"I'm afraid you lose the hole and the match."

Bentley Mark IV

Does anyone know what brand/model hat Connery wore during his golf match during Goldfinger? I would love to hit the links this summer with Connery style!

Gebruder Gumbold

Me too! I have been looking for one of those. I believe that, like the sweater, it was of Slazenger manufacture. Let's help each other out, and, if that's Goldfinger's ball, then I'm Arnold Palmer!

David Schofield

Yeh, its Slazenger.

I remember in the UK in 1995 - around the time of the Goldenye publicity blitz - Slazenger produced replicas in a classic range they had.

Don't know if they still do them, though.

The Bond Experience

Yes and I know it is not a great picture but here you can see the Slazenger Golf hat with a slazenger v-neck pullover...the golf hat looks pretty good in my opinion save the ribbon band (which needs to be replaced by a more accurate one)...also pictured is Goldfinger's putter and Goldfinger's rust colored Brooks Brothers Golf cap circa 1960's....

Bill Tanner

I saw these advertised in a feature in one of the men's magazines (GQ?) a few years back... was it as long ago as 1995? Life moves fast...

Is the Slazenger hat a kind of perforated mesh material? Love the Brooks Brothers cap - do you happen to know if the original was Brooks Brothers too?

The Bond Experience

Yes, the original was BB as denoted in an old auction....and yes, the Slazenger golf hat is a mesh/straw like material...closely woven....I will take better pics of both this weekend...-{

Bill Tanner

I remember there's a nice description in the book about Goldfinger's top-to-toe golfing attire, something along the lines of Bond imagining that GF had asked his tailor to "dress me for Golf, like they do in Scotland."

Bill Tanner

I remember there's a nice description in the book about Goldfinger's top-to-toe golfing attire, something along the lines of Bond imagining that GF had asked his tailor to "dress me for Golf, like they do in Scotland."