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One of the best things about The Open Championship is the assurance that at some point during the week, the waterproofs will come out of hiding and be worn for all to see. Saturday was such a day at The Open, at times looking more like a winter outing to the ski slopes than it did a major golf championship.

There is nothing worse than playing golf and not having a decent set of waterproofs when the rain is coming down sideways -- keeping warm and dry can make all the difference in your game, helping you block out the elements and swing the club with the tempo and freedom required to score well.

Wetting Out

There are still those out in the Twitterverse who feel it necessary to pile on Sun Mountain and the Pavins for last year's fabricated rain gear incident. One does not have to look very close look at some the products below to see evidence of 'wetting out' -- which doesn't mean the player is wet. Pretty much any fabric this side of Gor-Tex will wet out to varying degrees, but the moisture is held in the fabric and does not directly permeate through to the player.

Zero Restriction | Peter Millar

Although champion Golfer Darren Clarke has Dunlop front and center on his raingear, he's actually wearing Zero Restriction outerwear, and Peter Millar shirts and sweaters to victory.

Darren Clarke. (Redington / Getty)

FootJoy

FootJoy's outerwear, in a specific colorway, was the leading choice for a wide range of players on Saturday. Interesting to note that guys like Webb Simpson (Polo) and Kyle Stanley (Dunning) chose to wear FootJoy outerwear. Amateur Tom Lewis in Hugo Boss obviously doesn't have an apparel deal and plays the apparel the field, but Polo is definitely has offerings in this space (see Davis Love in Polo's RLX rain gear as an example). Dunning no longer has an offering in this segment.

Simpson plays Titleist equipment, so that explains how the FJ rain gear finds its way into his bag, but one has to wonder if there is a little gnashing of teeth at Polo over an entire day at a major event spent wearing something other than the brand he is paid to wear.

Fredrik Andersson Hed. (Redington / Getty)

Tom Lewis. (Kinnaird / Getty)

Webb Simpson. (Halleran / Getty)

Kyle Stanley. (Kinnaird / Getty)

Le Coq Sportif

Y.E. Yang brings more color to an event than anyone, regardless of playing conditions. At first glance, Chapeau Noir thought he might be wearing Juicy.

Y.E. Yang. (Halleran / Getty)

Puma

Rickie Fowler. (Halleran / Getty)

Callaway

Phil Mickelson. (Kinnaird / Getty)

Polo

Tom Watson. Note the wetting out. (Kinnaird / Getty)

Oakley

Rory McIlroy's outerwear bears Oakley logos at every turn, but his Oakley branded sweaters made by Peter Millar give us pause to wonder of the origin of his outerwear.

Rory McIlroy (Halleran / Getty)

Skins

Compression base layers are big this weekend at Royal St Georges. McIlroy wears Skins.

Rory McIlroy in Skins. ( / Getty)

Aquascutum

Aquascutum's history as an innovator in all weather gear served Adam Scott well on Saturday at The Open.

Adam Scott. (Kinnaird / Getty)

Nike

Anthony Kim (Halleran / Getty)

Hugo Boss

Martin Kaymer (Redington / Getty)

And Finally...

Does anyone else wondering if Hwang hit it in the parking lot on his way to third round 83?

Jung-Gon Hwang. (Redington / Getty)