Golf Club Apparel: Polos, Shorts and Season Colourways

A club buys a season, not a shirt. The order starts with the two or three colourways the season will run in, then the polo structure, the shorts or skort, and a mid layer that carries the same colours. Minimums are counted at 100 pieces per style per colour, with sizes mixed inside a colour, so three colours across two styles is six minimum units. Sampling runs 3–7 days and bulk runs 15–25 days after written approval, neither including shipping. Send the colours, the reference styles and the crest, and the whole set can be quoted as one programme instead of four separate enquiries.

Start with the Season Colourway, Not a Single Style

Colour is the decision that multiplies. A polo made in three colourways is three minimum units rather than one, because the minimum is counted per style and per colour. Settling the palette before settling the styles keeps that multiplication visible while it can still be changed: two colours across four slots is eight units, three colours across the same four slots is twelve.

Write the palette down as references or as a physical swatch, and decide which slots share it. A colour that appears on the polo, the shorts and the mid layer is one colour decision serving three garments; a colour used on one polo and nothing else is a separate fabric buy for a single slot. A club that also stocks a pro shop can run the same palette across the retail slot instead of opening a second one.

Where a season colour already exists at a mill you work with, say so at enquiry stage. Fabric can be sourced from a supplier you nominate, and naming it early keeps the colour and the fabric decision in the same conversation rather than in two rounds of sampling.

Polo Structure: Collar, Placket, Cuff and Fabric

Four decisions separate one club polo from another, and all four belong on the tech pack before sampling starts. Reference shapes sit in our polo shirt category; send the closest one and the changes you want.

• Collar. A rib-knit collar, or a knit collar with a bonded stand. Collar curl is the most common quality complaint on a golf polo, and a lightweight fused collar on a performance knit is where it starts.
• Placket. Two or three buttons, fused or knit facing, with a reinforced box stitch at the base. On a stretch fabric the facing has to move with the shell or it will ripple.
• Cuff. A rib cuff or a plain self-fabric cuff. Sleeve length and cuff tension decide whether the sleeve stays put through a swing.
• Fabric. A piqué knit or a seamless knit. Piqué is the club and resort default; seamless and bonded builds give a cleaner silhouette with laser-cut edges and bonded seams.

Anything left open is quoted to our house standard, which is a good standard but may not be the garment you pictured. One more point on counting: the same fabric in two different blocks is two styles, each with its own minimum. A men’s and a ladies’ polo in one knit and one colour is two units of 100 pieces, not one unit of 200.

Shorts, Skorts and Golf Skirts: Knit or Woven

The lower half of the set is a fabric decision as much as a style one. A knitted short and a woven short in the same colour are two styles and carry separate minimums, because the fabric differs, so the choice is worth making deliberately rather than by which photograph looks better.

Our shorts category carries both readings of the same slot. On the knitted side there are quick-dry golf shorts with four-way stretch, relaxed-fit walking golf shorts with pockets, and cooling knitted fitness shorts. On the woven side there are woven training shorts in a regular fit. Pick the closest and name the changes — length, waistband, pocketing, fabric — and the style is engineered from there.

For the women’s slot, a skort or a golf skirt answers the same brief. Stretchy high-waisted skorts with a pleated athletic cut, and slim-fit golf skirts with a high waist, are both already running on our lines, and they can be made in the season colourway so the set reads as one programme.

Building the Season Set Around the Polo

A season set is the polo plus one lower-body slot plus one mid layer, all in the season colours. The mid layer comes from our jackets category, where knitted zip-through training tops and woven training tops both exist — so the same set can be built with either hand, and the one that matches the polo fabric is the one that makes the set look like a single purchase.

The ladies’ version is built from its own base pattern — narrower shoulder, shaped waist, adjusted placket and sleeve — rather than graded down from the men’s block. That costs a little more in sampling and fits considerably better, and it counts as its own style. If the club runs both, plan two minimum units per colour for the polo slot before you plan anything else.

Keeping the set to three slots is what makes the numbers manageable. Each slot added is another style to sample, another spec sheet to approve and another minimum to fill; three slots in two colours is six units, and that is already a full season of apparel for a club programme.

Where the Club Crest Goes and How It Is Applied

Placements are left chest, sleeve and back yoke. The method follows the artwork and where it sits:

• Embroidery — the club default for a left-chest crest, with the backing chosen so the logo does not pucker on a light performance knit.
• Heat transfer — full-colour artwork, member names and numbers, with a near-flat hand feel.
• Engineered jacquard — knitted into the body or the collar, so it cannot crack or peel.
• Silicone badge — a low-profile raised mark on the chest or sleeve.

We digitise your logo and return a stitch-out photograph on an actual garment before bulk production starts, so the placement and the scale are approved on fabric rather than on a screen. Trims carry supplier minimums of their own — woven labels and hangtags at 1,000 pieces each, jacquard labels and silicone badges at 300 pieces each — and those run alongside the garment minimums rather than stacking on top of them.

Counting Minimums and Working Back from the Season Date

Three colours across two styles is six units of 100 pieces. Sizes can be mixed within a single colour at no extra cost, so one unit covers the full size run you name for that colour — the size curve is your decision, and it does not change the count. Any slot built with bonded or seam-sealed joins starts at 200 pieces per style per colour instead, because the film, temperature, pressure and dwell time are validated for that fabric pairing before bulk cutting begins.

Work backwards from the first competition day or the shop opening. Sampling takes 3–7 days and bulk takes 15–25 days after written approval and deposit, and neither figure includes shipping. Repeats move faster, because the pattern, the grading and the approved sample already exist — worth knowing if the season needs a top-up after the first event rather than a fresh development.

Team and club orders with fixed delivery dates are also covered on our team and club uniform production page, and the golf-specific fabric and construction detail sits on our golf polo shirt manufacturing page. To start, send a reference style link or a tech pack, the quantity you need in each colour, the size range, the fabric, and the decoration method with its placements; the SLSPOLO team will come back with a quotation for the set.

Frequently asked questions

How many pieces does a three-colour golf club season order need?

The minimum is 100 pieces per style per colour, and sizes can be mixed within a single colour at no extra cost. Three colours across two styles is therefore six minimum units, or 600 pieces in total before any size distribution. If a slot is built with bonded or seam-sealed joins, that slot starts at 200 pieces per style per colour instead of 100. Send the colour count and the style count and we will confirm the total before sampling.

Can sizes be mixed inside one colour for a club order?

Yes. The minimum is counted per style and per colour, so one unit of 100 pieces covers the full size run you name for that colour. You decide the size curve, and mixing sizes does not add to the minimum or to the count. Where a club runs both a men’s and a ladies’ version, those are two styles from two blocks, so each carries its own 100-piece minimum per colour.

Which crest method should a golf club choose for a left-chest logo?

Embroidery is the club default for a left-chest crest, with the backing chosen so the mark does not pucker on a light performance knit. Heat transfer suits full-colour artwork, member names and numbers. Engineered jacquard is knitted into the body or collar and cannot crack or peel, and a silicone badge gives a low-profile raised mark. We digitise your logo and return a stitch-out photograph on an actual garment before bulk starts.

Do woven labels and badges add to the garment minimum?

No. Trim supplier minimums run alongside the garment minimums rather than stacking on top of them. Woven labels and hangtags start at 1,000 pieces each, and jacquard labels and silicone badges start at 300 pieces each. The garment itself stays at 100 pieces per style per colour, or 200 for bonded and seam-sealed builds, so the trim count is planned separately in the same order.

How long does a club season order take from sample approval?

Sampling takes 3–7 days and bulk production takes 15–25 days after written approval and deposit, with both figures excluding shipping. A season set with three slots is sampled together, so the clock is driven by the slot that needs the most development rather than by the number of styles. Repeat orders move faster, because the pattern, the grading and the approved sample already exist.