What do our golf-loving staffers want for the holidays? Here are some of their picks from Hazy Sticks, Lululemon and more.
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Welcome to GOLF’s 2024 holiday edition of Our Picks, where our experts are hand-selecting the items you — and your golf-loving family and friends — need on your radar. Scroll below for our latest batch of recommendations, and visit our Best Golf Stuff of 2024 hub page for more articles.
We may work in the golf business and spend some of our time telling you about the best new gear, accessories and more you should get your hands on, but we have our own wishlists, too.
Whether it’s that new set of alignment sticks, a fancy new golf travel bag or the perfect top for chilly December weather, there’s always something us golfers can use. Right? Right.
So below, instead of asking for suggestions on what to buy others, we asked some of our staffers what they are asking for this holiday season. (Spoiler: You might like it and want to buy it as well.)
If you are as clumsy or forgetful as me, you lose things constantly. And that’s what happened to my alignment sticks a while back. This year, I’m replacing my beloved Hazy Sticks set with another and a different color scheme. They have over a dozen different styles to choose from, so it’s easy to find one you’ll love. Golfers you are buying for would be big fans, too. As for the Miura sweatshirt? I’m just a big fan of the logo and think it looks sweet — and it’s also currently half off at just $47.50. Tough to beat. — Josh Berhow
I’ve had my current travel bag for over 10 years, and it’s about time I got a replacement. I often watch in jealousy as my fellow airport travelers glide their clubs across the terminal and I’m ready to join their ranks. With as much travel as I do with my sticks, a travel bag like this will be a worthwhile investment. — Zephyr Melton
The theme of these holidays for me is my newfound old age, which is manifesting in two pretty ugly ways: hangovers and putting yips. I wish I could say I’m willing to take the difficult steps of changing the inherent issues that cause these problems — alcohol consumption and intrusive thinking — but I am honest enough to know that I am not. So, in lieu of fixing the problem, I’ll buy products aimed to help me mitigate the negative effects. I was a skeptic of ZBiotics’ pre-alcohol supplement even after learning from the company’s whiz founder about its anti-hangover probiotic, but am less so now that I have seen its effects in my life. (Not a miracle product by any means, but if you get hangovers like I do, even modest improvements are crucial.) Speaking of positive effects, I am obsessed with pre-, during- and post-drinking hydration, and would mainline Waterboy’s post-hangover electrolytes straight into my veins if I possessed the medical knowhow (I don’t). Both products, I pray, will help my famously shaky hands around the greens on certain Saturday morning tee times. And maybe if I’m lucky, they’ll even allow me to go in early and practice my putting on my brand-new putting mirror. — James Colgan
What do I want for Christmas? I want a Ballfrog hat. I’m not short on logoed gear from New England sports teams but I still don’t have anything with the green and white of Boston Common GC. Either TGL becomes a thing and I was an early adopter or it goes up in spectacular flames and my Men’s ’47 Hunter Green TGL Boston Common Golf Hitch Adjustable Hat becomes a cool artifact and a snapshot in time from one of the weirdest moments in pro golf’s history. And yeah, just gimme the clean logo. No text so only the real ones know. — Dylan Dethier
I’ve always been a pretty good putter, but lately my stroke has felt off. So I’m adding this putting toolkit from Short Game Gains to my wishlist. The mirrored putting plate is great for checking eyeline and when coupled with the shoulder alignment mirror, you can be sure your upper body is square at setup — a fault I usually slip into when I haven’t been practicing. I also love that the putting plate includes tee holes for a gate drill. I find it’s the best drill to practice delivering a square putter face at impact and helps you hit more putts off the sweet spot. — Maddi MacClurg
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As GOLF.com’s managing editor, Berhow handles the day-to-day and long-term planning of one of the sport’s most-read news and service websites. He spends most of his days writing, editing, planning and wondering if he’ll ever break 80. Before joining GOLF.com in 2015, he worked at newspapers in Minnesota and Iowa. A graduate of Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn., he resides in the Twin Cities with his wife and two kids. You can reach him at joshua_berhow@golf.com.
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