The belt says it all:
With its preppy
button-downs and
vintage-style golf
shirts and
accessories,
Austin's Criquet
Shirts is all about
the clubhouse.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
TK;
ILLUSTRATION
BY
TK
CADDY
CHIC
AS THE PGA TOURNEY
RETURNS TO AUSTIN,
THE CO-FOUNDERS OF
CRIQUET SHIRTS ARE IN
THEIR ELEMENT.
BY CHUCK ANSBACHER
58 AUSTINWAY.COM
While most golf apparel is
designed for the links,
Austin-based Criquet Shirts
is made for the clubhouse.
"A lot of our guys don't even
wear our golf shirts on the
course," explains Billy
Nachman, who co-founded
the brand of vintage-style
polo and golf shirts with
lifelong pal Hobson Brown
six years ago. "It's more
about the 19th Hole as
opposed to being a perfor-
mance golf brand."
The 19th Hole is golf
parlance for "the bar," but for
Criquet, it's an ethos. "It
could be a swimming hole,"
explains Brown. "It's
wherever you're most at
ease, having fun with
friends." And thus the spirit
behind their annual 19th
Hole Party fundraiser, which
coincides with the WGC Dell
Technologies Match Play as
it returns to Austin (March
22–26; pgatour.com).
The cause:
Saving the Lions
Municipal Golf Course
(savemuny.com)
from develop-
ment. "It's an important
green space, which is
something Austin is losing at
a rapid rate," says Brown.
The history: "Lions was the
first integrated municipal golf
course in the South," says
Nachman. Legends Ben
Crenshaw and Harvey
Penick learned to swing a
club here.
The party: Music from
Ramsay Midwood and
Kevin Russell, a silent
auction, and of course,
plenty of cocktails. The 19th
Hole Party is on March 25,
6–10
PM at the American
Legion, 404 Atlanta St.;
criquetshirts.com
.
STYLE EVENT
