Nick Jonas is taking a swing on the golf market. The singer, songwriter and actor with a number of facet hustles — from vogue, perfume and tequila collaborations with John Varvatos to a latest funding in Excellent Second skiwear — has partnered with PXG, a maker of high-end golf tools and attire in Scottsdale, Arizona. Their capsule assortment of about 20 males’s and unisex items with a customized emblem that interlocks PXG and Jonas’s initials will premiere at a one-day pop-up in New York on Nov. 15. It additionally will likely be accessible at TrendyGolf in Los Angeles, California, from Nov. 17 to twenty, in addition to by means of PXG shops.
“As a non-professional golfer, I wished to create types that had been purposeful however that had been additionally snug and assured sufficient to be worn off the course too,” Jonas stated. “Kinds have a contemporary, youthful edge, like pleated pants with a jogger end, or embedding golf shoe spikes in a slide that aren’t purposeful to interrupt boundaries.”
Jonas might not be on the PGA Tour, however he’s no stranger to the sport. He started taking part in as a tween at a municipal golf course in New Jersey and acquired extra severe when his household moved to Texas. With an eight handicap, he held his personal throughout his inaugural American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe final July. It was such a rewarding, high-pressure problem that he invited his brothers to compete subsequent yr.
“Although golf’s a mountain that I’ll by no means summit, it’s additionally the enjoyment of being exterior and with individuals,” stated Jonas, who’s a member of PXG’s sister endeavor, the unique Scottsdale Nationwide Golf Membership, the place his spouse Priyanka Chopra threw him a thirtieth birthday bash in September.
PXG cofounder Renee Parsons stated Jonas was an apparent selection given his love of the sport and the model, in addition to for his being a method setter who might attain a brand new, broader viewers on and off the golf course.
“We provide tops in a smaller dimension run to suit ladies, his core demographic,” she stated, of the unisex class that extends to luggage, together with a flat fanny pack, and PXG’s foray into footwear, the spiky slide. “Our model is severe about technical points, however we’re irreverent and younger at coronary heart.”
Parsons stated Jonas was hands-on in creating pants’ waistbands with technical belts and strategic pocket placement and tops with the “Nick match,” which she describes as athletic-plus for V-shaped cuts with broad shoulders that taper on the waist.
“He’s artistic and extremely engaged. Lots of people don’t affiliate him with golf, however they are going to quickly,” she stated.