Michel Rouen Men's Windproof Softshell Vest

Five pockets: two at the hand, two on the chest and one inside. The inside one is where a phone belongs, because it is the only one of the five that does not swing when you take a club back, and after a round or two that stops being a detail.

The fabric is a bonded softshell, which means a face that holds the wind off and sheds a drizzle, and a brushed back that is warm against a shirt without a separate lining. Water-resistant is the honest word for it and not waterproof: there is no taped seam behind it. A mock neck, elastic cuffs at the armhole and a wind guard under the zip finish it. Ten colourways, S to 3XL, and it gets worn away from a course more than anything else we make.

One of 2 on the vests rail in the Michel Rouen range. It also answers to golf vests, softshell vests. A size letter describes the garment rather than your body, so measure your chest once and hold the figure against the chart on the buying page. If you find a figure here that disagrees with the piece in your hands, tell us: how we keep them current is set out on how we update the catalogue.