STYLE: Stay Cool with adidas’ Ultimate365 Tour Lineup

We’re now in the dog days of summer. Heat and humidity are peaking, and, with that, golfers are doing everything they can to avoid burning out and stay cool and hydrated during their rounds.

adidas Golf’s Ultimate365 TOUR apparel lineup looks to make sure you’re dressed in a way that gives you the best chance to play and feel your best during the entire round with the help of PRIMEKNIT—a lightweight, breathable, one-piece stretchy material.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Ultimate365 TOUR PRIMEKNIT Golf Polo Shirt is a more traditionally-styled polo that, despite being packed with advanced materials, looks right on courses that endorse a more “traditional” dress code—a fold-over collar shirt that’s tucked into your pants or shorts.

Pictured in Collegiate Navy / Semi Flash Aqua

On courses that have a more lax dress code, the Ultimate365 TOUR Textured PRIMEKNIT Golf Polo Shirt takes things one step further by ditching the high-rise collar while retaining the textured PRIMEKNIT material.

Regardless of which style you prefer, both of these shirts are perfect for these peak heat, summer days. Both feature adidas’ textured PRIMEKNIT material, which was designed to achieve an unparalleled level of cooling by taking inspiration from plants with microscopic pores in their leaves, and developing a material that opens during movement to allow cool air to pass through between the material and to your skin.

Combine this with no-sweat materials, which hide those embarrassing sweat stains and repel moisture, and this is the first golf polo that—despite humidity being so high that you feel like you just got out of a pool—I’ve felt cool and stayed dry throughout an entire round.

Xander in the Textured PRIMEKNIT Polo in White/Collegiate Navy

Despite having a closet full of some high-quality, stylish polos that I’ve tested over the years, I’ve recently found myself going to the PRIMEKNIT polos because I think they are, arguably, the perfect summer golf polo. Despite the brutal summer heat and humidity in Long Island, I am constantly going to these because they have consistently been the most comfortable shirts I’ve worn during the peak heat and humidity.

Indeed, while most golf shirts can all stretch and “wick” moisture away from your body, the PRIMEKNIT material is the first (and only) one that I have felt that actually “breathes” and—no matter how humid it gets—refuses to get saturated with sweat. A light breeze, likewise, can actually be felt on your skin because—unlike other shirts—the wind can be felt blowing through the PRIMEKNIT material.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fortunately, it hasn’t happened too often this summer (as the rain we’ve gotten in Long Island has been too heavy to even play in), but the Ultimate365 TOUR apparel lineup is made complete by the Stretch Golf Pullover.

While the PRIMEKNIT polos wick moisture away from your body to keep you cool, the Stretch Golf Pullover features a high-collar and banded sleeves to keep your torso dry when the rain clouds appear and the heavens open.

And for the few times that the extreme humidity has invited some unexpected raindrops, the Stretch Pullover has been the perfect option—it’s compact and easily fits in your bag, while also ensuring that you stay dry until the storm clouds pass. As a result, I expect the Stretch Polo to become a go-to option during the fall so I can extend the season into those cooler, damper conditions.

Summer is the best time to play golf, but that also means you need to be dressed to handle the extreme heat and humidity. And nobody wants their round ruined by a shirt that’s sucked in all the sweat and moisture and sticks to you like a wetsuit.

The Ultimate365 TOUR collection, therefore, is the perfect solution. It’s the only golf polo I’ve ever worn that actually helps you stay cool and dry because you’ll never have a damp shirt in the first place. So make sure to grab a few now so you can dress the part and go low during the final weeks of summer.

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