{"product_id":"merino-wool-golf-cap-natural-white","title":"Merino Wool Golf Cap, Natural-White","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWool on your head in an Australian summer sounds wrong. Give us ninety seconds.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the first thing everyone says. It is also the reason shepherds have worked this country's sun in wool for two hundred years. Merino does not insulate you, it buffers you. It moves moisture as vapour before it ever becomes sweat, and releases heat while it does. Hot afternoon, cold dawn tee-off, same cap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhy Merino, and not polyester\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt works both ways.\u003c\/strong\u003e Synthetic caps do one job: move sweat out. Merino does that, then keeps regulating.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt does not hold the smell.\u003c\/strong\u003e Polyester grows bacteria, and bacteria is what you smell. Merino traps odour molecules in the fibre until it is washed. Wear it four rounds running and nobody will know.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is soft, not scratchy.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fine merino sits below the threshold where skin registers it. Five hours on your forehead without thinking about it once.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt sheds light rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wool is naturally water-repellent, so drizzle beads and brushes off instead of soaking in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBuilt for the back nine\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWool handles the moisture. The laser perforation handles the heat. Every panel from the mid-crown back is cut with a fine grid of vents, dense enough to move real air, small enough that from three feet away it reads as texture rather than mesh. No plastic trucker panel. No sweat-soaked band by the twelfth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaser-cut ventilation across the crown, side and rear panels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStructured five-panel front that holds its shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-curved brim, wear it straight out of the box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaised 3D embroidery, stitched not printed, so it will not peel or fade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAn engraved buckle, because a plastic snap tells on you\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe back closure is a solid antique-brass slide buckle, engraved with the Solos mark. Infinitely adjustable, so it sits exactly where you want it rather than one click either side of right. No snapback plastic, no velcro to catch your hair. Fits 54-61cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYou're Not Alone, printed inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree words on the inside of the sweatband, where only you will ever read them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolos started because of conversations that did not happen. The ones blokes do not start on the first tee, or in the car park after, or ever. We cannot fix that with a cap. But we can put a reminder somewhere you will find it on a bad morning, when you are pulling it on and your head is not in the round. It is in every product we make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is actually in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe would rather give you the composition than call it eco-friendly and hope you never ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShell:\u003c\/strong\u003e [CONFIRM %] Australian Merino wool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSweatband:\u003c\/strong\u003e [CONFIRM]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClosure:\u003c\/strong\u003e antique-brass slide buckle on a woven cotton strap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFit:\u003c\/strong\u003e one size, adjustable 54-61cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural-White\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerino is a renewable fibre. The sheep grow it back every year, and wool biodegrades in soil in months rather than centuries. That is a real difference to a polyester cap, and it is why we built this one out of wool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCold hand wash. Reshape while damp. Air dry in the shade. No machine, no dryer, and do not leave it on a hot dashboard. The upside is you will wash it far less often than you are used to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFirst Round Guarantee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlay a full 18 in it. If it is not the most comfortable cap you own, send it back and we will refund you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Solos™","offers":[{"title":"One Size — Adjustable 54–61cm \/ Natural White","offer_id":50110136779029,"sku":"SOL-CAP-MW-NW","price":89.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0883\/1284\/0469\/files\/Screenshot_2026-09-21_at_10.51.46_pm.png?v=1790043680","url":"https:\/\/shop.solossocks.com\/products\/merino-wool-golf-cap-natural-white","provider":"Solos™","version":"1.0","type":"link"}