36 Golf Trip Gift Ideas, Sorted the Way You Actually Plan the Trip
For the guy who organizes it every year
A complete guide to kitting out a buddies golf trip, from getting your logo onto something to the trophy that changes hands at the last dinner. Built for the organizer buying for eight to twenty four people at once.
If you read one line, read this one. Start ordering four weeks out, and six if anyone is getting a shirt. Almost everything here leaves our workshops within one to two business days, far faster than the multi week lead times custom logo work usually carries. The delay is never the gear. It is the logo file coming back wrong, one person joining late, and the guy who tells you his shirt size the night before you order.
The order of operations, if you have never run this before
- 1. Name it, then draw itThe name comes first and the logo follows. Some people commission one, some draw it themselves in an afternoon. Either works, as long as you end up with a usable file.
- 2. Get a vector fileAsk for a .AI, .EPS or .SVG. If all you get is a PNG, ask for the largest, cleanest version they have. This one step removes the most common cause of a delayed order.
- 3. Collect sizes before anything elseShirts, caps and gloves need numbers from people. Send that message the same day you settle the logo, because it is the slowest reply you will get.
- 4. Split the budget in twoPer head for the welcome bag, once for the trophy. Groups that do not separate these end up with sixteen nice koozies and nothing to hand the winner.
- Start with the logo
- The welcome bag
- On the cart
- The drinks run
- The uniform
- Trophies
- What carries a logo well
- Budget per person
- Questions
Step one
Start with the logo, because everything else hangs off it
If your trip has a name, it deserves a mark. Get the logo settled first and every decision after this one gets easier, because you are then just choosing what carries it. These six are the cheapest and fastest ways to get it onto something.
$39.99Min 5 stamps
Custom Logo Golf Ball Stamp
Stamp your trip logo onto whatever balls everyone already plays. Five ink colors, and the minimum order is five stamps on one logo.
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From $24.99
Event Exclusive Custom Logo Golf Balls
Titleist TruFeel printed with your logo on the front and your own text on the back. Sets of 3, 6 or 12, so you can scale it to the group.
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$29.99
Custom Scorecard Holder
Genuine leather with stitched edges, engraved with the trip logo. It comes back out every year, which most of the bag does not.
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$12.99Min 10
Custom Logo Divot Tool
A divot tool with a magnetic ball marker carrying your logo. This is our single best selling product, by units, across the whole store.
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$7.99
Copperlinks Custom Golf Ball Marker
Solid copper, three design layouts, and the cheapest way to get your logo into every player's pocket.
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From $29.99Min 25 chips
High Roller Golf Ball Marker Chips
Clay composite chips with a weighted metal insert, UV printed both sides. They mark a ball and they settle the Calcutta.
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The welcome bag
Under $20 a head, bought in quantity
This is the stuff an organizer buys one of per person and hands out on the first tee. Cheap, personal, and in their hands the same day. If you are buying for sixteen people, this section is where most of your budget goes and where it should.
$14.99
Custom Logo Tee'd Up Flask
A dimpled golf ball flask with your logo on it. Six hundred plus of these went out last year, which tells you what groups actually buy.
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$12.99Min 10
Clubhouse Magnetic Golf Tournament Koozie
Magnetic backing, so it sticks to the cart frame instead of rolling around under the seat. Fits 12oz cans and bottles.
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$12.99
Slim Cart Slim Can Cooler Sleeve
The slim can version, same magnet, same cart trick. For the crew that has moved on to seltzer.
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$9.99
Golf Outing Custom Can Cooler
Faux leather, five colors, ten dollars a head. The easiest line item to say yes to when you are buying twenty of something.
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$12.99
Tee Time 5-in-1 Golf Tool
Groove brush, divot tool, ball marker, bottle opener and a carabiner clip, with your logo on the center disc.
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$12.99Min 10
Custom Logo Divot Tool & Ball Marker
The same money as the plain divot tool, with a shield shaped marker that suits a crest better than a round one does.
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On the cart
The step up, roughly $17 to $35 a head
Slightly better gear for the trip that runs a bit more upmarket, or for a smaller group where the per person number can stretch. Everything here still goes out on the course rather than sitting on a shelf.
$25.99Min 25
Custom Logo Phone Caddy
Straps to the cart frame and holds a phone through eighteen holes. The listed price covers your logo on the faceplate.
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$24.99Min 10
Tournament Golf Club Brush
A club brush with a built in water spray, so the grooves actually get clean rather than smeared.
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$34.99
Custom Golf Ball Tumbler
A dimpled stainless tumbler with double wall insulation, engraved with initials and a nickname. Two styles.
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$19.99
Playoff Bound Custom Golf Bag Tag
Aerospace grade aluminum, 3.5 by 2.25 inches, nine colors. The one item people keep on the bag for years afterwards.
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$17.49
Custom Golf Tournament Insulated Can Cooler
The insulated can cooler in two colorways, a step up from the ten dollar koozie and built to last past one trip.
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$34.99
Custom Logo Golf Tag Set
A matching bag tag and ball marker in one set, which is the pair most people actually keep after the trip.
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The drinks run
Coolers, bottles and the one mug for the presentation
Judged on what groups actually reorder, the cooler is the one that keeps coming back. These range from a slim one that hides in a bag pocket to a backpack that holds twenty four cans, so pick by how far the cart gets from the clubhouse.
$36.99Min 10
Tournament Ready Custom Logo Golf Cooler
600 denier polyester with a PEVA lining, holding 12 bottles or 18 cans. Our second biggest seller by revenue and the one outings order in bulk.
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$34.99
Tournament Chill Golf Cooler Bag
Slim enough for a golf bag side pouch at 13.5 by 8.65 by 15 inches, holding six cans.
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$39.99
Birdie Brew Golf Cooler
The six can version with a front zip pocket, built to sit in the side pocket of any standard bag.
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$54.99Min 10
Custom Logo Back Pack Cooler
Twenty four cans plus ice on your back. This is the one that goes to the cart barn and comes back empty.
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$24.99
Custom Logo Water Bottle
A stainless insulated bottle in five colors with your logo laser printed on the side. The non drinker's version of the flask.
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$29.99
Custom Logo Beer Mug
A 25 ounce mug with a starburst base, for the group that does its trophy presentation at the bar.
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The uniform
What the crew shows up in on the first morning
The group photo is the thing that survives the trip. Apparel needs sizes collected before you order, which is the single most common reason an organizer runs late, so start this one first and buy the rest afterwards. It is the one section an organizer should open on day one.
$34.99
Custom Golf Quarter Zip Pullover
Breathable polyester and spandex, so the group photo on the first tee looks deliberate rather than accidental.
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$34.99
The Custom Clubhouse Logo Cap
The cap is the item people keep wearing at home. If you only put the logo on one thing, this is the one people keep wearing afterwards.
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$34.99
Custom Personalized Golf Glove
A glove with your own design on it. Sizing matters here, so collect hands before you order rather than guessing.
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$24.99
Custom Logo Barrel Headcover
A barrel headcover carrying the trip logo, sized to fit any driver including 460cc heads.
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$29.99
Tee Time Custom Golf Towel
Ultra absorbent, embroidered with a name in your choice of sixteen thread colors, with a hook for the bag.
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$34.99
Birdie Squad Custom Tumbler
Send a photo of the crew and it comes back as artwork on the tumbler with your trip name and year. The most on the nose gift here.
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The hardware
Trophies, and what happens at the last dinner
Buy these once rather than per head, and spend more than feels sensible. A traveling trophy that changes hands every year is the thing that turns a golf weekend into an annual tradition, and it is the cheapest way to guarantee everyone comes back.
$39.99
Custom Engraved Golf Champion Trophy
Sized for an office shelf rather than a mantelpiece, which is the right call for a trophy that changes hands every year.
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$99.99
Custom Long Drive Trophy
Crystal, and heavy enough to feel like it means something. The long drive prize is the one everyone remembers losing.
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$89.99
Custom Logo Champions Decanter
A golf ball shaped stopper above a dimpled base, with your logo on the front. It is a trophy that gets used all year.
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$89.99
Custom Logo Entertainers Trophy Tray
The serving tray version, and the highest revenue trophy we sell. It ends up on the bar at the closing dinner.
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$69.99
Golf Tournament Decanter
A real golf ball embedded in the side of the decanter. Good as a champion's prize or as the thing the loser has to buy from.
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$99.99
Custom Logo Golf Ball Decanter Gift Set
The decanter plus glasses as a set, for the trip where one prize is meant to close the whole weekend out.
See the detailsWhat carries a logo well, and what will cost you a reorder
Not every item is equally safe to buy in bulk for people whose measurements you do not have. This is the filter most gift lists skip.
- Safe, buy in quantity. Caps, bag tags, divot tools, ball markers, koozies, towels, coolers, flasks and balls. Flat surface, fixed size, nobody can be the wrong shape for it.
- Safe but needs one question first. Quarter zips and gloves. Both are excellent gifts, both need you to collect sizes before ordering rather than after.
- Check the minimum before you commit. Thirteen of the items on this page have a minimum order, and four of the ones we left off had a minimum of fifty. Every card below shows its minimum where one applies, so check it against your headcount before you fall in love with something.
- Worth knowing. A logo reproduces best on a flat, light surface. Fine detail and thin lettering lose definition when they are shrunk onto a ball marker, so if your logo is intricate, ask for a simplified one line version for the small items.
What groups actually spend per person
| Per head | What that buys | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Under $20 | A divot tool at $12.99, a magnetic koozie at $12.99, or a flask at $14.99. One good item, handed out on the first tee. | Larger groups, or trips where everyone is already paying for a lot |
| $20 to $40 | A welcome bag with two or three items in it, or one better piece like a bag tag and a sleeve of logo balls. | The standard buddies trip of eight to sixteen |
| $40 to $75 | Add a cap or a quarter zip on top of the bag, which is what makes the group photo work. | Milestone years, or a trip somebody is being thanked for |
| Bought once | The trophy, between $39.99 and $99.99. Split across the group it costs almost nothing per head. | Every trip that intends to happen again |
The one rule worth following is to keep the per head number and the trophy number in separate columns. The welcome bag is bought sixteen times and should be cheap and personal. The trophy is bought once and should be heavier than it needs to be.
Traditions worth stealing
The trips that keep going tend to share a few of these, and none of them are expensive.
- A trophy that travels. The winner keeps it until next year and is expected to bring it back. Some groups take it to every party in between, which is exactly the point.
- A jacket, badly. A cheap colored jacket presented to the champion, borrowed shamelessly from a certain tournament in Georgia. The worse the jacket, the better it works.
- Something for last place. A sweater nobody would choose, handed over at dinner. It costs nothing and it is the award people actually compete to avoid.
- Gag awards at the closing dinner. Worst tee shot, most balls lost, first to fall asleep. Print them the morning of and hand them out with the real trophy.
- A photo, in the same spot, every year. The cheapest tradition on this list. Ten years of the same group on the same first tee is worth more than anything you can engrave.
Golf trip gift questions
How far in advance should I order golf trip gifts?
Give yourself four weeks, and six if apparel is involved. Almost everything here leaves our workshops within one to two business days, far quicker than the multi week lead times custom logo work usually carries. The time you actually need is not production time, it is the round trip on your logo file, one headcount change, and one person who gives you the wrong shirt size.
What file do I need for my trip logo?
A vector file is what you want, meaning a .AI, .EPS or .SVG. That is what lets the logo be resized and engraved cleanly. If all you have is a PNG or a JPG, make sure it is at least 300dpi and has a clean background. A screenshot of a logo pulled off a group chat is the single most common reason a custom order needs an extra revision round, and it is entirely avoidable.
What should I actually put the logo on?
Flat surfaces with a fixed size are the safe bets, which means caps, bag tags, divot tools, ball markers, koozies, towels and coolers. Anything sized to a body or a club carries more risk. A glove needs hand sizes, a quarter zip needs shirt sizes, and a headcover needs to fit a putter grip you have not seen. Those are all fine gifts, they just need you to collect information first.
How much should I budget per person?
Most groups land between $15 and $35 a head for the on course items, and somewhere between $25 and $75 once you add a cap or a quarter zip on top. A divot tool at $12.99, a magnetic koozie at $12.99 and a flask at $14.99 comes to $40.97 a head and covers the bag properly. Drop the flask and you are at $25.98 with room for a sleeve of logo balls.
Do I have to order a minimum quantity?
Often yes, and it is the thing that catches organizers out, so every card on this page shows its minimum where one applies. Thirteen of the thirty six here have one. The logo ball stamp asks for five. The bulk favorites, the divot tools, the magnetic koozie, the club brush, the golf cooler and the backpack cooler, all ask for ten, which is under most trip headcounts anyway. The poker chips start at twenty five and the phone caddy at twenty five. Anything with no badge on its card can be ordered in any quantity you like.
What is worth buying for the awards rather than the welcome bag?
Split your budget. The welcome bag is bought per head and should be cheap and useful. The awards are bought once and should be heavier than they need to be. A traveling trophy that the winner keeps until next year does more for a trip than another round of koozies, and a decanter or a tray tends to end up on the bar at the closing dinner where the whole group sees it.
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