Whether it is our fine lisle, baby alpaca, cashmere or our signature Pima cotton and Pureformance blend, golfers will feel comfortably stylish wearing Fairway and Greene.

Alpaca
Alpaca is sheared once a year from the Alpaca animal, native to the South American Andes Mountains (Peru). It is five times warmer than sheep wool and considered more luxurious than cashmere. It’s a strong and resilient fiber, making it ideal for golf as it has more thermal capacity and breathability than almost any other animal fiber. Fairway & Greene uses both 100% Alpaca and 100% Super Baby Alpaca, which refers to fibres finer than 22.5 microns because it is the first shearing of the animal when the fiber is at its softest. Alpaca is best hand washed or Dry-Cleaned.

Cashmere
Cashmere comes from the Kashmir goat – which resides in the upper altitudes/mountains of Inner Mongolia (China). Cashmere is also considered a rare fiber. Like Alpaca – harvest of the hair is dependent on many environmental conditions. Most spinners/manufacturers blend Cashmere with other fibers – namely wool – and still call it 100% Cashmere. It is undetectable with the naked eye to see that a garment is not 100% Cashmere and it requires a very costly test to actually determine the percentage of cashmere. Fairway & Greene – uses 100% pure Cashmere that is spun in Italy using their unique and proprietary technique and thus it is one of our most expensive items. Cashmere is best hand laundered or dry-cleaned.

Cotton/Tencel
A perfect blend of natural fibres consisting of pure long staple cotton and fibre spun from wood pulp creating a natural fibre product with the drape of a synthetic. Machine washable.

Linen
Linen is one of the oldest textile fibers known – it has been around for more than 4,000 years. It is cooler, stronger and more absorbent than cotton. It is woven from threads made from the flax plant.

Merino Wool
The most valuable wool is produced by the Merino Sheep. It is fine, strong and elastic. It possesses excellent spinning properties for making it into fabric. Fairway & Greene’s Merino is washable – meaning it can be hand washed as well as dry-cleaned. Our merino is resilient and resistant to wrinkling. We use 100% Merino wool for Men’s and Women’s sweaters. Our Women’s Merino we refer to as

Merino Stretch
where we use our extra fine Merino and add a blend of Nylon and Spandex for greater comfort, a better fit and superior wrinkle resistance.

Pima Cotton
Pima Cotton is Fairway & Greene’s signature fiber. It is the base of our Golf Shirts and Cotton Sweaters. Pima Cotton is prized all around the world as a luxury fiber because of its silky soft feel and brilliant luster. The feel of the cotton is a result of the excellent growing conditions in the northern coastal valleys where it is cultivated. Peruvian Pima Cotton is harvested by hand, resulting in a brilliant white shade that can be easily dyed. Cotton harvested industrially leaves scratchy impurities, which affect smoothness and creates a yellowish color to the fiber. This fiber is classified as luxury because of its 1 3/8” length, ordinary cottons measure half to three quarters as much in length.

Polynosic/Rayon/Spandex
These are generic fiber categories defined by the Federal Trade Commission as a manufactured fiber composed of regenerated cellulose as well as manufactured fibers. Originally known as artificial silk, these fibers are characterized by their high absorbency, bright or dull luster, pleasant hand or feel, good draping qualities and the ability to be dyed in bright colors. These fibers can be machine or hand washed and perform best when laid flat to dry. Commercial dry cleaning is also ok.

Pureformance
Our unique knitting and finishing of a cotton/poly blend with special treatment of the yarn as well as the knitted fabric, to give the lustrous appearance of our cotton product but a wicking, drying results of a synthetic.

Stretch
This term is used generically to refer to the addition of either Lycra, Spandex or Nylon to add give or elasticity to a natural fiber – particularly wool and cotton.

Tropical Wool
The name tropical wool says it all – the wool is woven in such a way that it could almost be worn in the tropics. Ideally tropical wool is a four season fabric for most parts of the United States – but realistically it is usually a three season fabric. Tropical wool is made by tightly twisting yarns woven in an open construction that permits circulation of air. Some wool is also woven with what is called a mechanical stretch. This is a process where the filling fibers are bathed in a chemical solution (like mercerization) and then woven with the non bathed fibers creating a stretch or elasticity within the finished fabric.