Poll: Golfing headgear

[billyg]

Not sure if i'll get the polling bit right but i'll give it a go to.

Been given a fairly wide brimmed hat think it's a sort of Fedora. Great for work and looks quite smart if a little unconventional on the streets of London.

Occured to me it might be pretty good for golf too. With a prettmuch hair-free pate it'll keep the sun off in summer, the rain off.....in summer too.

Probably not the first choice of headwear for most but too much for the course?

What's the hat of choice amongst the GMers?

One choice on the first poll and two on the second to cover variable weather

Voting required to view results

 

[Atticus_Finch]

I wear whats appropriate for the conditions.
ie, If it's cold, I'll wear a woolie number.
If it's sunny, I'll wear a cap.
If it's neither, I won't wear anything.

 

[MVP]

I wear whats appropriate for the conditions.
ie,
If it's neither, I won't wear anything.

god i hope its raining in angus!

 

[Smudge]

i'm with AF on this one.

 

[Dave3498]

I wear a baseball cap in the winter, and in the summer and overseas I use one of those openweave straw hats pioneered by Greg Norman. They are excellent in windy conditions. No fear of them blowing away at a critical time. No good for UK winters though.

 

[billyg]

sorry all, seems ive only given 1 option on the choice of headgear poll. Have tried to change it(hence 'edited by billyg etc) but no luck.

one choice it is then...unless the mods. can sort it out?

bill

 

[toonarmy]

Winter - lovely warm bobblehat, because I like to feel like a child at times.

Summer - visor, because I can't stand what a cap does to my hair and, more importantly, my head. I never used to wear anything, but I've found that the peak helps focus my eyes on the ball through the swing, especially on putts.

Abroad - the Panama has been known to make an occasional appearance, with all due insults duly noted!

 

[John_Findlay]

Agree with A_F on this one, though, being the baldy type I'll never go headgear free...vanity.

Please knock yourselves out on any headgear as long as it's not a feckin' trilby! Only Sean Connery can get away with that one (Goldfinger golf clip attached...nice!).

Have you seen the William Hunt Trilby Tour? What a bunch of posing @*&*^%$ !

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0F9TW8Z7lyw

 

[Parmo]

Go for it fella, have you seen what hats the yanks wear!! I myself usually wear a baseball cap or beanie if cold.

 

[madandra]

Have you seen the William Hunt Trilby Tour? What a bunch of posing @*&*^%$ !

I picked one up, thought about it for the big match and realised I would get the p155 ripped out of me so bought a Titleist Wooly

 

[John_Findlay]

Well caught there, Andy. Sounds like a close call, though.

 

[tpred]

Im the same as AF
cap if its sunny
Beanie if its cold

 

[medwayjon]

I wear whatever is appropriate.

If its cold a beanie or thinsulated hat.

Otherwise a visor or baseball cap in sunny conditions.

If cloudy and warm, no headgear.

Shame for freezing cold sunny days there isn't a beanie/cap combo I have seen other that G-Star at £70 - ha ha ha, £70 for a hat? Yeah right!

 

[brendy]

Same as parmo, if its cold, a wooly beanie or a titleist baseball cap with the lettering raised in thick 3d stitching.

 

[MikeH]

with three less hairs on my head than John_Findlay I too need to protect/insulate my heed

summer... usually a cap. Or if I'm feeling brave my daughter's factor 40 suncream, reapplied every 2 holes

winter... often go for the cap plus fleece beannie hat over the top (I have the added factor of glasses to legislate for when it rains)

once tried a visor... looked like a boiled egg in a cup. Never again

 

[rgs]

In winter it has to be a wooly hat-in summer a baseball cap however when its raining I wear a waterproof baseball cap-it keeps the glasses drier than a normal cap.

 

[Basher]

Baseball cap when it's nice and warm. Woolie hat when it's chapping my a**e off!!!

 

[Toad]

Usually nothing but with Mike on the glasses front so baseball cap when it's raining.

 

[toonarmy]

Remarkably, given Noah's recent revival, I forgot to include my bucket hat for the rain. Immeasurably superior to any other type of headwear when the heavens open.

 

[billyg]

Remarkably, given Noah's recent revival, I forgot to include my bucket hat for the rain. Immeasurably superior to any other type of headwear when the heavens open.

Well, at roughly 5.6/1 the 'i's have it. Sorry if I annoy the dissenters but you can have a good laugh at me- gratis. Just don't knock my teeth out for my intransigence please.

If you find yourself on a golf course one sunny day with someone attempting to look like Yul Brynner or Billy F Gibbons from ZZ Top and looking more like a poorly funded eugenic hybrid of a fat, tired milky bar kid and Jo 90 that'll be me then.


As always, thank you to the people who took the time to respond.

I value your input

Regards,

billyg