standing line descends from that commission.
Yes — they have sold at every U.S. Open since Chambers Bay in 2015, and they hammer ball markers on-site at the championship merchandise pavilion. The 2026 Shinnecock Hills capsule (driver cover, mallet cover, pouch, flask, markers) is on their site now.
The metal pieces — ball markers, pitch tools, money clips, bag tags — are hand-hammered by the brand's blacksmith in Portland, who now does roughly ninety per cent of his work for Seamus. They are not cast or poured, each comes out slightly different, and hand-stamped personalization up to five characters is free.
The company is named after the founders' Irish Terrier, Seamus O'Reily. It is pronounced SHAY-mus.
Authentic registered tartans — Scottish patterns, a full Irish county collection, and custom tartan work. For the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach they registered an original design with the Scottish Register of Tartans. It is the most serious fabric program in golf accessories.
Driver covers run roughly $120 to $170 depending on fabric — seersucker and corduroy at the low end, full leather at the top. Putter covers sit between $120 and $170, hand-forged markers at $36 to $48, and the entry point is a $20 wooden bag tag.
Akbar Chisti caddied at Bandon Dunes in college, and the resort placed the brand's first wholesale order — Seamus credits it with getting the company off the ground. Megan quit her Pendleton job shortly after. The pro shops there still carry a dedicated Seamus line.
Roughly 700 wholesale accounts worldwide — up from about 45 in the early days — including Japan, the UK and Australia, while the couple still owns the company outright and production stays in Oregon.
