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Welcome back, Weekend Warriors!

Been a little while. How is everyone? The last 2 months have been busier than the last 10, and I apologize for the sporadicity. With that being said, we have a bunch of jam packed product releases and events to talk about. Long form on NYC, Ryder Cup, and the state of modern golf will come next week. For now, let’s jump right in…

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Letter to the Editor

Questions, comments, and concerns about the state of golf, fashion, pop culture, a hole in one, a really bad playing partner. If you have something to say, say it here! Send your thoughts on Instagram or email [email protected]. With your help, I’m looking forward to starting this column next week!

TGL

The TGL season 2 schedule is out, inching us ever closer to the return of the first ever sport to truly try and go futuristic. While there are three on three basketball leagues, professional futsal tournaments, and even professional flag football, no major sport has been translated and transformed for a new digital era like TGL has with golf. Ironic that one of the world’s oldest games can be morphed into something so modern and unique. But, that still shows the extremely high level of detail and research and execution that went into launching this league. After a successful season 1, there are high hopes for season 2 to take the technology, competition, and fiery back and forth action to an even higher level. If TGL’s resilience and off the cuff adjustments prove anything, it’s that fans can rest assured knowing that anything that could have been upgraded for season 2, will have been. As we inch closer to the December 28 start date, more info will come, but for now take a look at the official TGL season 2 schedule!

The Skins Game

Once a celebrated part of the professional golfing world, The Skins Game features four pros battling it out over 18 holes for skins worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Legends like Arnie, The Shark, Tiger, and Freddie Cups have all played and left their mark on this classic event, not an official PGA Tour event, but recognized by the Tour similar to the Alfred Dunhill Links. In 2008, The Skins Game was stopped, but the idea would transform into The Match, which premiered a decade later. Now, with golf media in a place more unique and open than ever before, what better time than to bring The Skins Game back, with the brains and funds at Pro Shop behind. Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffle, and sad, sad Captain Keegan are going to be duking it out at Panther National on November 28. Hopefully, these guys can fill the huge shoes that walked before them, but I have high hopes.

Oakley Observations

After years of a very close working relationship, Oakley and Hypegolf decided to make it official just over a month ago with the announcement of their collaborative capsule, and it blew my expectations out of the water. The apparel collection consists of some of my favorite tones and cuts, with mauves and steely silver on high necked, baggy sleeved tees. The polos are a little chunky, but the quarter zip has a really cool design. The glasses, though, are on a different level. The model, the Radarlock Path, is one I was not familiar with, but after seeing and trying them on, I immediately fell in love. So light I sometimes forget I’m wearing them (it came with darkened purple lenses and clear ones), with hits of purple on the rubber and above the lenses to beautifully sit within the nice steel-colored stems. And yes, with two lens options, the glasses aren’t just versatile in design, but functional. With my high expectations, I was still blown away with what Hypegolf and Oakley came together to create. I can only hope there is more to come.

Weekly Roundup

Quiet x Adidas

Quiet Golf has announced a first ever partnership with Adidas, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. As Adidas channels both their Originals line into golf as well as multiple partnerships, this one with Quiet Golf combines the vibes and visuals of both to create a collaboration that meshes the clean and sleek comfort of Quiet with the classic silhouettes and design motifs of Adidas. Look for this to release this Friday!

Malbon x Clot

While everyone was focused on USA vs Europe, Malbon was occupied on the other side of the world with their fantastic collection with Clot, the Chinese streetwear brand responsible for my second favorite Air Max 1 of all time (Patta #1). The collection focuses on intricate outerwear with all over patterns, buttons, zippers, even some reversible pieces. The more casual items come with a phenomenal new character, the golfing panda, whose ball marker I will be getting. A great way to combine not just different clothing types, but also cultures, into one big collection, which is as always, grounded together through golf.

Beams x Salomon

Japanese streetwear label Beams, who have a very cool golfing division that loves to do Japanese exclusives, is luckily letting us overseas get a piece of their upcoming collaboration with Salomon, whose influence and appearance in fashion is only getting more frequent and detailed. This upcoming shoe, which drops tomorrow, takes that rugged Salomon look and gives it a colorway with an emphasis on versatility and sleekness, a fun oxymoron that somehow works wonders. The black with purple accents is a great colorway that looks at home on a nature trail just as much as on a sidewalk, although I have a sneaking suspicion they look best with bright neon lights dancing off the upper.

Studio Underd0g x FEARS

British watchmaker Studio Underd0g, launched in 2021, is no stranger to selling out drops and turning heads with their inventive marketing and somehow more inventive designs. British watchmaker FEARS is one of the oldest watchmakers in Britain, a classic family-owned company with over 175 years in operation. (It ceased ops in the 70’s but was revived a decade ago). Both companies brought out the best parts of each other with their collaboration a few months ago, and have decided to run it back next week with an NYC twist. Their “Manhattan” watch, launching exclusively at the Wind Up Watch Fair in NYC that I had the pleasure of attending last year, is another take on the design they produced in their first team up. This time, though, the Manhattan twist isn’t just the exclusive location it’s being sold, but also the dark orange dial made to represent the drink it’s named for. I absolutely love everything about Studio Underd0g, from their design philosophy, to the intricate layering of the face and the paint they use on the dial and the way they handmade everything. Now, I have them to thank for introducing me to a brand as legendary as FEARS. Funny how that works, right?

Eastside Golf x Nike

After a sneaker hiatus, Eastside Golf has returned with a pair of sneakers that potentially outmatch anything they have created to this point, and that is really saying something. But, once you get a glimpse at the colors and shapes used across these kicks, I feel you may agree. They took the Victory Tour 4, my favorite current Nike golf silhouette, and took the classic UNC colorway and manipulated it to make it wholly their own, like the gradient swoosh and the metallic blue plate underfoot. They played to the strengths of the shoe perfectly, hitting it with detail and color in just the right places to give it a clean look from afar, but up close, packed with detail. Speaking of packed with detail, the Air Max Plus carry a detail that I think has only been done once before. Beyond the unbelievably cool shades of blue used all over the shoe, keeping with the sky motif used in the whole collection, the “cage” of the shoe itself is changed to read “Eastside”. Talk about putting your stamp on your work, these become more than just a statement piece, but a statement within itself. The mission Eastside Golf is on has only been further pushed and represented more in modern golf, and these shoes seem like a sure sign that we are moving on to the next steps of not just Eastside’s evolution, but golf as a whole.

WW Watch List

Upcoming drops, a new album on the horizon, a great sports pick that no one else knows about. Welcome to the Watch List.

Solefly x Air Jordan 3

Infinite Archives x Air Jordan 17

What’s on your radar?? Clothes, shoes, watches, clubs, movies, albums. Email me at [email protected] or DM me on Instagram!

Song of the Week

Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones

Stories from the Sticks

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

— Arnold Palmer

I hope you enjoyed the return to the pages of WW! Interviews are ramping up, as are events, and with winter clothing drops on the horizon, you’re going to be hearing from me more and more again very soon! Thanks for sticking around. Talk next week!