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Pringle may have lost Nick Faldo to Nike as their golf ambassador, but with diamond-studded David Beckham and golfing Robbie Williams wearing their products voluntarily, the brand from The Borders area of Scotland, is making a comeback.
Pringle has undergone a style revolution by re-inventing
the argyle sweater and with a little help from the pop idol wearing it on the golf course, Pringle has been embraced, not only on the high street but by those who rate golf as cool.
In their funky winter wear, Pringle has used merino, lambswool and cashmere in a bid to recapture the golf clothing market it once monopolised.
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| Higgins' dominant logo.
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Though it would look more suited to the slender frames of our super-fit Tour golfers, the Claydon Zip Neck Lambswool top, to me, looks more cardigan than jumper, more Jack Nicklaus than Niclas Fasth.
However, even priced at £85, some of the teenage members at my club gave it their approval. Sizes come from small to XXL and colours include clay/pine, navy/light denim, red bull/military blue and marble grey/platinum marble.
There were also nods of appreciation for the Higgins roundneck 2-Ply Lambswool sweater with sleeve stripe and rampant lion logo much to the fore.
At £75 it looked a little garish and naïve to the traditional eye but in clay/pine, navy/team red, red bull/platinum marble and marble grey/light blue, it was certainly eye-catching.
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| Foster shirt - claims to be cool.
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Pringle's Foster cotton pique polo shirt claims to absorb moisture and draw it away from the skin to keep golfers cooler than if wearing a normal polo shirt.
It's more expensive (£50) than the Mizuno Ice Touch (£39.99) version and questionably not as stylish in the eyes of the young brigade I counselled. Colours are: black/pewter, pewter/black, navy/red bull and red bull/navy.
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