The golf tee shirt market used to mean one thing: a polo with a different logo. Not anymore. A new wave of independent brands is making tees that belong on the course and off it — heavyweight American cotton from Dallas print shops, 280 GSM streetwear cuts from brands that study the game, NYC slow fashion with hand-drawn botanicals, Peruvian Pima with UPF 50+. The graphic tee has become golf's most expressive piece of clothing.
We pulled 18 picks from 9 brands for summer 2026. The range runs from the $30 Kingfisher Golfmobile — white with navy illustrations, limited to 100 units — to the $68 Malbon × Arsham Fire At Will, a Daniel Arsham collaboration in heavyweight pocket tee form. In between: Students Golf's mesh performance tee with a back glove pocket, Gumtree's Negroni Club 1919 made from American cotton in NYC, Water When Dry's stone-washed earth tones, and Radmor's UPF 50+ Pima stretch that's the most functional tee in the edit.
Nine brands, six categories, every tee linking directly to the shop. Dallas indie prints, LA streetwear, NYC slow fashion, UK heritage cotton, PNW sustainability, Atlanta culture — the geography of the modern golf tee is as interesting as the tees themselves.
