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Golfweek Gift Guide: Best golf gifts for the serious golfer this holiday season

It can be tough to find the right gift for the serious golfer in your life, but Golfweek is making it easy.

Buying gifts for the serious golfer in your life can be a challenge. You don’t want to get something they have no use for. So, we’re here to help.

In this gift guide, we’ve found some of the best gifts for the serious golfer from brands like Arccos, Bushnell, Garmin, Sun Day Red, Lululemon and more.

From rangefinder and GPS speakers to apparel and golf shoes, we’ve included it all in this list.

Keep your eyes open over the next few weeks as we release the rest of our 2024 golf holiday gift guides. You can find the already published golf gift guides here.

We recently released several fall-themed apparel lists that include great gift ideas. If you’re looking to load up your wardrobe for fall, check out these fall apparel lists that we’ve already released: Best golf jackets | Best golf vests Best golf hoodies | Best long-sleeve polos | Best golf sweaters | Best golf quarter zips | Best fall golf apparel

Arccos – Smoke Bundle

Price: ~~$444.99~~ $299.99

Why you’ll love it: If you want to take your game to the next level and dive into all your stats, the Arccos Smoke Bundle is for you, and it’s on a massive sale! It can track every shot from your rounds and provide information telling you what you need to work on. The bundle includes: 14 weather-resistant, ultra-light, sensors (one for every club in your bag), a new Link Pro, which automatically tracks shots right from your pocket, without a phone and a full year’s membership to the award-winning Arccos app.

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Titleist – Pro V1 Golf Balls

Price: $54.99

Why you’ll love it: Stop playing with the old, cut-up ball you found in the woods. Grab a box of the best golf balls in the game.

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Golden Tee – PGA Tour Clubhouse Deluxe Edition

Price: $6,599

Why you’ll love it: Yes, we understand this is an expensive gift. However, a Golden Tee arcade game might be the coolest gift you could ever get a golfer.

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Garmin – Approach R10 Portable Launch Monitor

Price: ~~$599.99~~ $499.98

Why you’ll love it: This fantastic device can be used at home or at the range. It will provide you with all the stats you need about your swing including ball speed, clubhead speed, carry distance and much more.

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L.A.B. Golf – DF3 Putter

Price: $449.99

Why you’ll love it: Zero-torque putters are all the rage. They’re all over professional and YouTube golf. L.A.B. makes the best ZT putters on the market. It’s time to make more putts.

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G/FORE – Gallivan2r G/Lock Golf Shoe

Price: $195

Why you’ll love it: When it comes to golf shoes, it’s tough to beat the quality of G/FORE. This pair of shoes will instantly become your go-to for your Sunday morning rounds.

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Bushnell – Tour V6 SHIFT Rangefinder

Price: ~~$399.99~~ $329.98

Why you’ll love it: Every golfer needs a reliable rangefinder, and Bushnell is arguably the biggest name in the rangefinder game. This would make a great gift for any player.

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Blue Tees – The Player+ Speaker

Price: ~~$199.99~~ $179.98

Why you’ll love it: Not only is this a high-quality Bluetooth speaker that is magnetic so it can stick to a golf cart, but it’s also a GPS and can provide all the numbers you need. This is a sweet device.

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Sun Day Red – Luare Chain Stitch Hoodie

Price: $135

Why you’ll love it: A hoodie from Tiger Woods’ Sun Day Red might be the best gift you can give a golfer this holiday season. If you don’t love this color, this hoodie is available in 13 colorways.

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Lululemon – ABC Slim-Fit Trouser

Price: $128

Why you’ll love it: Every golfer needs a go-to pair of pants for the golf course, and this pair from Lululemon is as comfortable as it gets. It’s available in 14 colors.

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BONUS: Dream golf trip to Ireland

Price: £4,115. Use code GOLFWEEK250 for a £250 discount per person if this trip is purchased before 30th November

Why you’ll love it: Playing golf in Ireland is an incredible experience, where the lush greens and breath-taking views offer an unparalleled backdrop for a game. This package from Lyons Links includes an itinerary featuring the No. 1 golf course on Golfweek’s Best list of golf courses in Great Britain and Ireland: Royal County Down. You’ll also play at the upcoming Open Championship host, Royal Portrush, just a few months before the 2025 Champion Golfer of The Year is crowned there.

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Rickie Fowler arrives at Sanderson Farms with new equipment in the bag

On Tuesday, Fowler commented on a new putter he is preparing to use this week.

Rickie Fowler is making his first appearance in a PGA Tour event since the 2024 British Open this week at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. As one of the field’s headliners, he spoke with the media on Tuesday.

After discussing the course and his plans to play a few more PGA Tour events in 2024, Fowler was asked about some new equipment that was spotted in his bag.

“Yeah, got a few things. From irons, they’re just a black version of the same Cobra King Tours that I was playing, just a different color. I thought they looked a little bit better. Put those straight in.”

The King Tour is a compact, forged iron with a thermoplastic insert in the back that softens feel and enhances sound. Fowler started using the standard chrome version in 2023, nearly winning the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club with them before finally winding up in the winner’s circle at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

On Tuesday, Fowler commented on a new putter he is preparing to use this week.

“I had a little extra time to be able to do some more testing with a L.A.B. putter and saw a lot of good things from it. Like I said, liked what I’ve seen at home, so giving that a test run this week. Hopefully, we continue to see good things.”

The putter Fowler is using is a L.A.B. DF3. After you sole it behind the ball, the DF3’s weighting encourages the face of the putter to remain square to the arc you establish in the address position, creating what L.A.B. refers to as Lie Angle Balance.

Fowler also sounds like he is making a switch at the top of his bag too.

“Outside of that, added a mini driver from TaylorMade, so basically a replacement for 3-wood.” Fowler said. “Feel like it’s something very beneficial off the tee, especially at a golf course like this, so I’ve seen, again, a lot of good benefits from it.”

Mini drivers and extra-large 2-woods are gaining popularity among elite players who do not use their 3-wood off the turf and instead only use it off the tee. Tommy Fleetwood has been carrying a mini driver for a few seasons and last year Cameron Young and Max Homa also used a mini driver in several PGA Tour events.

Winner’s Bag: Grayson Murray, 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii

Check out the clubs that got the job done in Hawaii.

A complete list of the golf equipment Grayson Murray used to win the PGA Tour’s 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii:

DRIVER: Mizuno ST-X 230 (10.5 degrees), with UST Mamiya LIN-Q M40X White 7F5 shaft

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FAIRWAY WOODS: Callaway Rogue ST Max (16.5 degrees), with UST Mamiya LIN-Q M40X Black 7F5, Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (20 degrees), with UST Mamiya LIN-Q M40X 8F5

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IRONS: Mizuno Pro 225 (4), Mizuno Pro 221 (5-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 Tour Issue shafts

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WEDGES: Mizuno T24 (52, 56, 60 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts

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PUTTER: L.A.B. Golf Link.1

BALL: Titleist Pro V1

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GRIPS: Golf Pride MCC (full swing) / Garsen Quad Tour (putter)

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Can a $450 putter be a good value?

Putters that cost $450 or more might be a wise investment in your golf game.

Golf is costly, but over the years I have shared many ways to save money and make wise purchasing decisions on gear. Get shoes with replaceable spikes to prolong traction, buy tees in bulk online and invest in good rain gear that will last for years instead of two or three cheap pieces that leak every time you try playing through a shower.

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So, what I’m about to write might come as a shock, but I think it’s true: An ultra-premium putter, which easily can cost $450 or more, might be one of the best values for your game.

I get it: Paying a driver-like price for a putter is insane to many golfers. There are many high-quality putters that cost less than $200 and feature helpful technologies.

Getting custom fit and purchasing a putter such as the just-released Scotty Cameron Super Select Newport 2, a Toulon Design Memphis or a Ping PLD Milled Oslo 4 – all of which have a retail price of $449 – requires a significant outlay of cash. But consider these things before you completely dismiss the idea of owning one of these clubs.

1. The shapes are timeless.
If you put any of the aforementioned putters down behind the ball and like it, you will always like it. Shapes like these never go out of style.

2. The technologies are timeless.
When it comes to drivers, technologies change all the time. Faces are made thinner and faster, crowns become lighter and advancements in manufacturing lead to new ways to hit the ball farther every year.

In contrast, putter technologies change slowly. Many of the most high-end putters are still milled from a single block of stainless steel, and in many cases materials such as aluminum and tungsten are strategically added to improve performance. Some of these putters have special face inserts or unique weighting systems to help you roll the ball more effectively. But as with their looks, the technologies you typically find in ultra-premium putters are time-tested.

3. Over time, they’re cheaper than drivers per shot.
Let’s do a little math. If you buy a new driver such as a Callaway Paradym, Cobra AeroJet or TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus+, you will pay $550 or more. If you are an avid golfer and play 30 rounds in a season, and you hit your driver off the tee on every par 4 and par 5 (14 drives per round), you will hit driver 420 times in a season. That works out to $1.31 per shot. If you skip a few generations of drivers and play the same club for five years, that’s 2,100 shots at $0.26 per shot.

If you buy a $450 putter and need 30 putts per round, in your first 30-round season you will pay 50 cents per putt for those 900 putts. A properly fit, ultra-premium putter can easily be played for five years or longer, so if you play 30 rounds a year for five years and take 30 putts per round (4,500 putts), your cost per putt goes down to $0.10 per shot.

So, per shot, an ultra-premium putter is cheaper than today’s modern drivers.

4. They maintain resale value.
Everyone should be careful when buying used equipment online to avoid counterfeit gear. If you are looking for bargains and check the prices of used putters such as the Bettinardi Queen B Series putters, you won’t find any for less than $150 to $200, and many are still fetching $300 or more. The supplies are limited, the demand is high and the value of ultra-premium putters can remain strong for years. So if you decide to part ways with a high-end putter, you can expect to obtain a nice trade-in credit at your local store or sell it outright for a good price.

Being a good value does not mean something is inexpensive. Paying $450 or more for any golf club represents a real investment in your game, so be sure to get custom fit. Below are several ultra-premium putters that nearly any golfer would love to use.