Let these early Players photos remind you how far golf style has come

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Golf shirts in the '80 and '90s often defied description. Like this one from Joel Edwards.
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Or this Nick Price situation.
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Greg Norman was always good for some bold shirts.
As long as it didn't distract from his mesh cowboy hat.
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When it comes to mesh cowboy hats, by the way, 1994 at Sawgrass was a high water mark. Norman won the Players in record fashion with one in March.
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And then some other guy won the U.S. Amateur there wearing his version that August.
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Other players had their own headwear looks. Duffy Waldorf favored floral patterns.
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While Ian Baker-Finch was big on the visor.
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And we'll always give props to the well-maintained mullet.
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And speaking of business up front, party in the back, sometimes no hat is the best solution of all. Just ask John Daly.
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Fred Couples was sort of the patron saint of the early '90s puffy shirt.
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But as Colin Montgomerie proved, it's not as though he had exclusive rights.
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