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Want new golf clubs? Get ready to wait a few months. Of all the heartache and handwringing wrought by Covid-19, delays on new putters and golf balls may seem minor, but they are a window into wider global supply chain shortages that have affected everything from semiconductors to chlorine tablets. Add your new putter and golf balls to the list of coronavirus-induced supply chain shortages and shipping delays. Photographer: Erik Isakson/Tetra images RF Take Granville Golfland, a Golf Digest Top 100 club fitter 30 minutes east of Columbus, Ohio. Its custom-fit clubs used to take about 7 to 10 days to arrive. Now, customers are being told it may take as long as 12 weeks. At American Golf locations in the U.K., they're telling clients they might not come until December. For golf, the timing couldn't be worse. The sport enjoyed renewed popularity amid the pandemic as being both outdoors and naturally socially distant: The National Golf Foundation estimates that a record 3 million people played on a golf course for the first time in 2020. More golfers led to innovations like electric caddies and at-home simulators and additional equipment sales.  Goat Hill Park in Oceanside, Calif. Source: Goat Hill Park Industry behemoth Callaway reported a record fourth quarter 2020, with consolidated net sales of $375 million and a 20% increase, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.  "The industry saw a turnaround that no one could possibly see coming," says Jeff Crawford, associate marketing manager at Mizuno, long known as a leader for its golf irons. It used to turn custom orders around in two business days. Now Mizuno is quoting up to seven weeks—and that's if the components are available.  "We went from thinking we'd have massive amounts of leftover inventory to practically having no inventory at all, within a matter of weeks," says Crawford. Supply chain shortages are compounded by shipping costs for golf ball manufacturer Snell. Source: Snell Golf Dean Snell, who runs an eponymous direct-to-market golf ball manufacturer, says smaller companies like his are in an uphill fight against larger companies with more buying power for both raw materials and manufacturing processes. "We didn't get any shipments in for the first five or six months of this year." That issue then was "compounded when shipping costs went crazy," he says: Shipping by boat is six times the regular cost, and air shipping can be as much as eight times more. He is currently limiting customers to two boxes per order. Watch out for those water hazards. Golfers social distancing at Stoney Creek Golf Course in Nellysford, Virginia. Photographer: Dave Merrill/Bloomberg   Want to Get Away? Looking to book a vacation? Bloomberg's Covid Travel Tracker uses data gathered each week from reporters on the ground—restrictions and requirements related to restaurants, bars, nightclubs, offices, museums, hotels, shopping centers and public transportation and spaces—to monitor to-and-from travel restrictions in 40 global cities. Grades for each destination on ease of travel, openness and vaccination rates are updated regularly.  The Boca Raton Resort and Club circa 1960, before it was painted pink. The exterior of its new incarnation will go back to ivory. Photographer: Archive Photos/Getty Images

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Fall Style Preview

Golds, metallics, crystals, and sequins—fashion designers have gone big on sparkle for fall. "Everyone's been thinking along the same lines of 'We need some optimism. We need to feel that there is lightness,' " says Sarah Rutson, fashion consultant and former vice president for global buying at Net-a-Porter. "Otherwise, what? We're going to stay in gray, black, and white for the rest of our lives?" This spring, runways from seemingly every label were filled with golds, metallics, crystals, and sequins. Photo Illustration: Hannah Whitaker for Bloomberg Businessweek; Photographs: Courtesy companies Indeed, the optimistic collections shown this past spring, anticipated a clientele that, by September, would be in a collective mood for celebration. The delta variant may have softened that festive mood, so for those who aren't ready for full-on glam, there are other ways to evoke a sanguine spirit. "People are going to start incorporating those special, but subtle, moments into their minimalist wardrobe," says Taylor Tomasi Hill, creative and fashion director of the Yes, a shopping app. Christian Louboutin's Elisa Mini Piste Aux Etoiles bag ($2,490) is inspired by One Thousand and One Nights and features almost 3,000 hand-applied strass crystals. Source: Christian Louboutin The trend also speaks to two of the year's other paramount priorities: safety and strength. Burberry's Riccardo Tisci and Dior's Maria Grazia Chiuri showed shiny dresses and skirts that resembled nothing less than a chain-mail suit of armor. Dior's chain-mail-inspired dress is ready for a rave but can also show off a lesser degree of sparkle beneath a leather jacket. Source: Dior "People are just sick and tired of sitting at home in sweatpants and T-shirts," says fashion journalist and producer Joe Zee. "People are not just ready to get dressed up—they're ready to get dressed up in the most maximal ways possible. There's something incredibly joyful to look at something that's shiny." And the trick to pulling it off? "The reality is there are no rules," Zee says. "You can do shine in small doses, or you can do it as big as you want." If we're being honest, it's really the season of sequins: The shiny paillettes have been everywhere, like this Gucci skirt featuring supersize, colored versions. Source: Gucci

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