What you need to know about fits over the not-so-fitted fits of pro golfer Jason Day
Sonny Ennis @sonnybuckets
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Style-spotting for both the golfers playing and the fans attending is a longstanding tradition of The Masters media coverage. And for good reasons.
Very few events can attract a milieu of humanity, like the iconic event held each year at Augusta National.
With celebrities, billionaires, Olympians, casual golf fans, and professional golfers from all over the world all mingling in one place, you’re bound to spot an exciting outfit or two.
This year, the world’s former number-one ranked golfer in the world’s attire has captured the tournament’s attention.
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On the first Thursday of the 2024 tournament, Australian golfer Jason Day wore some noticeably baggy pants, complete with an elastic waistband and ankle cords, made by L.A. luxury golf brand Malbon.
It’s hard to know which Malbon pants these are exactly, but from what we can tell, they could be a monotone / de-branded version of the Lodge Nylon Pant shown below.
Malbon
Are these the baggy pants that were the talk of the 2024 Masters?
Malbon Lodge Nylon Pant
Specs
Materials
Nylon Poly Woven
Waist
Elastic Waistband with Belt Loop Holes
Pockets
Side pockets with hidden zippers. Welt Pockets on back with hidden zipper closure.
Like virtually all pro golfers these days, Day’s decision to wear Malbon wasn’t by accident. After seven years as an ambassador for Nike, Day officially switched to become Malbon’s first brand ambassador on the PGA Tour.
The relatively young brand, founded in 2017 and devoted to inspiring “today’s youth to participate in the greatest game on Earth,” has been a fast-rising style darling of golf apparel since its launch.
From the moment Day transitioned to the new brand, eagle-eyed golf journalists noticed his look on the course had evolved. Like the individual style evolution of Tiger Woods, the general trends in pro golfer attire have shifted more towards slimmer and trimmer tailored and athletic cuts. Day was much the same during his Nike years.
However, the desire to broaden notions of acceptable golf attire was a shared interest of Day and Malbon co-founder Jason Malbon. According to an article in Sports Illustrated covering the new partnership, Day, in a text to Malbon, remarked that his fellow Tour athletes looked “the exact same.”
In other words, standing out for Jason Day and Malbon, to borrow a line from Heath Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight, is all part of the plan, which is why, after seeing the outcry on Thursday, it should be no surprise to anyone that his follow-up outfit on Friday was equally divisive.
In the case of this bold sweater choice, though, Day’s move could have caught the ire of more than just traditionalist fans, presumably by violating the Tour’s vague player endorsement policy, which follows.
“All names, brands, logos and other marks and identifiers (“marks”) on a player’s apparel, headwear, golf bag and golf equipment must be in good taste as to content, size, location and quantity, as reasonably determined by the PGA TOUR.“
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As it turns out for whatever reason (maybe he just go hot?), Day opted to remove the sweater later in the match.
Malbon has already teased though that Jason Day will have two additional outfits to wait for over the weekend.
Still, no matter what the reaction is to those upcoming looks, or how Day plays for the rest of the 2024 Masters Tournament, both he and Malbon can confidently say their mission of disrupting golf style conventions was officially accomplished.