How Peter Millar blends prestige and performance for its major scripting
The North Carolina brand brought effortless class to its Aronimink outfits, but there’s more that goes into building the perfect outfit than meets the eye.
The last couple of years have seen some radical shifts in golf fashion, with the key majors a natural stage on which these new trends are brought most prominently to the fore. With its emphasis on timeless class, however, Peter Millar has a slightly different take on things.
Rather than chasing flash-in-the-pan trends, the most recent major of the year saw Peter Millar lean even more heavily into an understated, effortless sense of elegance to help its players stand out, feel comfortable and play well at Aronimink.
Unique to Peter Millar is the brand’s ability to draw on a catalogue of fabrics and finishes that other designers simply don’t have in their inventory. The latest high-performance fabrics, offering stretch, comfort and breathability, are afforded finesse with finishes and unique blends that lend Peter Millar’s garments a look of understated elegance and sophistication.
Core to this is the brand’s choice to offer its products in a number of different silos, delineating to players clearly which fabrics are more focused on form, such as the more luxurious Crown Crafted collection, and those that emphasise functionality and breathability, i.e. the Crown Sport range. This enables both Peter Millar’s players and scripters to build outfits that provide textural variety, clean colour palettes and layering versatility to offer performance in rapidly changing conditions.
Performance Jersey fabric, as used in the Keynote and Alda polo shirts worn by Cameron Young and Sam Burns at the PGA Championship, feels buttery soft to the touch in the manner of premium cotton. For warmer days, the brand can call upon the breathable performance mesh found in models like the Tempo and Grant shirts, and more breathable layering pieces like the Coolspun jumpers worn by Steven Fisk over the course of the weekend.
Key to golf style in 2026 is a pronounced shift back towards classic silhouettes and premium natural fibres: an area where Peter Millar has long excelled thanks to its emphasis on subtle luxury. Both The Masters and the PGA Championship saw a move away from performance layering and towards warm, breathable materials like merino wool, cotton and cashmere, with Peter Millar at the forefront of this movement.
A new model in the Barlow made its debut on the back of Cam Young, which combined three unique materials in merino wool, linen and cotton with an eye-catching jacquard knit to form a subtle statement piece. Cashmere and silk made their return in Jordan Smith’s Voyager jumper, lending his Saturday Scripting an air of quiet je ne sais quoi.
Other core models, like the Excursionist Flex Jumper and Albatross Quarter-Zip, delivered a premium finish with the hint of added stretch needed to truly perform in the heat of major championship play.
Golfers can shop Peter Millar’s full range of player looks from the Majors at petermillar.co.uk.
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Brad Nash is Reviews Editor at GolfMagic, having joined the team in June 2025 to look after all things reviews, soft goods testing and equipment alongside Equipment Editor Georgina. Primarily a writer, you may see him pop up in videos or on the GolfMagic socials from time to time.
