"The Shirt" - Actual Sunday Shirt
from 1999 Ryder Cup

To golf fans, it's simply "The Shirt".

The shirt offered here is arguably the most well-known golf shirt of all-time. It is an actual United States team-issued shirt from Sunday of the 1999 Ryder Cup.

As any golf fan can tell you, Brookline was the stage for the greatest comeback in golf history. In fact, at least to the American sports fan, the 1999 Ryder Cup is one of the most famous sporting events of recent memory. At the close of play on Saturday, the United States team faced a seemingly insurmountable deficit; the Cup was surely headed back to Europe. Somehow the Americans came roaring back - capped by Justin Leonard's improbable sinking of a 45 foot putt to forever etch his name, and this tournament, into golf lore.

On that fabled Sunday at Brookline, the United States team wore a highly unusual (ok, some would say ugly!) custom Jeff Rose maroon sirt depicting vintage Ryder Cup photographs. As explained by Ryder Cup hero Justin Leonard's caddie Bob Riefke, "when we first saw those shirts, we thought it was a joke!"  Well, maybe the U.S. Team simply needed something to rally around; once the Americans put on "The Shirt" they began dominating on a level never seen before. From that day forward, this shirt became the most recognizable golf shirt on the planet.

Presented here is an actual team-issued shirt from Sunday of the 1999 Ryder Cup. Shirtmaker Jeff Rose made two shirts for each United States team member and captains, and shirts to the official PGA party. Needless to say, actual Sunday shirts from the 1999 Ryder Cup rarely become available for sale. The offered shirt is still sealed in its original package, though we've also provided a stock photo from a prior auction of a 1999 Ryder Cup shirt on a mannequin.