Best Father's Day Golf Gifts: 23 present ideas that Dad will actually like

Buying a gift for the resident golfer in your life can be a surprisingly tricky prospect, and with Christmas rapidly approaching.

There are, ostensibly, thousands of options out there, readily available at your nearest golf shop. And for the uninitiated, it's very easy to imagine that every shirt, glove, ball or shoe is much of a muchness.

The problem, however, is that it's not. And while it's absolutely possible to find something nice in any of these areas, there's also a lot of junk out there too, destined to find its way to the bottom of the bag or wardrobe to be forgotten, lost or given away. 

For that reason, we've decided to pull together a not-at-all complete curation of products from our favourite brands both big and small, that make for a slightly more thoughtful golfing gift at every budget.

Most importantly, they're ideas that any one of us at GolfMagic HQ would be chuffed to unwrap this Christmas.

The best golf gifts for under £50

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CORE Golf Subscription

We named CORE, an instruction app developed by the folks at Hole19, one of our favourite golf apps right now. And for good reason. Approachable and affordable for everyone, CORE takes the headache out of practicing without the need for forking out for an expensive instruction plan, delivering personalised practice regimes and drills to help lower your scores and address a range a of swing faults.

Annual plan €29.99 from hole19golf.com

Devereux Golf x Mount Gay Rum Cap

Having racked up big-name collabs with their bold iconography and street-inspired aesthetic, apparel brand Devereux leaned more into understated textures and luxury fabrics for their winter collection. This washed canvas golf cap is part of the brand's latest collaboration with iconic rum brand Mount Gay, inspired by laid-back island life and the relaxed pleasures of golf in tropical climates.

Shop now: £29 at Devereux Golf

The Golf 100, by Michael Arkush

The Golf 100, penned by bestselling author Michael Arkrush and released back in April, aims to get to the bottom of one of golf's trickiest questions: who really is the GOAT? 

To form his answer, Arkrush provides a definitive ranking of the game's 100 greatest ever players, taking into account major victories, tournament wins and, importantly, the impact each has had both on and off the course. The result is one of our favourite golf books, and will change your mind about certain players, affirm your opinion of others, and make you aware of some you'd never heard of.

Journal 18 performance golf journal

An all-in-one journal designed to unlock performance on and off the course, this customisable journal from Canadian brand Journal 18 is part yardage book, part practice notepad, and part stat tracker. It has blank integrated scorecards to keep tabs on improvement and key stats, smart shot tracker pages to map out shots, and uses concepts derived from sports psychology to help any golfer integrate more structure and feedback into their practice.

Shop now: £34 from Journal 18

Jones Sports Rangefinder Pouch

Jones Golf make some of the coolest golf bags around, doing away with the uber-technical fabrics and focusing instead on classic, vintage-inspired gear that still holds up to the demands of the modern golfer. And while their bags are on the pricey side for an everyday gift, we wouldn't say no to one of their rangefinder pouches. 

Made from recycled ripstop derived from plastic bottles, they clip on easily to the buckle of any golf bag and will easily stash a rangefinder, or failing that, tees, balls or anything else you want to keep close at hand.

Shop now: £35 from Jones Sports

Mymo Golf Artwork

Founded by graphic designer and avid golfer Chris Pyatt, Mymo specialises in creating stunning, made-to-order prints of any golf course or specific holes worldwide. Tastefully designed in a watercolour style and entirely customisable, Mymo's unique blend of tech and artistic flair allows you to honour favourite hole, an all-time classic course or even an individual milestone from your own golfing career. Prints detailing some of the world's most iconic holes are available for less than £50 in Mymo's Christmas sale, and can be ordered either unframed or framed and ready to wrap.

Shop now: at Mymo

Personalised Srixon Q-Star Tour Golf Balls

Finding the best golf balls for a player is a process as personal and intricate as fitting a club, making buying a dozen for someone without knowing their skill level a tough ask. Srixon's Q-Star Tour is a fantastically affordable mid-level golf ball, providing the soft feel and distance most amateur golfers love with plenty of spin around the greens. Even better, the kind folks at American Golf will personalise them for your loved one.

Shop now: £34.99 from Clubhouse Golf

Uniqlo AIRism Cotton Polo Shirt

Cheap golf attire has a tendency to look awfully, well, cheap. This is where high-street giant Uniqlo, outfitter to style-forward golfers like Adam Scott, comes in. Pieces like the AIRism cotton polo, while understated, are affordable, infused with breathable technical fabrics, and blend seamlessly into just about any outfit whether you're on or off the course. 

The perfect pick-up if you know someone whose wardrobe is in need of a budget-conscious refresh.

Shop now: £24.90 from Uniqlo

The best golf gifts for under £100

Fyfe Golf Headcovers

The golfing equivalent of sipping a fine Single Malt in a windswept bothy, Fyfe's head covers and putter covers are handcrafted in Scotland from certified Harris Tweed. Fyfe also draws inspiration from the country's rugged vistas to make covers and accessories from hardy materials like waxed canvas, traditional tartan and clubman leather.

The Golfer's Journal Subscription

We like to think we do content pretty well here at GolfMagic, but we'd be doing a disservice to our fellow journals if we said we're the only golf outlet we think you should read. Compiling the most unique stories, the best golf writing and beautiful photography into one quarterly volume, TGJ is essential reading for any golfer who takes a considered approach to the game.

Shop now: $90 at The Golfer's Journal

Quiet Golf Active Pique Polo

California apparel brand Quiet Golf is all about returning golf to a place of simple luxury, displaying a deep appreciation for premium materials, timeless prints and tasteful colour palettes. The Active Pique polo is one of our favourite golf shirts: distilling the brand's ethos with its high-end performance fabric construction and premium pique finish. We particularly love the Teo model, with its sleek horizontal pinstripes and array of beautiful colour combinations.

Shop now: £87 from Quiet Golf

Jain Golf Club Caddy

We love Jain Golf's sunshiney, family-friendly approach to all things golf, but the West Coast brand's greatest contribution to the game of golf is undoubtedly its cult classic Club Caddy, which strips away basically everything you didn't know you didn't need from a Sunday bag and leaves you with a portable bundle of pure joy.

Capable of storing 4-5 clubs for breezy par 3 rounds and range sessions the Club Caddy has been made even better with customer input for the Holiday gifting season, with reinforced materials, a new detachable ball pouch and extra accessory clips for things like speakers.

Shop now: £53 from Jain Golf

Lululemon ABC Trousers

Activewear giant Lululemon is making big strides into the game of golf, having brought one of the PGA Tour's most stylish pros on board now in the form of Min Woo Lee and also provided clothes for Tommy Fleetwood since his departure from Nike.

You'll commonly find the Aussie in the brand's signature ABC pant, which has all the classic style you'd need in a pair of everyday chinos with a stretchy, breathable Warpstreme fabric that'll have you taking to the course comfortably. The best golf trousers your giftee will ever wear.

The best golf gifts for over £100

Blue Tees Player Pro Golf Speaker

Whether or not you enjoy music on the course, the Blue Tees Player Pro is one of the niftiest golf accessories we've seen in a while. Perfect both for bringing the vibes on a casual round and mounting on your cart for easy GPS readouts, this golf gps speaker has a full-bodied sound and an independent GPS touchscreen with a full host of yardage data for more than 40,000 courses worldwide.

Hiroki golf bag

New Zealand brand Hiroki is making seriously cool waves in the golf bag scene, taking the game back to its roots with its collection of versatile carry bags that lean on heritage materials to deliver modern performance. We love the tartan-patterned bag they've recently made in collaboration with Australian fashion brand Alfred's Apartment, which is crafted with a waxed canvas and premium leather to keep your clubs and valuables safe.

Shop now: £222 from Hiroki golf

Manors Golf Highland Packable Pullover

Whether worn as an outer layer on cooler spring days, packed away for summer or used for protection against light showers, Manors' Highland Pullover is a versatile, endlessly wearable all-rounder for any situation.

The Highlands' uber-thin, ultralight polyester construction offers it both water resistance and a barely-there feel when worn, with clever hidden fasteners on the collar and a built-in storage back that the pullover will pack into when not needed.

Shop now: £140 from Manors Golf

Payntr Speed Classic Golf Shoes

Developed in collaboration with PGA Tour sartorial heavyweight Jason Day, Payntr's Speed Classic is in our opinion the best golf shoe you can buy right now laden with comfort while maintaining a classic look and feel that stands up to the Australian's now-infamous rota of eye-catching Malbon fits.

Shop now: £199.99 from Payntr

Rapsodo iPhone Launch Monitor

The best launch monitors are expensive things—often too expensive for the average golfer to warrant investing in if they're squeezing in practice around work, family and friends. 

Rapsodo's iPhone based launch monitor helps address this is an affordable, portable way, pairing your iPhone's camera with an in-built doppler radar to create a surprisingly accurate ball tracker for practice sessions at the range, in your garage or even hitting into a net in the garden.

Shop now: £239 from Hot Golf

Sunday Golf Loma Par 3 Bag

As light and breezy as the most idyllic of twilight rounds, Sunday Golf's Loma bag is the perfect par 3 companion. Weighing in at under a kilo, it's cleverly engineered with full-length legs, a two-way divider for storing up to six clubs, and even a sneaky insulated drinks pocket for a couple of cheeky sunset bevs. Quite frankly, it'd be rude not to.

Shop now: £119.95 from Scottsdale Golf

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B.Draddy 007 Cashmere Crewneck

It's hard to go wrong with Cashmere. Revered for centuries for its buttery-soft comfort, warmth and breathability, this finest of wools also happens to make excellent layering pieces for golf, and indeed Cashmere is once again becoming a common sight on tour following years of performance fabrics dominating outerwear in the pro game. 

B.Draddy's 007 Cashmere Crewneck is as luxurious as they come, made with heather-spun Cashmere from Scotland's famed Todd & Duncan mill that's pill resistant and gets softer with every wear.

Shop now: £417 from B.Draddy

Ettinger On the Green Golf Accessory Set

Ettinger is one of England's most storied leather accessories makers, having previously held the Royal appointment to make wallets and pouches for Prince Philip among others. Their golf accessories exude this same strain of old-school class, being hand-made in its Walsall factory to this day.

The On the Green set includes a smart scorecard holder that can be personalised at will, along with a smaller clip-on belt caddy for carrying tees or a divot repair tool.

Shop now: £275 from Ettinger

Garmin Venu X1 Smartwatch

Golf GPS smartwatches are great, but can often be a little too golf-y to really be convenient wearing everyday. Garmin's Venu X1 gets around this problem, offering a full suite of lifestyle and wellness features and a huge screen in the slimmest, most fashion-forward profile of any the brand's sports watches. 

Not to be left out on the course however, the Venu X1 also has a full array of golf features just like Garmin's best golf watches, including full-colour course and green maps, real-time GPS readouts with PlaysLike calculations that factor in wind and slope, compatibility with Garmin's CT club sensors, and a full suite of data through Garmin's golf app.

Shop now: £599.99 from Garmin

Vessel Golf Signature Garment Duffel Bag

Golfers go to great time and expense ensuring that their clubs arrive at point B safe and sound on any lengthy journey. But what about everything else? Infused with the same sense of luxurious, understated cool as the brand's acclaimed golf bags, Vessel's Signature Garment duffel is the perfect companion for any weekend trip (golf-related or otherwise), with a wide single-zipper opening, a premium synthetic leather outer and an in-built garment bag with space for a full suit.

Shop now: £275 from Vessel