Traditionally speaking, golf is a game of decorum. Crowds are asked to remain quiet, players use the honor system to keep their own scores, and collared shirts are required. But recently golf has gotten increasingly more casual and sporty. The shirts are slimmer, featuring wicking fabrics, the shoes resemble high-tech runners more than dress shoes, and the players themselves are in peak physical condition. The best player in the world is Jason Day, who yesterday sealed the deal at the Players' Championship in a dominant effort. His game is the best it's ever been, but his beard wasn't—dare we say it—up to par.

Put bluntly, Day's beard is a mess. It's not that thick to begin with and kinda patchy around his cheeks. But that stuff can be handled with the right trimmer. Where Day's beard gets really unkempt is in the dreaded neckbeard area. In fact, there's more hair on his neck than on his face, which is a serious indicator of a problem. The rule here is actually pretty simple: No hair should ever be below your Adam's apple. And while that doesn't mean carving a laser-precise direct line across your neck, it does mean fading the length of the hair up from there.

DORAL, FL - MARCH 10: Golfer Jason Day hits on the 12th fairway at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at the Trump Doral Golf Resort & Spa on March 10, 2013 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)Getty Images

If you can believe it, this actually isn't the worst facial hair we've seen out of the 28-year-old Australia native. Back in 2011, he was rocking one of the more bizarre goatees we've come across in recent memory (seen left). Point is, though golf might not be the elitist, snobby place it once was, if Jason really wants to assert himself as the sport's greatest post-Tiger talent, maybe his facial hair simply needs a clean start.

Jake Woolf is a writer who has covered men’s style for over ten years and has contributed to GQ since 2014. A graduate of Parsons The New School for Design (good school, long name), he also has bylines at Robb Report, HighSnobiety, Pitchfork, and the defunct #menswear website Four Pins... Read moreWriterXRelated Stories for GQGroomingGolfGolfCelebrities