Patrick grew up at a small course called Morris Country Club, an hour outside of Chicago where his dad was the Director of Golf, and ran about every area of the operation.. Morris was just outside the radius of familiarity in Chicagoland, but that's just how they like it.
Kristen, also a Morris native, grew up eventually working in the golf business, first at Morris CC, and eventually moving with Patrick sharing in a parallel, creative career in apparel.
As time went, Patrick and Kristen grew absorbing as much as they could about the golf industry, and the merchandise business, from PK's dad, the old pro who owned his own shop.
At 17, Patrick turned down a golf scholarship to follow his dream of having his own golf apparel company, and attended The Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago to hone his craft of Fashion Design. Kristen, in Marketing and Communications from Eastern Illinois University.
Quickly after, the highschool sweethearts moved to New York City, to work in the fashion industry, and design golf apparel for Ralph Lauren. Patrick left following his boss Charlie Schaefer to launch Greyson Clothiers as the brand's first employee. Continuing on the journey of trying to find “happy”, their family worked around the golf industry assisting and directing design at brands like Linksoul, Seamus Golf, True Linkswear and many more. They traveled the country, and wanted a way to keep connected to Morris, and the people that made it so special.
Fast forward 10 years later, The Keegan Family has opened their own brick and mortar general store (Field Day Social) in their hometown outside of Chicago, equipped with a bar, barbershop, and home to Field Day Sporting Co.'s design headquarters. It quickly has become a mainstay of the community, and a pillar of the downtown. Servicing families with tuxedo rentals for life changing events like weddings, and even helping their younger customers for Prom. The retail location has been created as an experiential, and low pressure shopping experience with some of the most premium brand names in the business. The concept is rooted in relationship and inspired by hometown lore.
In 2024, their brand delivered its debut collection at wholesale, to extremely limited doors, and many of the best in the golf and specialty retail business. Patrick's childhood dream of founding and designing his own golf line is happening exactly how he imagined it from the beginning. Field Day is family owned and self funded. The brand has been proud to surround itself with hometown supporters, and now premium retailers globally as of Spring 2024.
With appreciation for yesteryear and nostalgia, Field Day delivers sentiment by way of thread for purists, but functionality built for the future.
Patrick and Kristen's vision is to build product that is timeless in nature, and never "On Trend". Looking back at black and white photos of the best dressed figures in history, we don’t think they’d scratch their heads at the product they wore. They’d probably still be wearing much of it.
Field Day is building product with the golfer in mind, but not designing product specific to it. We are creating product that are aimed at the traditionalist and purist- minded customer, but with modern functionality. The collection isn't a departure to the fit and feel of what you’re already wearing on or off course. Field Day is designed the attitude and class of the past, but the innovation and functionality of the future.
