The words of Keith Mitchell, Golf Digest’s Best Dressed PGA Tour Pro of 2024, still echo two years later, even if “Cashmere Keith” isn’t the winner in our 2026 player survey.
“Too scripted” was Mitchell’s take in assessing how the modern tour pro dresses on the course. This is not exactly a modern problem. The issue has existed since before the invention of metal drivers; Payne Stewart only began to wear Hogan caps and knickers after crossing paths with another player wearing his exact same previous outfit.
In our recent survey of more than 50 tour players, the voting reflected golf’s growing fatigue with fashion familiarity. While Mitchell once again received plenty of support, the winner of Golf Digest’s 2026 Best Dressed on Tour honors was none other than Adam Scott.
Scott has been a brand ambassador for UNIQLO since 2013, not only wearing its apparel in all competitions but also collaborating on special luxury fashion collections with Dutch designer Lucas Ossendrijver. The former Masters champion was recognized by his peers as much for the style of his clothing as how he presented it. You might call it the “cut of his jib” standard.
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This seemed to steer the question of best-dressed in men’s golf from “who wears the best stuff?” to something along the lines of “who wears it best?”
Uniqlo Washable Milano Ribbed Knited T-Shirt. Rolex Yacht-Master 42. (Photo by Stephen Denton)
“You’ve got to look at what the fabric does on the body, from linen to a wool to a cashmere,” Jason Day says of his countryman’s style. “Adam is very fit, and it helps to be good looking, as well. You know what I mean? He has good style because his is like a mix of traditional; if you look at his pants, he’ll wear some pleated pants, which are nice. He’ll also have the athletic tops that UNIQLO sells, which are great, and some really good sweaters. So there’s a mixture. The way that his clothes sit on his body is the way that clothes are supposed to sit.
“Adam doesn’t fall into the cookie cutter category that a lot of guys do,” Day added.
“It really seems like nearly everyone goes for the same look, which is why Keith tends to stand out,” said Billy Horschel, ambassador for RLX, who finished in third place.
Joe Highsmith, a first-time tour winner in 2025, added, “There’s not many guys that I would say are very well dressed. Everyone kind of wears the same athletic style, maybe a little flash in the shirt and then the same kind of pants. Keith switches it up, and he’s a little unique with what he wears, and he’s always looking pretty good.”
If today’s scripting has yielded fashion that is too similar, say several tour members, one player who is exempt is Jason Day, whose choices in partnership with Malbon Golf swing from traditional to trailblazing. At least he’s trying when he goes avant-garde.
That said, Day was by far the most polarizing player in our poll. He received several best-dressed votes but also a couple of “definitely not Jason Day” remarks.
“I do teeter on the edge sometimes,” admitted Day, who wore a sweater vest during the 2024 Masters that spilled over that edge, prompting Augusta National officials to request he take it off. “I’m endorsed to help build a brand, so when we are trying to build a brand, we’ve got to try and keep people guessing. I want to try and take it to the edge where people are going, ‘What is he wearing?’ and then I bring it back to some traditional golf stuff. I’m very bipolar in the way that I dress sometimes, but it gets noticed.”
“There are some days when Jason looks very buttoned up and traditional and old school, and other days it’s pretty flamboyant and wild,” Blair said, “and some of those days I think they’re almost so wild that they sort of work out, and they look good. But his down-the-middle look is really good, too.”
Down the middle. Yeah, it might be predictable, but it works for a lot of guys.
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