25 Golf Outfits for Tall Women

The tall problem in golf wear is never the top. It is the four centimetres of ankle showing under a trouser that claims to be full length, the skort that turns out to be a tennis skirt, and the sleeve that stops halfway down the forearm and stays there.

So this list is built around length. Tall specific trousers where they exist, deliberate crops where they do not, longer skorts, and sleeves that either reach properly or stop at the elbow on purpose. Big prints and wide legs are the fun part, because a tall frame carries volume that swamps everyone else. The petite list runs on the opposite constraint, and the modest edit uses similar hem lengths for a different reason.

The single best thing you can do is buy from brands that publish an inseam number rather than a vague long option. Where that leads, our guide to the best golf apparel.

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#1: Navy Wide Leg Trousers with a White Polo

Navy wide leg trousers under a white polo. Volume in the leg is a tall privilege: what looks like fancy dress on a shorter frame reads as tailoring here.
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#2: Long Skort with a Tucked Sleeveless Top

A longer skort with a sleeveless top tucked in. Skorts run short and on longer legs they run shorter still, so the midi length is the one worth hunting down.
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#3: Cropped Wide Trousers with a Fitted Top

Deliberately cropped wide trousers with a fitted top. If a full length is never going to be full length, crop it on purpose at the narrowest part of the ankle and own it.
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#4: Long Sleeve Sun Shirt in Cream

A cream long sleeve sun shirt. Sleeve length is the tall tell, so buy the one that reaches the wrist even if it means going up a size and taking the body in.
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#5: Bold Print Trousers with a Plain Polo

Large scale print trousers under a plain polo. Big repeats need a big canvas, which is exactly what a long leg is, and they look wrong on almost anyone else.
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#6: Monochrome Black with a Wide Belt

Black top, black trousers, wide belt. Tonal dressing does not need to lengthen anything here, so the belt is free to be a real interruption rather than a discreet one.
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#7: Navy Polo Dress with a Longer Hem

A navy polo dress in the longest length available. Golf dresses are drafted for average height and lose ten centimetres on a tall frame, which is where most of them fall apart.
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#8: White Trousers with a Striped Top

White trousers under a striped top. Horizontal stripes are a gift here, because breaking up the vertical is a problem tall women get to have and nobody else does.
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#9: Olive Trousers with a Cream Sun Hoodie

Olive trousers with a cream sun hoodie. Hoodies are cut long, which for once is an advantage: it will actually cover the waistband instead of riding up at the back.
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#10: Elbow Sleeve Top with a Midi Skort

An elbow length sleeve with a midi skort. If a long sleeve will not reach, a deliberate elbow length looks far better than a three quarter that was meant to be full.
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#11: Camel Trousers with a Burgundy Polo

Camel trousers with a burgundy polo. Autumn colours on a long line, and the length lets both shades have real space rather than fighting in a small area.
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#12: Long Line Vest over a Base Layer

A long line vest over a thin base. Vests cut for average height sit at the ribs on a tall frame; a long line one reaches the hip where it belongs and keeps the core warm.
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#13: Grey Joggers with a Fitted White Top

Tapered grey joggers with a fitted white top. For the range rather than the course. Tapered at the ankle, since a wide leg on long legs will catch on your own shoe.
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#14: Pleated Midi Skirt with a Tucked Polo

A pleated midi skirt with the polo tucked in. Pleats plus length is the most elegant thing on this list and it moves properly through a swing, which a straight midi does not.
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#15: Teal Polo with White Wide Legs

A teal polo above white wide leg trousers. Deep colour up top, volume below, and nothing else going on. It is the most photographed outfit shape in women's golf for a reason.
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#16: Layered Neutrals in Long Cuts

Three thin layers, all cut long. The tall layering rule is that every piece must clear the waistband, or the bottom one rides up and undoes the other two.
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#17: Black Trousers with a Bright Sleeveless Top

Black trousers under a bright sleeveless top. Sleeveless removes the sleeve length problem entirely, which is the simplest solution available and often the right one.
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#18: Plaid Wide Trousers with a Cream Polo

Plaid wide leg trousers under a cream polo. The oldest pattern in golf on the widest cut available. Nothing else should be happening anywhere in this outfit.
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#19: Navy Windbreaker with Full Length Leggings

A navy shell over full length leggings. Leggings are the one category that reliably comes long enough, which makes them the safest cold weather bottom on this list.
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#20: Sage Sun Shirt with Beige Cropped Trousers

A sage sun shirt with cropped beige trousers. Soft colours on a long frame need a clear break somewhere, and the crop at the ankle provides it without any pattern.
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#21: Colour Blocked Set with a Low Break

A colour blocked set with the seam below the natural waist. Dropping the break is a shape only a long torso can carry, and it is worth doing precisely because so few people can.
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#22: White Sun Hoodie with a Long Skort

A white sun hoodie over a longer skort. Sun handled by the hood and sleeves, heat handled by the skort, and length handled by buying the midi rather than the standard.
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#23: Cream Cardigan over a Long Dress

A cream cardigan over a longer golf dress. The cardigan needs to be long line too, because a cropped one over a long dress creates a break in exactly the wrong place.
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#24: Charcoal Trousers with a Coral Top

Charcoal trousers with a coral top. Warm colour above and cool grey below, and the tall frame gives both enough room that neither has to compete for attention.
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#25: All White with a Coloured Visor

White top, white trousers, one strong colour at the visor. On a long frame all white is striking rather than clinical, and a single accent at eye level finishes it.