Golf Shirts With Your Logo: Placement and Style Options

Where Your Logo Goes on a Custom Golf Shirt

Standard and available placements for custom golf shirts:

• Front chest (standard) - Left or center chest placement. The most common for golf programs. Visible while playing, readable from the cart path. This is the default for all products.
• Back print - Full back design or back-of-neck placement. Works well for tournament shirts where players in a cart see each other's backs, and for programs that want both front and back branding.
• Sleeve placement - Less common for golf, but used by programs that want a secondary logo or sponsor name on the sleeve without cluttering the main chest area.

The all-inclusive base price at Bear Grips covers front-side design, printing, packing, and free shipping. Back printing is available with unlimited design elements at no extra per-element charge. Discuss placement at shop setup to confirm what your plan includes.

What Logo File to Upload for Golf Shirt Printing

For the cleanest print results on golf shirts:

• PNG with transparent background - Best option. Transparent background ensures no white box around your logo on colored shirts.
• SVG - Vector format scales without quality loss. Ideal if your logo has crisp lines and solid fills.
• AI or EPS (Adobe Illustrator) - Accepted. Provides the most control over color matching.

Avoid JPEG for logos. JPEG compression creates artifacts that show up in print, especially on dark fabrics. If you only have a JPEG, use a free background removal tool to create a transparent PNG before uploading. Free background remover tool available here.

Golf Shirt Styles That Hold Your Logo Best

For polo shirts: the polyester content in Sport-Tek performance polos holds print color vibrancy better over time than 100% cotton. Cotton pique (Gildan) accepts print well but may show slight fading after repeated washing over a full season.

For tees: the Airlume Cotton Athletic Tee (Bear Grips) and the Men's Moisture-Wicking Tee (Sport-Tek) both hold print well in different conditions. The Airlume cotton tee holds color longer on lower-intensity wash cycles. The moisture-wicking tee maintains color through more frequent washing.

Logo size recommendation: front chest logos should be 3-4 inches wide. Back logos can scale up to 10-12 inches wide for full-back designs. More on golf shirt design ideas and sizing.

Running a Logo Shirt Program for an Established Golf Business

For golf pro shops, country clubs, golf academies, and other established golf businesses, a logo shirt program is the simplest revenue add-on that requires zero upfront investment.

The model: add your logo to a polo and a hat in your Bear Grips Pro Shop. Set the shop link on your website, at reception, and in your member communication. Members and students order when they want. Orders ship directly to them. You earn your margin on every order without managing inventory.

A country club or golf academy with 200 active members and a 20% annual purchase rate at $10 margin earns $400 per year from a single shirt style. Add a second product and a hat, and the annual revenue from passive shop sales can exceed $1,000 with no additional work after initial setup. Guide to running a full golf club merchandise program.