Unusual Golf Gifts

Some obvious gifts for the golfer(s) in your life are the essentials, like gloves, tees, balls, clubs and shoes. Several unusual ideas exist that can make the golfing experience more enjoyable and some can improve a golfer's score. You can find most of these items priced to fit your budget.

  1. Personalized Items

    • Several golf outlet and retailer stores provide personalizing services for a variety of golf gifts. You can have names, mottoes and pictures printed, stamped or stitched into bags, balls, tees or shirts. While personalizing golf merchandise may or may not affect a golfer's abilities, it is a thoughtful way to acknowledge a love for the game. The price depends on what you have personalized.

    Pull Carts

    • Older golfers may appreciate pull carts because they allow the golfer to walk the course without carrying their own bag, which can weigh up to 60 pounds. Pull carts have numerous attachments and some have fold-down seat so golfers can sit while waiting to hit their next shot. The more attachments the pull cart, the more expensive the cart. However, you can find average pull carts with inexpensive price tags.

    Range Finders

    • Range finders vary from inexpensive miniature telescopes that can give an approximate yardage, to extravagant GPS devices that can provide definite yardages. You cannot use range finders in most tournaments but can be vital training devices for practice or pleasure rounds. You can find range finders in most golf outlet or retail stores. Prices range in correlation to the amount of technology and accuracy provided.

    Ball Pick-ups and Attachments

    • A ball pick-up device is a metal claw or rubber suction bowl attached to the end of a steel shaft and grip, resembling a golf club. Elder players or players with bad backs find these devices helpful, reducing back stress from bending over repeatedly. You can attach some models to the butt of a putter grip.