What sets these golf towels apart
Local Rule's golf towels do one job well: they keep your clubface, grooves and hands clean between shots without looking like an afterthought clipped to your bag. The collection comes in two designs, each in three colourways. The LCLRL Towel - Dark Green leads the plain-woven line, joined by the LCLRL Towel - Dark Red and the LCLRL Towel - Blue. Alongside them sits the iron-logo series: Iron Logo Towel - Dark Green, Iron Logo Towel - Dark Red and Iron Logo Towel - Blue. The muted greens, reds and blues are the point here: they read as part of your kit rather than a giveaway from a members' day, which is what most people mean when they search for a cool golf towel rather than just any golf towel.
What a golf towel is actually for
A golf towel earns its place because dirt on the clubface changes how the ball behaves. Grass, mud and sand packed into the grooves of an iron reduce the spin and control you get on approach shots, so a towel that removes debris between shots protects the performance you paid for when you bought the clubs. The same towel wipes down your ball on the green, dries your grips in the rain, and keeps your hands dry enough to hold the club without it turning in your palms. That is the whole case for carrying one, and it is why nearly every bag on the course has a towel hanging off it. Pick the design that matches the rest of your setup rather than a spare bath towel from home, and it stops being a compromise.
Why some golf towels have a hole in the middle
The hole or slit you see in the centre of many golf towels lets you thread it over a bag rail or a clip so it hangs flat and stays put during the round. It is a purely practical detail borrowed from caddie towels: the towel drapes down, both halves stay accessible, and it does not swing loose and drag on the ground when you walk. Not every towel needs one, and a towel that fastens by a corner loop or carabiner solves the same problem a different way. If you carry a stand bag and clip your towel to a strap, the centre hole matters less than a secure attachment point that keeps the towel where your hand expects it.
How to attach a golf towel to your bag
The simplest method is a corner loop threaded onto a carabiner or the ring most golf bags already have near the top of the bag. That keeps the towel high enough to reach without bending and lets you unclip it quickly to give a club a proper wipe. If your towel has a centre slit, loop it over a bag rail so both ends hang free. Whichever you use, the goal is the same: the towel should sit within arm's reach at address, not buried in a pocket where you will stop bothering to use it. A towel you can grab in one motion is a towel you will actually use on every hole, which is the only version that keeps your grooves clean.
Washing and caring for the towel so it keeps working
Cotton golf towels wash easily in a machine on a normal cycle, and that is part of the point of owning a good one: mud, sand and grass rinse out and the towel comes back ready for the next round. Wash it before its first use so it absorbs properly rather than repelling water, which new towels sometimes do. Skip fabric softener, because it coats the fibres and cuts down how much water they pull in over time, which defeats the reason you carry the towel at all. Air-drying or a low tumble keeps the weave and the printed logo intact through many washes, so the towel stays as presentable as the day it came off the bag.
Matching the towel to the rest of your kit
The reason people search for a cool golf towel rather than just a golf towel is that the towel is one of the most visible pieces of gear on the bag, hanging in plain sight for the whole round. The dark green, dark red and blue here are chosen to sit alongside a considered on-course look rather than clash with it. If you are building a coordinated setup, it is worth looking at the wider accessories range and the headwear to pull the details together, or the caps if you want the towel and your cap to read as one kit. A towel that matches the rest of what you carry is a small thing, but it is the small things that separate a thrown-together bag from one that looks intentional.
A golf towel as a gift
A golf towel is one of the safest gifts for a golfer because everyone who plays needs one and most people never buy themselves a nice version. It carries no sizing risk, works for any handicap, and a design in a colour they would actually choose beats a generic printed towel every time. If you are shopping for someone who plays, the towel pairs naturally with the best sellers for a small bundle, and there are more ideas in the guide to the best gifts for golfers – thoughtful picks they’ll use. For something they can pick themselves, a gift cards option lets them choose the colourway that suits their bag.
