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Watson on his fun on-course style

December 21, 2011 -- With the 2012 PGA TOUR season just weeks away, the Man In The Black Hat thought it to be a good time to bring the fashion file up to date, starting with an examination of the style exploits of Bubba Watson.

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Canadian dispatch: Host country boasts hopefuls in RBC Canadian Open

July 21, 2011 -- With the PGA TOUR in Canada this week for the RBC Canadian Open, PGATOUR.COM decided to ask its Canadian correspondent, the Man In The Black Hat (that's me, aka Chapeau Noir), to give us his take on the state of golf in his home country (for realz!).

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What Ashworth has in the works

July 13, 2011 -- Just when you thought it was safe to sneak in a quick nine in that tattoo-inspired 'polo' shirt, The Man In The Black Hat returns from hibernation this week to bring you a much needed TOUR style update. Since our last update in April, additional evidence of the importance golf fashion plays on the PGA TOUR has come to light.

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Hybrid golf shoe solutions gain traction

April 13, 2011 -- One of the earliest references to a spiked golf shoe was published in 1857 in the Scottish periodical 'The Golfer's Manual'. The manual simply advised those new to the game to "wear stout shoes roughed with small nails or sprigs to walk safely over slippery ground." Concerns over the quality of putting surfaces resulting from shoe "sprigs" soon followed.

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Poulter details big plans for clothing company

March 22, 2011 -- If you sit back in your club chair and put your feet up on that ottoman for a moment to think about it, golf pretty much stands alone in allowing players to demonstrate their personal style to a level that can't be matched by athletes in team sports.

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Is what's good for Bill Murray good for you?

February 17, 2011 -- Everybody loves Bill Murray, and why not? He's personable, and of course he's funny, and perhaps more importantly for most of us, he lives up to every expectation we have of the man who brought us the superintendent stylings of one Carl Spackler in Caddyshack.

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Giveaways, shoe trends and more

February 2, 2011 -- Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the golf course, wearing those double-pleated khakis and that oversized mercerized cotton polo that you received for participating in that corporate outing in 1998, the Man In The Black Hat is back for 2011.

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Globe and Mail golf columnist and author of no less than 11 golf books, Lorne Rubenstein had this to say about chapeaunoirgolf.com...

Lorne Rubenstein"Nowadays many players know exactly what they'll be wearing each day of the tournament. One interesting website tracks their outfits and the planning that goes into the selection. Chapeaunoirgolf.com, meant to enhance your reading and viewing pleasure. Spend a few minutes with this website, and soon you will be planning your own outfits for the coming season."

-- Lorne Rubenstein, April 5, 2011

According to ClubLink Life, "He’s haberdashery’s answer to David Feherty...or maybe not. he’s definitely patriotic! Meet Mike McAllister."

Winter 2010: A golf clotheshorse's guide to the modern art of self-gifting

At this time of year, holiday truisms are trotted out for your consideration more often than your aunt’s dry-as-dust fruitcake. When it comes to gift giving, among the most popular is the adage that “it is always better to give than to receive.”

Bah, humbug.

ClubLink Life | Winter 2010

Fall 2010: Taking The Great Canadian Golf Apparel Challenge

So there i was, standing in front of my closet at just after sunrise on the last Saturday in June, making an uninspired attempt to figure out what to wear.

 ClubLink Life | Fall 2010