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Ask the pro for advice and if he happens to know the person you are buying for all the better.
Golfers are strange animals and will often want something desperately but not buy it for some obscure reason. This gives you a golden opportunity to get that special golf gift and be remembered forever.
My golf buddies invariably give me the odd golf ball and a bottle of wine (red please and always appreciated!).
What to buy?
But recently I was given something that I was not even considering and, to be honest, would never have bought for myself - a wooden putter. At first I thought my wife had gone crazy but once I started using this beautiful golf gift I was over the moon.
I mean these things don’t even look real and after one shot my gift is no more!
Also, golf training aids are getting more popular these days as a form of golf birthday gifts. You can simply check your local store for the golf training CDs, E-books as well as Golf Training DVDs and Videos. Thus, you will never feel headache again whenever you need to send some presents to your golfing friends.
Most people should buy gifts that fall in to this category and you will never go wrong. These golf gifts should be purchased from your local pro shop. Why the local pro shop? Well because the Pro shops don’t usually sell gimmicks or rubbish.
Obviously the golf gift that you ultimately buy will depend on your budget but whatever your budget is there are still three categories of gifts. These are:
Perfectly Acceptable Golf Gifts
In this article I am going to explain three different types of golf gift that you can give to a golfer.
Shop Online
Other items that fall into this category are those golf gifts that are sold by the large discount houses. You know the ones - there are 6 golf pegs, one cheap golf ball and a cheap pitch repairer and stroke counter presented on a cardboard based wrapping with some sort of brand name like Pro Golf or something just as silly.
As a keen golfer I have received thousands of golf gifts over the years - most have fallen under the “Trash” category from well intentioned friends who have no idea about golf.
Items that fall into this category are usually slightly bigger ticket items - but not always. Anyway the phrase “big ticket item” is relative and what may seem expensive to some is quite acceptable to others.
Trash Golf Gifts.
One of the good golf teaching aid examples that you can give it to your friend as a golf birthday gift is a digital e-book on improving golf swing. This is such a wonderful present who would of thought as a golf birthday gift. Most of the golf related ebooks also packed with lots of useful golf swing tips and other step by step guideline which are useful enough for those golf beginners.
Perfectly Acceptable Golf Gifts.
These are just a few of the things that would be treasured and of course you will be remembered and thought of every time the player plays uses your special golf gift.
Be in the Know
Just about anything in the shop will be more than acceptable. Golf balls are always acceptable golf gifts but please, please find out what type of ball your recipient plays with. One ball of the preferred type is better than a sleeve of three balls that the player doesn’t use. If he is a new golfer and has no preference then fine just go ahead and buy a perfectly acceptable golf ball. Let your budget determine which one. In fact if he is totally new to golf buy as many cheap ones as your budget will allow as they will probably all land up in the water anyway.
As a golfer I simply cringe when I receive these well intentioned gifts from friends. Please do not misunderstand the golfer in me. Yes the thought does count, and for that reason is appreciated, but seriously what am I going to do with a gimmick golf ball that explodes on impact?
What’s your budget?
What prompted me to write this article?
In fact, there are several golf teaching aids e-books out there and are pretty cheap, and are very easy to get right away. E-books are actually the digital books that golf experts write and put them online to let public download. Apart from that, there are many kinds of golf birthday gifts and other kinds of golf gifts that you can buy such as golf wedding gifts, golf holiday gifts, etc.
Special Golf Gifts.
Trash.
Next Best Thing
Special golf gifts would include a specific golf bag, a set of clubs, an individual club, a specialty club (rescue irons are the rage at the moment), a golf cart, a golf “trundler”, and all weather gear.
Another great thing about shopping online is that you will usually know when the new lines of golf clubs will be released. This will tip you off as to when you can save some money on last season’s golf clubs. Golf clubs are like anything else, they are updated from time to time, but there is nothing wrong with the past models. The past models is where you can save the money you want to save. When the new line comes out, you can save up to 50% off of the original retail price! You just can’t beat that, especially because these are brand name golf clubs we’re talking about, not knockoff golf clubs.
Or the golf ball that squiggles all over the place when you try to putt it. It’s not funny for even one putt.
Golf Gifts that are absolute rubbish and that the golfer will neither appreciate nor use. Don’t waste your money on this type of golf gift.
To be honest, golf teaching e-book is supposed to be the best. This is because you can get them for less no need for the shipping cost when you buy online. Plus, they are more accessible to the public as you can download immediately after purchasing. As for the CDs and VCDs, you then need to wait for some times with the extra shipping cost which is more time consuming.
Golf shirts also make great golf gifts as do pegs, pitch mark repairers, pencils, club covers for woods and irons and a lesson with a pro.
When you shop online you’ll find that you can find discount golf clubs in just about every brand. The great thing about this is that you don’t have to settle for knockoff golf clubs, but you get them at discount prices so that they are a bit more affordable. You may have to wait a bit longer than you want for new golf club sets, but in the end the money you save will be worth it. The money you save on discount golf clubs will allow you at some point to pay for custom golf clubs!
Unusual golf gifts that are both welcome and sought after fall into this category. Usually the more expensive type items which for some reason the golfer won’t buy for himself (ladies are included in that “him” but for the ease of this article I shall simply refer to all golfers as “him”).
Don’t just shop online, shop around online. You’d be surprised to see the differences in the price of golf clubs at one website compared to the other. Many times a website will offer great savings or discount prices while another is offering just 1-2% off the original retail price. If you can save even $50 more, that is worth it, and money that you can put in your piggy bank for your future custom golf clubs!
These are the golf gifts that are practical will be appreciated and will be used but are not long lasting. These type of golf gifts are very acceptable and inexpensive. They are also very safe to give if you are uncertain.