{"id":673,"date":"2012-12-13T14:04:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T19:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomharack.com\/?p=673"},"modified":"2013-01-07T12:31:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T17:31:30","slug":"antiguas-new-line-finds-pushover-converts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/golf\/equipment\/673\/antiguas-new-line-finds-pushover-converts","title":{"rendered":"Antigua\u2019s New Line Finds Pushover Converts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/Pulse1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-675\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/Pulse1-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Until several years ago, I was something of natural-fiber snob. All that was required to change my thinking was a year in the sweltering, fetid jungles of Southeast Asia. OK, it was actually Saigon; but it <em>was<\/em> hot and humid. Profuse sweating on the golf course was a fact of life, and cotton got soaked and stayed that way all day, until you took it off to shower. Microfibers (as I believe they were called) afforded at least some relief.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And like golf clubs, the technology\u2019s improved. It would be absurd to compare conditions in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnam.com\/\">Vietnam<\/a> with the ones we\u2019re experiencing in <a title=\"Foodie Vibe Infuses Scottsdale\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scottsdaledowntown.com\/\">Scottsdale<\/a>, where the 75\u00ba F-and-sunny routine has become a running gag. Neither our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antigua.com\">Antigua<\/a> Performance Apparel nor we have broken a sweat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, golf writers have proven repeatedly that we\u2019ll wear what we\u2019re told, but apart from its moisture-wicking potential, the new Antigua Desert Dry line happens to overlap this writer\u2019s tastes in general specifications. The sleeves on the polo shirts are hemmed, not banded; collars are without animal parts, stripes, or other decoration; the logo is discrete.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(In a coincidence without any apparent significance whatsoever, Antigua\u2019s polo shirts are manufactured in Vietnam.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The eight percent dose of elastic in the fabric makes it comfortably clingy without being restrictive, even after, say, binging on bratwurst and a representative sampling of craftbrews from west of the Mississippi. The same is true for the windshirt (except the Vietnam part; it\u2019s made in Thailand).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"># # #<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until several years ago, I was something of natural-fiber snob. All that was required to change my thinking was a&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/golf\/equipment\/673\/antiguas-new-line-finds-pushover-converts\" title=\"ReadAntigua\u2019s New Line Finds Pushover Converts\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[294737,676014,676015,90615,676017,112266,676019,3992,676021,676022,676023,676024,676025,676026,9,3913,3],"tags":[284,115,1016131,691],"class_list":["post-673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-venues","category-grw-scottsdale-2012","category-venues-scottsdale","category-antigua","category-cool-clubs","category-jim-mclean-golf-school","category-phoenician-gc","category-the-phoenician","category-talking-stick-gc","category-talking-stick-resort","category-raven-phoenix-gc","category-sunridge-canyon-gc","category-westin-kierland-resort-amp-spa","category-kierland-gc","category-golf","category-scottsdale-cvb","category-equipment","tag-vietnam","tag-scottsdale","tag-antigua","tag-thailand"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/Pulse1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions\/703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}