History of tweed, number 4:
Early golfers such as Old Tom Morris only played in tweed “plus fours,” and the wear of tweed for golf was nearly omnipresent up until the 1930s when summer flannel pants and polo shirts started becoming more popular. It is a little known ironic fact of history that during the Boer War, the Boers, in fighting against the British in their desperate struggle, overwhelmingly clothed themselves in this fabric.
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