Worst Golf Gift

[ERC7.5]

Any golf gift (that is intended for use on the course) sucks for the most part.
"Range Finders"
Top Flite X-outs
Tees that are too long

Paraphernalia is good though (pictures, desk items, towels, collectables, etc...)

[DJYoshi]

i've found a use for all of the golf gifts I've gotten. From club brush's and covers to GPS... BUT, the 1 gift that I thought was TERRIBLE
were those ancient rangefinders. it's like it says measure from top to bottom... and it has yardage up to 250... BUT they don't even zoom to 250 yards! you're better off using a sprinkler head or post marker at that point!

a gift that's literally expensive sh** - golf toilet paper

[BigDaddy_Sean]

gotten a number of them through the years. last one i got was a putting green with a ball return mechanism that didn't work. :)

[madcityscott]

My family tends to glom onto whatever hobby I have lately. When I was into sailing, I got ships-in-a-bottle, etc. A few years ago my mom got me personalized golf tees, which wouldn't be too bad except that they are the short ones and there were probably 250 of them. I'm finally about through with them.

Funny story: Two years ago I was in a friend's fraternity golf outing and used some of the personalized tees. I couldn't make it to the tournament last year, but my buddy and another guy went. My buddy happened to have one of my tees in his bag, so he grabbed it and dropped it on the teebox when the other guy wasn't looking. Then he bent down and said, "Holy crap, it's one of Scott's tees from last year!" The other guy totally bought it. Not a smart fellow.

[Q.Q.Quillume]

Before I read the responses on this thread, I was planning on saying something to the effect that "It's the thought that counts."

BUT . . .

Some of the gifts mentioned above are beyond belief, beyond redemption, utterly dreadful . . .

Generally any golf gifts I've received have been reasonably good, certainly nothing bad enough to complain about.

And now I know how lucky I am!

[tjy355]

I find it hard to believe there could be X-out Top Flights!!

(maybe they were rejected because they weren't hard enough)

[Q.Q.Quillume]

I find it hard to believe there could be X-out Top Flights!!

Well, they're not for just

anybody .

[BaronV]

Two come to mind

Hah, we dared our golf buddy to get the utility belt since he likes gizmos....and he did! On his own. Can't even take the ball marker out of the buckle since it's so small.

[michaeljames92]

last christmas a received a ball picking up thingo that i ardly ever use. and a putting mat. i have carpet in the house anyway so they were pretty weird

[tjy355]

Two come to mind

Q: What's worse than a dozen Top Flites ?

A: Two dozen Top Flites!

[SiamGolfer]

iron head covers .. enough said

(I had a very cheap set of Ram irons in my bag too...)

[titaniummd]

The non-laser Rangefinder ("Range guesser").
Golf ball monogram tool.
Golf accessory utility bags.
Golf snow globes.
Golf figurines.
Golf shaped tools (i.e. hammer, screwdriver, pens)- although I love my golf club shaped barbecue set.

[Arathel-bwcc]

Seat covers for my golf cart, ugly as eff.

[flap]

I got to go with the olf ball finding sun glasses that make you look like Stevie Wonder!!!

[Fraser]

Electronic scorecards - I don't find them useful one bit, prefer to have the original card so I can keep track of hole history.

The thing you attach to the shaft that tells you your swing speed and distance that you'll hit it. Is it psychic?

I find that those people who buy golf gifts are usually the ones that shouldn't be...non golfers Though gift cards are preferred! My mother in law gets me pretty bad gifts related to my hobbies. I don't doubt that this Xmas and birthday I'll get something golf related that is rather useless...in the past she's got me a handheld electronic beer directory and when we were thinking about getting a dog she bought a DVD that showed puppies playing a perspex box for hours and nothing else