Lynchpin Tours

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Johnny Lowe — Lowe Design

Lynchpin Tours Brand Presentation Designed by Lowe Design 2026 Lynchpin Tours logo lockup

Brand Presentation

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Contents

1.1 — Who we are The Brand

Who we are

Lynchpin Tours builds golf trips the way a caddie reads a course — with certainty, with precision, and always three shots ahead. We plan, book and run every detail of the journey, so the only thing left to think about is the next tee.

This document sets out the identity built to carry it: the name, the mark, the colour and the tone of voice.

Course photography The Brand
A piper on the tee at last light

always three
shots ahead

1.2 — The name Identity

The thing
that holds it
together

A lynchpin is the small piece that keeps the wheel on the axle. Remove it and everything comes apart. It is the perfect name for what we do — we are the fixed point around which an entire trip turns, holding every moving part exactly where it should be.

1.3 — Brand values Voice & Values

Brand values

Assured Calm, unhurried confidence. We have done this before and it shows — in the details, in the planning, in the way nothing is ever left to chance.
Grounded Heritage without stuffiness. The brand borrows from the traditions of the game but speaks honestly, like a trusted friend who knows the course.
Considered Every element earns its place. Generous space, deliberate colour, type that does the talking. Nothing decorative, nothing wasted.
Personal No two trips leave the same. Each itinerary is shaped around the people on it — their pace, their game, their idea of a day well spent.
1.4 — Where we started

Where
we started

Every brand begins somewhere. Lynchpin Tours began in 1997 — a badge, a handful of courses and a promise to run the whole thing properly. That date still sits on the badge. What follows is the identity built around it.

The Lynchpin Tours badge, carrying the 1997 founding date
1.5 — Competitor identities As found Marks shown for comparison only

The field

The category speaks in one voice: loud offers, crowded pages, the same stock fairway at sunset. Noise, everywhere.

Carr Golf
The Consummate Pro — Golf & Travel
Excelerator Luxury Golf Tours
The GolfPA — Ireland's Premier Golf Tour Operator
Fairways and Fun Days — Your Ultimate Golf & Ireland Experience
The mark in place Application
Dunes and fairways running down towards the estuary
The Lynchpin Tours lockup set over course photography

The lockup sits over photography with room to breathe — a soft wash beneath it, never a box around it.

1.6 — Brand tone Eighteen words

Brand tone

If the brand speaks like anyone, it speaks like the friend who has played the course before — and books the next one before you ask.

2.0 Chapter Two

The mark

Construction

Set the L against the P and a golf club stands in the space between them — shaft, head and the scoring on the face. Nothing is added; the game is simply already there, the same way a great trip resolves from a hundred decisions made well.

2.2 — Typography Liberation Serif / Inter

Typography

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Display — Liberation Serif Regular CapsThe Open Road
Heading — Liberation Serif Regular CapsLinks & Fairways
Accent — Liberation Serif Italic, lowercaseEvery course tells a story
Body — Inter RegularBody copy is set small and tight in a narrow measure, leaving the serif to carry the weight above it.
Label — Inter Caps TrackedMicro Label — Wide Tracking
2.3 — Logo inverted On dark / On light

Logo inverted

Light logomark on darkest green On dark — Lightest Green
Dark logomark on lightest green On light — Darkest Green
2.4 — Logo lockups Fourteen variants

Lockups

Deep Rough #1C5142
Horizontal lockup on Deep Rough
Horizontal
Stacked lockup on Deep Rough
Stacked
Logomark lockup on Deep Rough
Logomark
Badge lockup on Deep Rough
Badge
Claret #4E0000
Horizontal lockup on Claret
Horizontal
Stacked lockup on Claret
Stacked
Logomark lockup on Claret
Logomark
Badge lockup on Claret
Badge
Blazer Navy #142940
Horizontal lockup on Blazer Navy
Horizontal
Stacked lockup on Blazer Navy
Stacked
Logomark lockup on Blazer Navy
Logomark
Caddie Linen #E7D6C2
Horizontal lockup on Caddie Linen
Horizontal
Stacked lockup on Caddie Linen
Stacked
Logomark lockup on Caddie Linen
Logomark
3.0 Chapter Three

In colour

Ten colours
The core
#1C5142
Deep RoughDarkest Green
#278660
FairwayMiddle Dark Green
#5DA77C
FescueMiddle Light Green
#B6E4B9
Morning DewLightest Green
#F4F2ED
Bunker SandStone
#2A2A27
HickoryCharcoal
New for 2026
#4E0000
ClaretDeep Burgundy
#142940
Blazer NavyDarkest Navy
#6B9FCE
Links SkyCoastal Blue
#E7D6C2
Caddie LinenWarm Cream
3.2 — Colour in use Eight pairings

Colour in use

Aa
Primary — Lightest on Darkest
Aa
Secondary — Darkest on Lightest
Aa
Accent — Stone on Middle Dark
Aa
Editorial — Middle Dark on Stone
Aa
Heritage — Linen on Claret
Aa
Heritage reversed — Claret on Linen
Aa
Coastal — Links Sky on Navy
Aa
Coastal reversed — Navy on Links Sky
3.3 Applications

In the wild

3.4 — Mockups Nine applications

The brand in use

Enamel bag tags in claret, green and cream beside a Lynchpin golf ball on the green
A branded garment bag, leather holdall and shoe bag loaded into the car at the clubhouse
A welcome pack, document wallet and luggage tags handed across the concierge desk
A Lynchpin tour bag on the tee with claret and green headcovers
A branded tee board beside a group waiting to play, the clubhouse behind
A caddie under a branded umbrella handing over a Lynchpin towel
A Lynchpin yardage book open in the buggy above the links
A brass Lynchpin divot tool repairing a pitch mark beside a branded ball
The branded tour van waiting at the clubhouse as the group walks out
4.0 — What comes next

What comes next

The identity is ready. What follows is the roll-out — website, print, apparel and the small touches in between. One brand, applied with the same care that goes into every tour.

Sign off

Thank you

Thank you for looking through the new identity for Lynchpin Tours. If you have questions, thoughts, or want to talk through any part of it, get in touch.

hi@johnnylowe.design Johnny Lowe — Lowe Design

Lynchpin Tours — Brand Presentation — Johnny Lowe, Lowe Design — 2026