The 2017 Open Championship tees off at Royal Birkdale on Thursday and as ever we'll be greeted by a wide mix of differing fashions.
We're going through a reasonably conservative period of fashion on the golf links currently, although you could argue that Rickie Fowler's high-tops and Tommy Fleetwood's tracky-b's (more of that below!) shouldn't be seen anywhere near a golf course.
There is a growing debate amongst the golfing community that clubs shouldn't enforce any kind of dress code when playing the game, but we'll take this opportunity to look back at some of the best and the worst of golfing fashion at the Open down the years.
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John Daly (pictured above) shot to fame when rocking up at the 1991 PGA Championship without playing a practice round and winning. The Californian courted plenty of controversy on and off the golf course but he would go on to land a second major when beating Constantino Rocco in a play-off to win the 1995 Open at St Andrews.
Sporting a blonde mullet, Daly has never been a fashion icon, but in later years has been at the forefront of comedy strides fashion. Daly dons a different pair of garish trousers for every round and is easily spotted on the links. He's no fool though having carved out a niche for this type of apparel outfitted by Loudmouth Golf and helping to bankroll a career that is no longer at the dizzy heights as previous years.
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Payne Stewart is a golfing fashion icon. Simples. The American was synonymous with plus fours, traditional attire of the early golfer and would don the outfit along with flat cap every time he played.
A real traditionalist Stewart backed this up on the course with eleven wins on the PGA Tour including three majors victories in the US Open (1991, 1999) and USPGA (1989). He finished second twice at the Open.
Stewart was known for his association with the NFL, where he would wear the team colours of the NFL team that was geographically closest to the course he was playing.
Sadly Stewart was tragically killed in a plane crash in 1999.
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Oh Rickie you're not so fine. Rickie Fowler has really upped his game on the fashion front in recent times (high-tops aside) but when he burst onto the scene around 2009 he turned out in some awful clobber!
He's pictured above at the 2010 Open sporting what can only be described as a shell suit.
It might be a popular look in Birkdale this week and should he make it to the weekend he's sure to be sporting his signature orange (Fowler attended Oklahoma State University in the States and their team colour is orange).
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In an age of multi-million pound/dollar sponsorship deals almost all of the golfers on tour will be attributed to a clothing deal.
Step forward Ryan Moore (pictured above), a man who has shunned the likes of Adidas, Puma, Ping and Nike to sign a deal with 'Arnie And Quagmire' to don a more classical look on the golf course. The former US Amateur Champion has picked up five wins on the PGA Tour. The American has a best finish of 12th in the Open back in 2014.
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No Tommy! No!!
Hi-top golf shoes got plenty of tongues wagging in the prim and proper (archaic) golf clubhouses across the land but these 'Nike Golf Modern Jogger Trousers' are a step too far.
Modelled above by Tommy Fleetwood the Englishman is channeling his inner scouser here. Retailing from £75 I can't see too many flying off the shelves.
Put quite simply, these are NOT ACCEPTABLE.
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Let's take stock following the Fleetwood monstrosity and revel in the classical genius that is Severiano Ballesteros.
Seve is an icon and especially this image of him holing the winning putt on the 18th hole at St Andrews to win the Open in 1984.
It was Seve's second of three Open Championship wins and he would wear a classic navy blue v-neck sweater with white t-shirt whenever in contention going into a final round.
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See above.
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Ian Poulter may thought he was the pinnacle of fashion (to be fair he's done very well with his own golf-wear label) but we jet back to the swinging sixties for some real style.
Tony Jacklin (pictured above) was a real trendsetter on the links and can be seen here winning the 1969 Open at Royal Lytham St Annes, the last Englishman to win the tournament on English soil.
Sporting a crew-necked tee with obligatory v-neck sweater he cuts a dashing figure. The kind of outfit you'd expect Sean Connery as James Bond sporting in a friendly two-ball with Goldfinger.
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It's pretty bad but it's also pretty iconic.
The Pringle sweater was synonymous with eighties golf. Sir Nick Faldo seen above is sporting a Pringle when winning the Claret Jug in 1987 but the knitwear was a popular garment choice of the likes of Terry Wogan and Ronnie Corbett.
When golf was cool!
Sort of...
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We wanted to end on a high and we've got back into the history books and pulled out an absolutely classic look from one of the best of them all.
Ben Hogan pictured here looking as cool as a cucumber winning the Open in 1953 whilst puffing away on a cigarette. The American had nine major wins but it was his golf swing and style that is his true legacy, with an emphasis on some exquisite ball-striking ability.
We certainly tip our hat to Ben.
