Straw Hats

Genuine straw hats

Many straw hat styles available of the genuine Panama toquilla straw brought to you straight form Montecrist Ecuador.

Our straw hats are Very finely woven and beautyfully shaped. Be shure to see the hat sizing page

Straw golf hats

Straw golf hats were popularized by Sam Snead and later Greg Norman. Snead was ageless, the only player who won sanctioned tournaments in six decades, from the 1936 West Virginia Closed Pro to the 1982 Legends of Golf, which he won along with his partner, Gardner Dickinson. He was famous for his straw hat styles and natural swing.

Greg Norman grew up in northern Australia, very close to the equator, and spent a majority of his time in the hot sun, fishing, surfing, and diving.When Norman played golf, he was able to keep his eyes focused on the ball while it was sitting on the tee, in flight, and after landing; all without getting a blinding shot of sunlight in his eyes. In Australia, the most popular hat was the typical surfer's style wide-brimmed straw hat. It has a wide brim brim that circles your entire head, even the back of the neck. It is the perfect hat for keeping the harsh iratating sun away from you and keeping you cool. Originally his mother and father hated his straw hat, so much so, this his mother would hide it. She thought straw hats just weren't appropriate for golf. In the Greg Norman was sponsored by an Australian hat company, in the beginning of his career, known for their large, Aussie cowboy straw hat styles. While on the course, this hat was too hot for him, so the company created the same shape of hat that he loved in in his younger days, but in straw.

In the hot sun, you really should wear a hat to protect you from the tropical sun. But, just as importantly, your golf hat makes a definite statement about what kind of golfer and person you are, or at least hope to be. :) Nowadays, the two most common kinds of golf hats seen on the course are the panama straw hats, such as Greg Norman "The Shark" wears. Christopher Robin first popularized the floppy brimmed hat that but A minority of players do not wear it.

The psychological benefits of choosing a straw hat are two-fold. First, it can give you the feeling and look of being uncommonly adventuresome, especially if you bend the briminto your own style or into an imitation of what Crocodile Dundee wears. To Further enhancement may be achieved by inserting such things as a nice leather band or a feather. On the other hand, a stylish straw hat can create a James Bond appearance of casual elegance. Also, I might add, most men find ladies wearing stylish straw hats to be a definite distraction, that may be worth several strokes to them during the course of play.