(Note: This article was prepared for the 2003 holiday season. For up-to-date recommendations on golf gifts, visit our Golf Gifts guide.)
If you're still fretting over what to get that golfer in your life during the holiday season, we've got a few suggestions for items that will make nifty gifts.
We stay away from major-brand golf clubs here because you already know where to find those: In our Pro Shop and in our Best of 2003 rankings. If you want to find a great deal on golf clubs, our price-comparison partner can show you where to look. So for big-ticket golf clubs, visit our Pro Shop. For golf gift ideas a little less mainstream, read on ...
(Please note: Where prices are noted, they are subject to change without notice, and may vary depending on location.)
Golf Club Accessories
You know those club-and-ball washers that stand on most tee boxes at golf courses? The ones with the nasty water and filthy rag? The Clubwash ($12.99 at Edwin Watts) eliminates the need to deal with the on-course washers - it snaps right onto a golf bag.
The All-Terrain Cart ($89.97, various merchants) is a pull cart that can go anywhere. We hear NASA is considering this baby for its Mars rover. And if your golfer needs a pull cart that can handle rough terrain, then he or she probably also needs the ...
Search 'N Rescue Ball Retreiver ($21.95-$42.95 at TGW.com). You know the golfer who uses this souped-up version of the ball retreiver: He doesn't just hit a lot of balls into the water, he feels compelled to retrieve everyone else's golf balls, too.
Gadgets
The Coleman CartCat Catalytic Heater ($79.99 at Edwin Watts) is a portable space heater for golf carts. Propane not included - but once it is, this contraption will fit into most cart cupholders and help out during those winter rounds.
Dunlop's Golf Scorecard Watch ($79.99 at Target.com or click link for another option) tells time and has an alarm and calendar. But it also allows the golfer to keep score during a round and holds the scorecards of up to 20 rounds.
For Display
The My Best Score Ever Plaque ($49.99 at Edwin Watts) will let your golfer show off his or her, well, best score ever. It's an attractive, mountable display case to show off that one great scorecard.
Along the same lines, the Scorecard Caddie ($24.95 from the manufacturer) can store up to 220 scorecards, photo-album style.
