The Most Stylish Olympians Are the Female Golfers

Kristine Solomon
Brazil's Miriam Nagl makes a statement with her skill and her style on the 18th green during the second round of the Women's Individual Stroke Play. (Photo: Getty Images)
Brazil’s Miriam Nagl makes a statement with her skill and her style on the 18th green during the second round of the Women’s Individual Stroke Play. (Photo: Getty Images)

And you thought the women’s Olympic hurdlers had it going on. It turns out — as lifestyle commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir learned — it’s the female golfers who are killing the fashion game at this year’s Games in Rio. This comes after the sport has been absent from the Olympics for a whopping 112 years, according to the New York Times! Now that’s how you make an entrance.

Shiho Oyama of Japan is coordinated in red, white, and blue as she plays a shot from a bunker on the third hole during the First Round of Women's Golf on Day 12 of the Summer Games in Rio. (Photo: Getty Images)
Shiho Oyama of Japan is coordinated in red, white, and blue as she plays a shot from a bunker on the third hole during the First Round of Women’s Golf on Day 12 of the Summer Games in Rio. (Photo: Getty Images)

Golfer Miriam Nagl of Brazil showed the world how it’s done in her home country, sporting a green-and-yellow diagonal plaid skirt topped with a sunny polo. And Shiho Oyama of Japan brought contrast to the green with red, purple, and black geometric polo set off by a long-sleeved white shirt underneath — possibly to ward off the Zika virus, as many athletes have been taking this and other preventive measures, according to Fortune. Oyama finished her look with navy blue shorts and a white belt that almost popped off the screen.

Maria Verchenova of Russia sports a vacation-inspired look as she prepares to play from the fourth tee during the First Round of Women's Golf. (Photo: Getty)
Maria Verchenova of Russia sports a vacation-inspired look as she prepares to play from the fourth tee during the First Round of Women’s Golf. (Photo: Getty)

Maria Verchenova represented Russia in a blue-and-white layered dress with a hint of red peeking out from her skirt. Her floppy sunhat-meets-visor made the whole look very holiday chic.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Adidas had designed the outfits for Team USA’s golfers, according to Golf Digest. The athletic brand unveiled a line of women’s and men’s gear in coordinated red, white, and blue patterns, with pieces that included long- and short-sleeved tops, shorts, pants, and skirts.

Gerina Piller and Stacy Lewis of Team USA in their matching Adidas gear. (Photos: Getty Images)
Gerina Piller and Stacy Lewis of Team USA in their matching Adidas gear. (Photos: Getty Images)

Players Gerina Piller and Stacy Lewis both paired the same stylish jersey with summery white shorts, while Lexi Thompson teed off on Day 12 in an adorable blue skirt with a red ruffle. Even the wife of U.S. men’s golfer Patrick Reed, Justine, gets major style points for coordinating in a patriotic striped long-sleeve top.

U.S. golfer Patrick Reed's wife, Justine, dresses in patriotic solidarity. (Photo: Getty Images)
U.S. golfer Patrick Reed’s wife, Justine, dresses in patriotic solidarity. (Photo: Getty Images)

And you have to love the Czech Republic’s Klára Spilková, who shook up the green in Hawaiian-themed tops — first a red-and-white version, then a neon-yellow showstopper.

The Czech Republic's Klára Spilková sports a tropics-inspired look. (Photo: Getty Images)
The Czech Republic’s Klára Spilková sports a tropics-inspired look. (Photo: Getty Images)

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