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25 great Father’s Day golf gifts for dad

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Not that you need reminding, but Father’s Day is Sunday of the U.S. Open, which falls on June 19 this year. And if your pops is a golfer, you’ve come to the right place. GolfWRX presents its annual Father’s Day Gift Guide with 25 options from across the budgetary spectrum this year.

And like we say every year, if your dad isn’t a golfer, let us make a recommendation: Get him a lesson from a PGA professional. It’s never too late to start chasing the little white ball, and there’s nothing better on Father’s Day than playing 18 with dad. Here are 25 suggestions for your Father’s Day shopping list.

Gift Card: Topgolf

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Available for any amount between $10 and $500, with optional eDelivery. A Topgolf gift card is good for lessons, memberships, golf, games, food and beverages at the golf entertainment destination. There’s no golf experience quite like it. Learn more here.

Book: The Golf Courses of the British Isles by Bernard Darwin ($17.31)

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A beautiful edition of this classic golf text, and a necessary inclusion in dad’s golf library. Buy it now.

Golf Balls: Snell: My Tour Ball ($31.99), Get Sum ($20.99)

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Dean Snell is bringing affordability to the premium ball space with this offering that hits you in the pocket book for half the cost of most tour balls. The 2-piece Get Sum ball is a lower cost option.

Hats: Travis Matthew B-Bahamas hat ($29.95)

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We love this limited-edition Travis Matthew hat (worn by Luke List). Light and versatile.

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Gloves: GFore ($35)

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Add a little color to dad’s golf-glove game. If Tom Watson can wear a colored golf glove, so can your dad.

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Accessory: Seamus Red Stewart Tartan Putter Cover ($55)

Red_Stewart_Main_1024x1024It’s tough to pick just one offering from Seamus, whose range of club covers and accessories is sensational. This tartan putter cover is stylish and gives a nod to the roots of this maddening game. Learn more from Seamus.

Headcovers: Titleist Leather Headcover (Driver $90, Fairway $85, Hybrid $80)

titleist-leather-headcovers-If dad plays Titleist clubs, he ought to cover them with these retro-inspired headcovers. Available in black or white.

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Golf Shirt: Major manufacturer: Nike MM Fly Blade ($90) / Independent brand: Holderness & Bourne: The Macdonald ($88)

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The blade collar is coming to golf in a big way. If your dad’s an ahead-of-the-curve kind of guy from a fashion standpoint, he’ll appreciate Nike’s MM Fly Blade polo. If he’s more traditional, nobody does the modern incarnation of the classic golf polo better than Holderness & Bourne.

Sunday Bag: Ping Moonlite Bag ($89.99)

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If your dad likes to walk, but isn’t looking to schlep a heavier carry bag, consider the 2.5-pound Ping Moonlite. The adjustable standing strap is clutch.

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Golf GPS: Garmin Approach G10 ($99)

garming10-1-280116One of the best-selling golf GPS devices in the game. It’s small, lightweight and easy to clip to your belt.

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Pants: Lululemon ABC Pant ($128)

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Lulu makes more than yoga pants, and you’d be wise to take note if you’re looking for a pant that can be worn at work, on the golf course, or dressed down with a tee shirt. Fun fact: ABC stands for anti-ball-crushing. In that respect, they get the job done. Available in standard length and long. Buy them now. 

Sunglasses: Frogskins ($150), Oakley Flak ($190),

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Oakley is releasing a series of frames for the Olympics this summer. Team USA will be wearing them, so why not dad? Something sportier (Flak) and lifestyle (Frogskins).

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Golf fitness bundle: SKLZ Get Golf Strong ($164.99)

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If dad is fitness-inclined, SKLZ 6-week, in-home training program, Get Golf Strong, provides everything he’ll need for a home-based golf-specific workout. And hey, Tony Finau is featured in the videos.

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Golf Shoes: ECCO CAGE ($200), EVO ($190)

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Some of the finest, most innovative and supremely stylish golf shoes on the planet. Enough said. Our story. 

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Wedges: Vokey SM6 Raw ($195)

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Get dad the most popular wedge on the PGA Tour. This version will rust, giving dad the same look as the pros. Our review. 

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Push Cart: CaddyTek EZ-Fold 3 Wheel ($199.99)

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An excellent option if dad’s in the market for a push cart.

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Laser: Precision Pro Nexus Laser Rangefinder ($199.95)

PrecisionproLooking to get dad a rangefinder? The combination of price and ease-of-use is right in this offering from Precision Pro.

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Hybrid: Ping G Crossover ($229)

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If dad needs help with his long game, but has struggled with high-lofted fairway woods and hybrids, get him a Ping G Crossover to try. It’s available in lofts of 18 degrees (3 iron replacement), 21 degrees (4 iron replacement) and 24 degrees (5 iron replacement). He’ll thank you. Learn more from Ping. 

Fairway Wood: Callaway XR 16 ($229.99)

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An amply forgiving, sleek-looking weapon — and the same model Danny Willett used to win the Masters.

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Golf Cooler: Yeti Roadie 20 ($249.99)

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Dad needs something to keep his booze cold on course, right? Nothing beats a Yeti. Expensive? Yes. The best? Also yes.

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Speaker: Bose SLIII ($269.95)

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A superior-quality wireless speaker from a name dad will know and respect, and a retro look he’s sure to like too.

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Putter: TaylorMade Spider Limited Red ($299)

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Inspired by Jason Day’s Players Championship-winning flatstick (and the Redback spider of Australia), this red number makes a bold statement in addition to offering the higher MOI dad likely needs. Learn more from TaylorMade.

Driver: TaylorMade M2 ($399)

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For most dads, TaylorMade’s M2 is going to perform better than the company’s M1 driver due to its added forgiveness. It’s one of the hottest drivers on the PGA Tour, too. Our review.

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Blade-Like Irons: Ben Hogan PTx ($1200)

Ben-Hogan-PTx-Iron-1280x850Following the success of their return to the industry with the Ft. Worth 15 irons, Ben Hogan released these more forgiving (but equally beautiful) PTx irons.

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Distance Irons: Callaway Apex Black ($1,299)

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These stealthy irons make a statement, and the 360-cup face isn’t just marketing speak: dad will see a boost in ball speed with Apex Blacks in the bag.

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  1. Dave

    Jun 8, 2016 at 12:57 pm

    B man must be nice to be rich their is more out there just look

  2. Blake

    Jun 7, 2016 at 3:37 pm

    The nike blade polo thing is not coming to golf in a big way. NIke will push it for a year and then people will forget

  3. Scooter McGavin

    Jun 7, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    Funny you say that Yeti is the best, when basically every review I’ve read from people who have actually compared other brands against them (ie. Pelican, RTIC) says that the other brands are better… and are often cheaper. Although you do get a bumper sticker when you buy a Yeti, so if that’s important to you…

  4. ?

    Jun 7, 2016 at 11:50 am

    That laser gun? Bushnell please

  5. B-Man

    Jun 7, 2016 at 9:41 am

    How about something with class and more expensive? This is mostly all cheap stuff.

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Whats in the Bag

Chesson Hadley WITB 2024 (March)

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Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70 TX

3-wood: Titleist TSR2+ (14.5 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX

Irons: Titleist T200 (3), Titleist 620 CB (4, 5), Titleist 620 MB (6-PW)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 105 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-PW)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG 2-Ball
Grip: Odyssey

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Check out more in-hand photos Chesson Hadley’s clubs here.

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Gary Woodland WITB 2024 (March)

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Driver: Cobra Darkspeed X (8 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 70 M5

  • The white circle that appears at the top of the face a removable sticker that’s used for launch monitor tracking, and Woodland removes it for competition!

3-wood: Cobra Darkspeed X (14 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 GW100 Prototype

7-wood: Cobra LTDx LS prototype (20 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 GW100 Prototype

Irons: Wilson Staff (18 degrees), Cobra King MB (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS Tour C-Taper Limited X

Wedges: Cobra SB (48), Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-08F, 56-14F), Cobra King (60)
Shafts: KBS Tour C-Taper Limited X (48 degrees), KBS Tour V-Ten 125

Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 3.0P

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

See more in-hand photos of Gary Woodland’s WITB in the forums.

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Q&A: Martin Trainer on his Bobby Grace “Greg Chalmers” putter, 6.5-degree driver, and “butter knife” 2-iron

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As unbiasedly as I can put it, Martin Trainer has one of the coolest club setups in professional golf. (At some point soon, I’ll put together a top-10 list of “coolest club setups on Tour,” but I know that Trainer will be in the top-10)

What a lineup. He plays a 6.5-degree Wilson prototype driver, a 13-degree Wilson prototype 3-wood, a true blade Wilson Staff Model 2-iron, and a Bobby Grace “Greg Chalmers Commemorative” putter!

 

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I mean, look at this 2-iron from address…

To quote the great author R.L. Stine: “Goosebumps.”

On Wednesday at the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open, I caught up with Trainer to learn more about his bag setup.

Here’s what he had to say:

You have the Internet going crazy over your bag setup, and your putter. Where’d you pick the Bobby Grace-Greg Chalmers putter up? How long have you had it?

MT: This was from when Bobby Grace came to my course in California: Cal Club. And for whatever reason, they just started having them in the shop. So then I took my buddy’s, started using it, and made, like, a million putts in a row, which is how every putter story begins, I guess.

And then, I bought a couple of my own, used it for years, got to the Tour with it, won on Tour with it (the 2019 Puerto Rico Open). Then, about a year later, started using another putter, did that for a couple years, but now it’s back in the bag.

When did it come back in the bag?

MT: December of this past year. So a few months ago.

What year would you say was the first time you threw that in the bag, or, like, when you bought it?

MT: God…Probably, 2016, maybe? 2018?

Do you remember how much you paid for it?

MT: I don’t know, actually. Maybe $100-150 bucks or something. I think that’s the only golf club I’ve bought between high school and now. Well, two, since I bought two of them.

The driver is interesting, too. What went into the prototyping process?

MT: That was a version of the current driver, but it was the prototype that they first came out with for Tour guys to try. And for whatever reason, I just never switched out to the new one.

It’s just 6.5 degrees, right?

MT: Yeah. Very low loft, yeah.

What kind of ball speed do you have with that these days?

MT: Like high 170’s.

Yeah, that’ll work. And then a 2-iron blade? We’re seeing fewer and fewer of those out here.

MT: Yeah. The butter knife.

Very cool thing to have in the bag. Have you done any testing with driving irons? 

MT: Yeah, I used to have a thicker one, but it was a little offset, and I never hit it that well. And then finally, I started messing around with the butter knife. And I remember the first time I looked down at it, I was terrified. And then I ended up getting used to it, putting it in play, and it’s been in place since. It’s a pretty good club for me.

How far do you carry that? 

MT: Like 235.

A good little wind club, I’m sure.

MTL Yeah, exactly. I can hit it very low. It’s great.

I love it. You have people shook looking at that. Thanks for the time, man. 

MT: Absolutely.

To see more photos and discussion of Trainer’s bag, click here.

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