Whether you occasionally tee it up with friends at your local municipal, enter weekly competitions at a private club, or save your money and time-off for tackling the most famous and prestigious courses, what you wear to play golf really matters. The sport has been responsible for some fairly heinous crimes against fashion over the years, but golf’s image is changing, and – thank goodness – so too are its sartorial codes. MR PORTER now stocks a range of apparel and accessories that caters for every golfing tribe — from Peter Millar, Mr P.’s new golf collection and RLX Ralph Lauren to Nike, adidas and Kjus. So, whether you’re a low handicapper, a weekend warrior or a happy hacker, there’s no excuse not to be near the top of the leaderboards for your golfing style.

You’re a regular player who goes on a couple of golf trips each year, has a bucket list of courses you want to play and, whenever possible, spends Sunday evenings on the sofa watching the climax of whatever professional tournament is on TV. What you’ve never understood, though, is why it’s necessary to dramatically change the way you dress just to play golf. Your preferred look is upmarket but understated – think cashmere blend sweater, chinos that flatter rather than billow – because you want to look good, but also because you don’t want to turn heads in the nearest pub with a beer garden.

You take your golf seriously, investing your hard-earned money on the latest driver technology, weekly video lessons and amassing enough launch monitor data to get you a job interview at Nasa. This game-improvement mentality informs what you wear on the course, with your preference being lightweight, breathable fabrics that won’t hinder the swing you’ve spent so long honing. The pops of colour are a salute to your favourite tour pros (invariably the younger ones), but also because you want others to notice you on the course and, ideally, nod approvingly at the shots you’re now hitting.

You’ve worked hard for that physique, which puts you in good company (have you seen the size of Mr Bryson DeChambeau?). Like most of the world’s top golfers, you spend as much time in the gym as you do beating balls on the range, which means you can handle a look that’s more, well, figure-hugging. You also like that what you wear – Kjus, Nike, adidas – can work to your advantage. How? Opponents in the club match play competition only need to clap eyes on those biceps to feel like they’re two down before they’ve even started.

The Beastie Boys are your golfing heroes because they pioneered taking street style onto the course. The most important piece of equipment in your golf bag is not your Scottie Cameron putter or the set of forged irons you sourced from a former samurai sword-maker in Japan, it’s your mini Bluetooth speaker, which ensures every round has its very own soundtrack. As a sneakerhead, of course you’ll be wearing Nike Air Max 1 golf shoes, but you also feel blessed to be living in an age when golf has relaxed and an array of classic sneaker styles have made it onto the fairways. The bucket hat from Stüssy is the crowning element of your ’fit.

You’re a student of the game with a well-rounded appreciation of the golden age of golfing style. You want to look (and play) like Messrs Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus in their pomp, though you’re not such a traditionalist that you insist on playing with persimmon woods. What you do admire, though, is the elegance these golfing titans brought to the game all those decades ago. As a modern man, however, you give this classic styling a contemporary twist by pairing slim, stretch wool checked trousers with a cotton-piqué polo shirt with extended placket and white Derby golf shoes with built-in kiltie.

There’s no shame in being the guy who only plays when the skies are blue and the sun is high. For you, the golf season starts with the Masters in April and closes once the first chill of winter is in the air. There are things to be said for playing golf in hail, sleet and 40mph winds, it’s just not a lot of them are printable. This is not to say you choose to dress like one of the members at Bushwood Country Club in Caddyshack. You prefer to keep things on a lower heat, hence the monochrome approach, with the murdered-out shoe and sock combo being a nice finishing touch.