Fairway & Greene Solid Lisle S/S Shirt

This is it. The basic. The classic. The can't-mismatch-it-with-anything golf shirt from the finest maker of golf shirts on the market.

Fairway & Greene's cotton lisle is made from a - stay with us - fine gauge, long staple, two-ply, double mercerized Peruvian pima cotton. Pima Cotton is Fairway & Greene's signature fiber. It is the base of their Golf Shirts and Cotton Sweaters. Pima Cotton is prized all around the world as a luxury fiber because of its silky soft feel and brilliant luster. The feel of the cotton is a result of the excellent growing conditions in the northern coastal valleys where it is cultivated. Peruvian Pima Cotton is harvested by hand, resulting in a brilliant white shade that can be easily dyed. Cotton harvested industrially leaves scratchy impurities, which affect smoothness and creates a yellowish color to the fiber. This fiber is classified as luxury because of its 1 3/8" length, ordinary cottons measure half to three quarters as much in length.If you love that sort of detail, you might also want to know that it is a gassed yarn meaning that the yarn is run over a flame to burn away any impurities.

No one else in the golf apparel business goes to such lengths, which is why these shirts are sold exclusively at private country clubs and only the top public courses (think Pebble Beach). In fact, we sell a book on the site that has the Top 100 Courses in the U.S.; Fairway & Greene shirts are sold at almost all of them: Shinnecock Hills, Pine Valley, Baltusrol, Olympic Club, Seminole, Winged Foot, and Merion to name a few. More importantly, you won't find these shirts at the local muni course or even at the nearby golf superstore.

The ultimate compliment to Fairway & Greene had to be when Hal Sutton, captain of the 2004 U.S. Ryder Cup team approached them about doing the shirts that would be worn by the best American golfers as they represented our country.