Breath Thermo - black or navy.
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Price: £34.99 (S-XXL, black or navy)
The downside of golf in the winter is the necessity to wrap yourself in layers of clothing that can restrict your normal silky swing (I wish!)
Long-johns, thick trousers and socks, a high neck polo, lined jumper and probably waterproofs as well, can soon have you looking like a walking advertisement for Michelin tyres.
The result is your swing deteriorates into a unco-ordinated lurch and don’t even think about taking hasty relief from that extra early morning cup of coffee!
Enter Mizuno’s latest clothing sensation – the Breath Thermo turtleneck shirt. Bit of a mouthful to say but in 30 years of golf, it's probably the best of its kind I have worn. It not only keeps you warm without the bulk but worn with a suit you wouldn’t look out of place at the Palace – Buckingham, Caesars or Crystal!
It’s the second of Mizuno’s temperature-controlled fabrics – following in the slip stream of the Ice Touch polo shirt, which keeps you a few degrees cooler on those warm summer days (remember them?).
Breatho Thermo is a thermal material which absorbs moisture from the body to generate heat – the colder the conditions, the higher the heat generated.
At the risk of suffering hypothermia, I wore the shirt under a windtop on a draughty Sunday recently and while my playing partners were in near shivering state, in jumpers and waterproofs, I was Mr Cool, uncluttered and warm as a dachsund in a duvet.
At £34.99 the new turtleneck, with long sleeves and cuffs, is as thin as a summer polo shirt but with moisture absorbing powers to control humidity between body and outside temperatures. It’s available in either black or navy - I'd have preferred red, lime green or yellow, too - with white Mizuno logo on the collar in sizes from small to XXL. Call 01189 362 100 for your nearest stockist.
