Book the tee time early enough and you might actually start in the sixties, but you will be finishing in the seventies and eighties. That is fall golf in Austin, and the shirt that handles both is a good tee, heavier cotton or a long sleeve, worn on its own or under a vest you can peel off at the turn.
So this is twenty-six of them from independent golf brands, sorted three ways. The long sleeves cover the cool mornings. The heavyweights and blanks are the quiet tees that go under everything. The graphic tees carry the jokes, the art and one Halloween shirt. Most come in the browns, greens, navies and oatmeals that look right when the course starts to turn.
If you buy one, make it Criquet’s slub long sleeve. It is made by an Austin brand, it has the texture of a shirt you have owned for years, and it works from the first tee to dinner. Prices were read on each brand’s own store on October 9, 2026, and everything was in stock in a medium.
Eleven long sleeves · $30–~$121The fall shirt. A long-sleeve tee covers the cool first nine and the warm back nine without a layer to carry. Here they run from Criquet’s slub pocket tee to Sounder’s knitted stripe, with a heavy boxy Ghost, a garment-dyed Merrill and a Students tee with thermal sleeves sewn in.
Six tees · $49.95–$80The quiet ones: heavy cotton, fall colors and branding kept to a small logo, an embossed spade or an embroidered patch. These go under a quarter-zip or a vest all season.
Nine tees · $36–~$87Fall colors with something to say on the back: a desert state pack, a boxing bird, a sandbagger, a spec-sheet graphic and one Halloween wild card. Most of the art is on the back, so they read best walking off the tee.
A heavier cotton tee or a long-sleeve tee on its own, with a vest or quarter-zip for cold mornings. This guide has 26 fall tees from independent golf brands: eleven long sleeves, six heavyweights and blanks, and nine graphic tees.
Many public and municipal courses allow T-shirts, while private clubs usually require a collar. Check the course's dress code before you go.
In this guide: Criquet's Cotton Slub Long Sleeve ($98) is our pick, Ghost Golf's 285gsm Clubhouse Rebels ($70) is the heaviest, Students' Laurence tee ($70) has waffle-thermal sleeves, and Puttwell's Wordmark L/S is the best value at $30.
A tee cut from thicker cotton, usually 220gsm and up, so it holds its shape and hangs more like a sweatshirt. In this guide, Students (280gsm), Ghost (285gsm), SLICE TOWN (253gsm), Manors and Fella (240gsm) are all heavyweight.
In this roundup, from $30 for Puttwell's Wordmark long sleeve to about $121 for Sounder's Fuzzy Pocket long sleeve. Most are between $40 and $80. Prices were read on October 9, 2026.
