Vintage Golf Shirts: Where to Buy Retro Golf Polos, New and Second-Hand

Updated on: October 26, 2026 • ~13 min read

Author: Graeme

Somewhere in a loft near you, there's a 1990s golf shirt that someone would happily pay good money for.

Boxy fits, loud prints and big collars went from embarrassing to collectable, and now brands from adidas to Callaway sell new shirts made to look old.

However, buying vintage golf shirts is harder than it looks. The real thing can be thin, faded or a strange shape, and plenty of "retro" polos are just a normal polo with a stripe on the collar.

The best places to buy vintage golf shirts are specialist sellers like Links Vintage and The Rules of Golf Vintage in the UK, Win The Day in New Zealand and Yesterday's Attic in the US, plus eBay, Vinted and Depop if you know which labels to look for. For new shirts with a retro look, adidas, Callaway's Legacy Collection and Retro Golf Co are the best, and our own Caddie polo is £34.99 ($48).

Below, I'll cover where to buy genuine vintage golf shirts, the old labels worth hunting for, the best new shirts with a retro look, and how to buy second-hand without getting stung. If you're after a whole outfit rather than a shirt, our old school golf outfit guide has you covered.

About the author: Graeme Whiles is the founder of Three Putt Golf Clothing and plays off 14 in West Yorkshire. He has reviewed more than 100 golf clothing brands on this journal and has worn every retro brand on this list.

In this guide:

• Where to buy vintage golf shirts at a glance
• Where to buy genuine vintage golf shirts
• Vintage golf labels worth hunting for
• New golf shirts with a retro look
• How to buy vintage golf shirts second-hand
• Vintage golf shirt FAQs

Where to Buy Vintage Golf Shirts at a Glance

The quick version, whether you want the real thing or a new shirt that looks the part.

• Best value vintage: Links Vintage in Birmingham, where most polos cost around £30.
• Best for collectors: The Rules of Golf Vintage, with graded and measured tour-era shirts from £50 to £100.
• Biggest choice: Win The Day in New Zealand, which ships to the UK and the US.
• In the US: Yesterday's Attic, with vintage golf polos from about $12.
• Best new retro polos: the adidas Originals Archive Pocket Polo (£70 / $100) and Callaway's Legacy Collection (£88 / $89).
• Labels to search for: Ashworth, Greg Norman, Izod, Slazenger and Tiger-era Nike Golf.

My top pick: Links Vintage. It's run by golfers, the shirts are hand-picked, and most polos cost around £30, which is less than plenty of new budget polos. It ships to the US as well, so it works on both sides of the Atlantic.

Where to buy	New or second-hand	Ships to	Typical price
Links Vintage	Second-hand	UK and US	£20 to £75
The Rules of Golf Vintage	Second-hand	UK	£50 to £100
Generation Mulligan	Second-hand	UK and US	About £20 to £70
Win The Day	Second-hand	UK and US, from New Zealand	£29 to £91
Yesterday's Attic	Second-hand	US only	$12 to $100
eBay, Vinted and Depop	Second-hand	Varies by seller	Varies
adidas Originals Archive Pocket Polo	New	UK and US	£70 / $100
Callaway Legacy Collection	New	UK and US	£88 / $89
Retro Golf Co	New	US and international	$55
Club Golf	New	UK and US	£42.99
Golden Hour	New	UK and US	£49.99 / $69
Original Penguin	New	UK and US (separate sites)	£55 / $75
Three Putt The Caddie	New	UK and US	£34.99 / $48

Prices and shipping were checked on October 26, 2026, on each seller's own website. Second-hand stock changes every week, so treat the prices as a guide to what a good vintage shirt costs rather than a promise.

How I Picked These Shops and Brands

Vintage golf shirts are a strange thing to shop for, because no two are the same.

So rather than ranking individual shirts, I've picked the places I'd actually buy from, and judged them on four things:

• Selection: do they specialise in golf, or is it a few polos lost among everything else?
• Honest listings: do they give measurements and show the flaws, or just a blurry photo?
• Price: what a good shirt costs, in pounds and dollars.
• Getting it to you: will they ship to the UK, the US or both?

Three Putt makes a retro polo, The Caddie, so it's in the new-shirts section. Nobody paid to be in this guide, and there are no affiliate links.

Where to Buy Genuine Vintage Golf Shirts

These are the specialists I'd buy from first.

Every shirt is a one-off, so treat the prices as a guide to what a good one costs.

Links Vintage: The Best Value in Britain

Links Vintage is a Birmingham shop started by two golfers, who say the idea came to them on a trip to Japan.

It sells hand-picked 90s country-club and Y2K golf shirts from Nike Golf, Ralph Lauren's Polo Golf, Titleist, Ping, Callaway and TaylorMade, in small drops with no restocks.

Polos run from about £20 to £75, and most sit around £30, so a vintage Izod polo can cost less than a new budget one.

Links Vintage ships to the US as well as the UK.

Best for: your first vintage golf shirt, without spending much.

The Rules of Golf Vintage: Tour-Era Shirts, Graded and Measured

The Rules of Golf Vintage, based in Pinner, north-west London, specialises in tour-era golf clothing from 1985 to 2005: Tiger-era Nike Golf, Greg Norman, Ping, TaylorMade, Slazenger, Ashworth, Pringle and Sunderland.

Every item is graded for condition and measured, which takes the guesswork out of buying online.

It's the priciest shop here, with polos from £50 to £100.

An early-90s Greg Norman polo is typically around £75, and Tiger-era Nike shirts mostly run £75 to £95 at The Rules of Golf Vintage.

Best for: collectors who want the real Tiger-era kit.

Generation Mulligan: 90s Golf From Edinburgh

Generation Mulligan sells "one-of-one pieces" of 90s and early-2000s golf clothing from Edinburgh, with Nike's Tiger Woods range, Greg Norman, Ashworth, Callaway and Ping among the regulars.

New stock goes up every Friday, and its polos have ranged from about £20 to £70.

Generation Mulligan will post to the US too.

Best for: loud 90s prints from a Scottish specialist.

Win The Day: The Golf Shop in a Coffee Shop

Win The Day is the most charming shop on this list: Isaac and his wife, Anna, run it from their coffee shop in Auckland, New Zealand, and it has sold nothing but golf clothing since 2023.

It has hundreds of vintage polos, hats, vests and jackets, and it ships to the UK and US with prices in pounds and dollars. Its polos mostly run from £29 to £91, and a typical polo costs around £62 ($100) at Win The Day.

Every shirt is measured, and it won't take returns for a poor fit, so check the numbers against a polo you already own.

Shipping from New Zealand isn't quick, so order well before you need it.

Best for: the biggest choice of any shop here.

Yesterday's Attic: Cheap Vintage Polos in the US

Yesterday's Attic has been selling 80s and 90s clothing online from Austin, Texas, since 2014, and its golf polos run from $12 to about $100, with Greg Norman, Nike and old tournament shirts.

Its golf polo collection is good hunting for bargains. The catch: it only ships within the US.

Best for: American golfers hunting a bargain.

eBay, Vinted and Depop

The big second-hand marketplaces are where the real bargains are, if you're happy to dig. Search for the label and the decade, like "90s Greg Norman golf polo" or "vintage Ashworth polo", rather than just "vintage golf shirt", and always ask for measurements.

Prices are all over the place, so check what the specialists above charge for the same label before you bid.

Vintage Golf Labels Worth Hunting For

Searching by label, rather than just "vintage golf shirt", is how you find the good stuff. These are the names the specialists stock most, and what makes each one worth hunting for.

• Nike Golf, Tiger era: usually the priciest vintage golf shirts you'll find. Tiger signed with Nike when he turned pro in 1996, the Yin Yang-logo range followed in 1998 and the TW logo arrived in 2001. The partnership ended in January 2024, and Tiger now has his own brand, Sun Day Red, made with TaylorMade.
• Greg Norman: look for the shark. Norman started his clothing line with Reebok in 1992, and its loud abstract polos are a vintage staple, so you'll often see Reebok on the label too. The brand still sells polos, but its own website only ships within the US.
• Ashworth: the label that relaxed golf clothing. John Ashworth co-founded it in California in 1987, Fred Couples was its first ambassador, and its roomy, colourful polos are what most people picture when they think of 90s golf. The brand is still going, now owned by Hong Kong's YGM Trading.
• Izod: the crocodile polos Americans called "Izod Lacoste" came from a licensing deal that ran from 1952 to 1993, and the crocodile was always Lacoste's logo, not Izod's. Izod had its own golf line too, and vintage Izod golf polos are often among the cheapest on the rack.
• Slazenger: a London sports brand that dates back to 1881, whose products were used by Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros and Tom Watson. Its vintage golf shirts, old Masters polos included, are a world away from the budget Slazenger polos on the high street today.
• Munsingwear: the original penguin. Its Grand Slam golf shirt, launched with the penguin logo in 1955, was the best-selling golf shirt of the 1960s and 70s, and both Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus wore it. New Munsingwear golf shirts are only sold in Japan now, but the penguin lives on at Original Penguin, below.

Ping, Callaway, TaylorMade and Ralph Lauren's Polo Golf turn up a lot too, and old tournament shirts are worth a look if you want one with a story.

New Golf Shirts With a Retro Look

If you'd rather have a new shirt with a vintage look, and modern stretch, these are the retro golf shirts I'd buy new.

adidas Originals Archive Pocket Polo: The Big-Brand Throwback

adidas UK has a "Retro" golf polo category, but most of it is its standard performance polo with a retro tag.

The Originals Archive Pocket Polo is the real throwback: a chest pocket, a four-button collar and what adidas calls "archival style".

It's £70 ($100), in 65% cotton and 35% recycled polyamide, so it feels more like a vintage shirt than a modern performance polo.

Best for: a retro polo from a brand that was there the first time.

Callaway Legacy Collection: Golden-Age Colour Blocking

Callaway launched its retro Legacy Collection in April 2025 and added a second wave of polos in April 2026, built around colour blocking, heritage-weight knits and striping.

The Premium Mixed Media Golf Polo is £88 ($89), in a light nylon and elastane knit with woven panels across the shoulders and a circular Callaway logo.

Best for: a retro look with full modern performance.

Retro Golf Co: Made in the USA, Built for the 90s

Retro Golf Co is a small Michigan brand "recreating retro golf apparel while keeping people and the planet top of mind".

Its Back 9 Polo is $55, made in the USA from a polyester and spandex interlock with four-way stretch, and the maker says it fits big, so size down for a slimmer fit.

Best for: a bold 90s print you can actually play in.

Club Golf: Retro Football Shirts, Reworked for Golf

Club Golf, from Northern Ireland, makes new golf polos inspired by classic football shirts, like the England '90 polo modelled on the Italia 90 away kit.

The England '90 Polo is £42.99, in a stretchy polyester and spandex knit.

The polos are unofficial, so they're not licensed by the clubs, and US orders can't be refunded or exchanged.

Best for: football fans who'd rather be on the golf course.

Golden Hour: Masters-Style Stripes From Buckinghamshire

Golden Hour is a small label from Marlow that makes cotton polos with contrast collars and stripes inspired by the Masters.

Its Heritage Polo costs £49.99, or $69 in the US, and it's all cotton with a classic cut.

Best for: a vintage-feel cotton polo from a British brand.

Original Penguin: The 1955 Penguin in a Modern Fabric

Original Penguin is the modern home of Munsingwear's 1955 penguin, a bird called Pete, and it still makes a golf range with him on the chest.

In the UK, the Pete's Bow Tie Golf Polo is £55. The same shirt is $75 on the US site, where it's called the Pete's ParTech Bow Tie Golf Polo.

Underneath, it's a modern performance polo in a polyester and elastane stretch knit, so the retro part is the three-button placket and the penguin rather than the cut.

Best for: a heritage logo with modern stretch.

Three Putt The Caddie: Our Retro Polo

Full disclosure: this one's ours.

The Caddie is a midweight 240gsm polo in 65% cotton and 35% polyester, with contrast tipping on the collar, placket and cuffs, and our cow carrying its golf bag on the chest.

It's £34.99 ($48), in cream with green, black with cream, and tan with cream, and sizes run from S to 3XL.

Best for: a new polo that looks like it's been in your dad's wardrobe since 1978.

How to Buy Vintage Golf Shirts Second-Hand

Buying second-hand is half the fun of vintage golf shirts, but a few checks will save you a lot of disappointment.

• Measure, don't trust the label: sizing has changed over the decades, and a large from the 1990s can fit very differently from a large today. Ask for the chest measurement, armpit to armpit, and compare it with a shirt you already own.
• Check the collar first: curled or frayed collar tips are almost impossible to fix, whereas a small mark on the body is usually easier to live with.
• Read the fabric label: older golf shirts are often cotton or early polyester blends, so they feel heavier and stretch less than a modern performance polo.
• Look for fading: sun-bleached shoulders and yellowed whites are common on shirts that have seen a few summers, and photos don't always show it.
• Add up the real cost: buying from an overseas seller can mean extra shipping and import charges, so check what you'll pay at the door before you fall for a shirt.

And remember that a vintage shirt still has to pass your club's dress code. Most collared golf shirts will, but our golf dress code guide covers the exceptions.

Final Thoughts

The best thing about a vintage golf shirt is that nobody else at the club will be wearing the same one.

Start with a specialist like Links Vintage or The Rules of Golf Vintage, where someone has already done the digging, then try eBay and Vinted once you know which labels and sizes suit you.

And if you'd rather your polo came with stretch and a returns policy, a new retro shirt gives you the look without the gamble.

Our own retro polo, The Caddie, is £34.99 ($48), with contrast tipping and our cow on the chest. UK delivery is on us, and US delivery is free from $40.

For the history behind the look, our old school golf outfit guide goes from plus fours to the Tiger era, while our best golf polos roundup covers the modern options.

Frequently Asked Questions About Vintage Golf Shirts

Where can I buy vintage golf shirts?

Specialist sellers are the safest place to start. In the UK, Links Vintage, The Rules of Golf Vintage and Generation Mulligan all sell hand-picked 90s and Y2K golf shirts, and Win The Day ships from New Zealand to the UK and the US. American golfers can try Yesterday's Attic, where polos start at about $12. eBay, Vinted and Depop can be cheaper, if you search by label.

What brands made 90s golf shirts?

The labels vintage sellers stock most are Ashworth, Greg Norman, Nike Golf (especially the Tiger Woods range), Izod, Slazenger, Ping, Callaway, TaylorMade and Ralph Lauren's Polo Golf. Ashworth, launched in 1987 with Fred Couples as its first ambassador, did most to create the relaxed 90s look, while Tiger-era Nike shirts tend to fetch the highest prices.

How much does a vintage golf shirt cost?

Most good vintage golf polos cost between £30 and £75 in the UK. Links Vintage prices most of its polos at around £30, while graded tour-era shirts at The Rules of Golf Vintage run from £50 to £100, and Tiger-era Nike is mostly £75 to £95. In the US, Yesterday's Attic starts at about $12, and marketplaces can be cheaper still.

How should a vintage golf shirt fit?

Expect a looser, boxier fit than a modern golf polo, with wider sleeves and a bigger collar, because that was the 90s look. Sizing has also changed since then, so the size on the label is only a rough guide. Ask the seller for the chest measurement, armpit to armpit, and compare it with a polo you already own.

Can you wear a vintage golf shirt on the course?

Usually, yes. Most clubs care about the collar, not the decade, so a 90s Ashworth or Greg Norman polo in good condition should be fine. Steer clear of anything torn, badly faded or with a collar that has lost its shape. Older cotton shirts feel heavier and stretch less, so save them for cooler rounds.

What's the difference between vintage and retro golf shirts?

A vintage golf shirt is genuinely old, usually from the 1980s, 1990s or early 2000s, and every one is second-hand. A retro golf shirt is brand new but designed to look old, with contrast collars, colour blocking or bold prints. Vintage gets you a shirt nobody else at the club has, while retro gets you modern stretch and sizing you can trust.