The Open Championship will return to Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside this year with the illustrious links course set to host the Major for the 13th time.
Liverpool is one of the most artistic and colorful cities in the world, and from what we’ve seen so far, many of the 156 players who are set to tee it up at the championship will be sporting lots of new and limited edition golf gear that will pay tribute to the city.
Earlier this season, we saw Brooks Koepka wearing some very trendy Masters-themed Nike golf shoes at Augusta National, several Hollywood themed golf bags at the US Open in Los Angeles and several prototype clubs in play at the PGA Championship.
So what new gear is on show this week? Below, we’ve been taking a look at some of the biggest golf gear storylines ahead of the tournament…
LIMITED EDITION NIKE GOLF SHOES
Rory McIlroy comes into the week after an epic win at the Genesis Scottish Open on Sunday afternoon, chasing down Robert McIntyre to claim his second win of the year at North Berwick Golf Club.
He’ll be hoping to undo the heartache of narrowly missing out on last month’s US Open, and if he does win his second Claret Jug in Merseyside this week, he’ll certainly be doing it style, with the 34-year-old set to wear a pair of Beatles themed Nike golf shoes.
The American based sports company have paid homage to the group by releasing limited edition versions of their Air Max 1 ’86 OG G NRG, Nike Air Zoom Victory Tour 3 and Nike Air Zoom Infinity Tour NEXT% golf shoes ahead of the tournament.
McIlroy currently wears a pair of Air Victory Tour Air Zoom Victory Tour 3 golf shoes but will not be the only player sporting one of the fantastic looking options.
Each shoe boast some very groovy colorways and designs that are synonymous with the Beatles.
They also feature the caption ‘Play to Live’, which is seen printed all around the shoe, another nod to the band.
While the Beatles were big soccer fans, with the city being home to two of English football’s most historic clubs, Everton and Liverpool, the band did in fact use a golf course as the back drop for their 1964 album cover of ‘Eight Days a Week / I’m a Loser’.
LIMITED EDITION GOLF BAGS
As has become a tradition of the Majors, brands are continuing to release limited edition golf bags that are styled to compliment the world famous venues these events are hosted at.
If you’ve ever been lucky enough to visit Liverpool, you’ll know that the city is one of the most unique…
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